As budgets continue to constrict, much-needed training programmes are being ditched in favour of keeping costs low. David Whitney explains how the savvy learning development team can add value to courses
In response to constrained budgets for 2009-10, most learning and development teams have focused on real and immediate needs and driving down costs. This has most commonly meant that career-critical training programmes have remained sacrosanct, attendances at external conferences require strong justification and the use of external training providers has been significantly curtailed.
