New evidence from the CIPD’s 2004 training and development survey of more than 500 respondents, announced at the start of the HRD conference in April, reveals significant trends about what organisations are actually doing to support and encourage employee learning and development. The survey findings indicate that we are in the process of experiencing a profound shift in attitudes and practices relating to organisational learning and development.

Reliance on formal classroom-based training seems to be becoming a rarity partly perhaps because trainers now have an extensive kitbag of different activities. There has been a 51 per cent net increase in the use of coaching over the last few years, a 47 per cent net increase in the use of e-learning, and a 42 per cent net increase in the use of mentoring and buddy schemes. Furthermore, a more developmental and individually centred approach to training appears to be stepping forward. Some 98 per cent of respondents agreed that people learn in all manner of ways, including training, and 96 per cent agree that individuals need advice and support if they are to take more responsibility for their own learning.

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