Training has a fairly impressive record of influencing organizational effectiveness scoring higher than appraisal and feedback and just below goal setting in its effect on productivity. One survey found that establishing a linkage between and organizational performance was the number one pressing issue facing professionals. Training experts today increasingly use the phrase workplace learning and performance in lieu of training to underscore training a dual aims of employees learning and organizational performance.
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