How to cut employee learning costs without reducing efficiency

Our survey finds that most employers making learning and development cutbacks have seen no reduction in efficiency, with three in 10 having actually seen improvements. 

• Balancing cost and efficiency in learning and development budgets: the 2012 XpertHR survey Two-thirds of employers in the survey have taken steps to reduce costs or create efficiency savings in the past 12 months, the same proportion as in 2011. 
• Full data from this survey is available from XpertHR Benchmarking. 

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Size and scope of learning and development budgets: the 2012 XpertHR survey This XpertHR research examines the size of employers' learning and development (L&D) budgets, and looks at how employers use informal learning at no cost. 

Learning and development budgets: the 2011 XpertHR survey The average amount spent per head on L&D had not risen since 2009, according to our 2011 survey of 112 organisations. 

Balancing cost and efficiency: 2011 XpertHR learning and development budgets survey Using e-learning and line managers to deliver training were the most popular and effective ways to reduce L&D costs, our 2011 research found. However, one-third of employers believed that a tighter budget had reduced the efficiency of their training function. 

Improving line managers' capability Line managers play a central role in implementing HR policies and procedures, but are they up to the task and are they receiving the support that they need?