CLO Looks at the Emergence of Managed Learning Services; Philips Outsources Learning to Achieve Global Consistency.

CHICAGO -- Managed learning services or vendor assistance in the learning and development space is not new, but in the past five years increasing numbers of technological advances and widespread use of the Internet to augment learning activities have made formal efforts to outsource learning more popular. This Learning Solutions feature in the March issue of Chief Learning Officer magazine looks at the market for learning outsourcing, reasons organizations choose the managed learning services route and the benefits of not always offering in-house learning. A case study on Philips examines how the electronics leader achieved managed learning services success.