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Return on Learning: Training for High Performance at Accenture » (First Trade Paper Edition)

Book cover image of Return on Learning: Training for High Performance at Accenture by Donald Vanthournout

Authors: Donald Vanthournout
ISBN-13: 9781932841428, ISBN-10: 1932841423
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Agate Publishing
Date Published: December 2008
Edition: First Trade Paper Edition

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Author Biography: Donald Vanthournout

Book Synopsis

Like most corporations at the turn of the millennium, Accenture was faced with business, economic, and operational changes affecting its renowned internal training program, which shapes and supports the work of its more than 126,000 employees in 48 countries. The company quickly reinvented its training and development capabilities through effective planning and governance, strong leadership, groundbreaking ROI methods, operational rigor, and the application of advanced technologies, as well as "phenomenal learning." This accessible book explains how it happened, and how to apply the lessons to any business.

Table of Contents

1High performance through learning5
2A vision for learning and business impact19
3Proving the ROI in learning39
4The leadership to succeed59
5Phenomenal learning79
6Running learning like a business101
7Using technology to create a high-performance learning organization127
8At the frontiers of learning and knowledge sharing143
9Learning and value creation : Accenture looks to the future167

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