Number of Learning Days: Is There Still Value in this Traditional Measure?

Organizational learning and development (L&D) have undergone significant change in recent decades. While organizations still carry out formal classroom-based learning, informal methods—like learning from a colleague in the flow of work—are increasingly vital to today’s L&D landscape. These changes, along with advances in technology, are driving a shift in the ways that HR functions track and measure learning. 

The number of learning days per employee is a good example of a measure that may appear dated in light of recent advances in learning and learning measurement. However, this measure is far from obsolete and still has a lot of value for decision making when used in the right ways. In this article, we’ll show how this old measure has new value that makes it worth preserving on your HR dashboard.

This article was first published in partnership with Human Resource Executive. 

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