Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development’s (CIPD) 2005 Annual Learning and Development survey of more than 600 CIPD members who hold roles as learning, training and development managers:

More than 80 percent of organizations encourage learners to take more responsibility for their own learning and development   On-the-job training is identified as the most effective form of learning by 39 percent of respondents.   Eighty-five percent believe that training is now more geared to meeting the strategic needs of the business than it was a few years ago.   Seventy-nine percent report that learning and training now incorporates a much wider variety of activities and almost three-quarters (74 percent) agree that their jobs now involve a greater element of consultancy.   Only a quarter believe that e-learning had significantly altered learning and training offerings.   Two-thirds believe that learning and training is now taken more seriously by senior and line managers (63 percent and 68 percent respectively) and over half (58 percent) believe the learning and development department has far more credibility than before.

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