In 2005/2006, Employer Expenditure On Off-The-Job Training In The UK Amounted To GBP 18.43bn, A Decrease Of 0.3% On 2004/2005.DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c46870) has announced the addition of "Training Market Report 2006" to their offering. This Market Report examines the UK training market which, in 2006, appears to be static, although there may be pockets of growth. Even the most optimistic people in the industry are saying that the market as a whole does not appear to be growing. The key reasons appear to be that profitability in many of the UK's companies is severely under pressure and fee rates in the training sector are being reduced. The other reason is that the training sector is still struggling to make the economic case for training and development. In 2005/2006, employer expenditure on off-the-job training in the UK amounted to [pounds sterling]18.43bn, a decrease of 0.3% on 2004/2005. The main source of public-sector spending, the Learning and Skills Council, had a budget of [pounds sterling]10.4bn in the financial year 2005/2006. The industry is beset by a number of issues. Clients are facing pressures of time and very tight training budgets. Short courses have become popular, with an increase in bite-size learning, so much so that some courses sound more like speed-dating and speed-networking than training. E-learning has proved a disappointment, but it is by no means dead. Indeed, it is likely to grow as companies better understand how to use it. Another trend seems to be that courses that provide some obvious clear-cut benefit, i.e. how to comply with new legislation, are selling well, whereas other types of courses, such as managing diverse groups of people (diversity training) or emotional intelligence, are less in demand. The term `talent management' has soared into the vocabulary of the industry, but everyone is using it to mean different things. One of the perennial facets of the training industry is that, like the management consultancy sector, it is forever creating new fashions. However, like the fabled `emperor's clothes', the fashions sometimes turn out to be a chimera of the imagination. Finally, the question that is often asked Co how do we know when training is taking place? Co is still a subject of discussion. This question is followed by an even more pertinent one Co how do we know if it is doing us any good? As this report shows, evaluation remains a central issue in training. This report includes some of the results from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development's (CIPD's) survey into organisations' attitudes and practices regarding training. It also includes some broader comments from the CIPD's Training Adviser, Martyn Sloman. Sloman recently travelled around Europe, the US and China researching training practices. We forecast that, between 2006/2007 and 2010/2011, the UK training market, as measured by employer expenditure on off-the-job training, will experience modest growth, rising by 1% per annum Per annum Yearly. from 2007/2008. Companies Mentioned: Adkins, Matchett & Toy Azlan Group Ltd Barleythorpe Training & Conference Centre BPP (Bits Per Pixel) See bit depth. bpp - bits per pixel Holdings PLC Brathay Development Training BSI BSI - British Standards Institute Business Solutions Ltd The Capita Group Capita (LSE: CPI) is a British company with its headquarters in London which specialises in business process outsourcing, having clients in central and local government, and in the private sector. In 2006 the company posted a profit before tax of £193. PLC Cegos (UK) Chartered Institute of Environmental Health Founded in 1883, the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) is a professional and educational body, dedicated to the promotion of environmental health and to encouraging the highest possible standards in the training and the work of environmental health professionals. Chartered Institute of Marketing Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) is the leading professional body for those involved in the field of personnel, training and development. Membership of the CIPD is highly respected and widely accepted by employers as a requirement of practice. Computeach International Ltd The Coverdale Organisation Ltd Develop UK Ltd Dove Nest Management Training and Development Ltd Epic Group PLC Euromoney Training Franklin Covey Europe Ltd FT Knowledge Ltd GBS See GB/sec. Corporate Training Ltd Hemsley Fraser Group Ltd Huthwaite Research Group Ltd IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Training Impact Development Training Ltd Invicta Training Ltd John Matchett Ltd The Leadership Trust (Training) Ltd Learning Tree International Ltd Lloyd's Register a register of vessels rated according to their quality, published yearly. - Brande & C. See also: Lloyd's Quality Assurance Ltd LogicaCMG PLC Marcus Bohn Associates Ltd Midland Group Training Services Ltd Oracle University The Oxford Publicity Partnership Ltd Parity Training Ltd Pera Neville Clarke Pitman Training Group PLC PPI (1) (Pixels Per Inch) The measurement of the resolution of a monitor or scanner. For example, a monitor that is 16 inches wide and displays 1600 pixels across its width would have a resolution of 100 ppi (1600 divided by 16). Learning Ltd PTP (1) See peer-to-peer. (2) (Picture Transfer Protocol) An ISO standard for transferring photos from a digital camera to a computer or photo printer. QA InterQuad Reed Learning PLC RRC RRC Radio Resource Control (3G) RRC Red River College (Canada) RRC Railroad Commission of Texas (Austin, TX) RRC Residency Review Committee (medical) Business Training SAP UK Education SkillSoft Smallpeice Enterprises Ltd Spearhead Training Group Ltd Structured Training Ltd TACK International Ltd Thomson NETg Ltd Training Synergy Ltd Wolters Kluwer (UK) Ltd Woodland Grange Xansa PLC Xpertise Training Ltd For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c46870 |
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