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International briefing 6: Training and development in the United States
Author(s) -
Marquardt Michael J.,
Nissley Nick,
Ozag Robert,
Taylor Tamara L.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
international journal of training and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.558
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1468-2419
pISSN - 1360-3736
DOI - 10.1111/1468-2419.00102
Subject(s) - flexibility (engineering) , business , service (business) , marketing , training (meteorology) , production (economics) , strategic development , management , economic growth , economics , business administration , meteorology , physics , macroeconomics
Increasingly, training and development is playing an important and strategic role in the economic success of US organisations (Marquardt, 1999, Tannenbaum and Yukl, 1992). US organisations recognise that they now operate in a new global economy, an economy which involves the use of advanced technologies and increased responsiveness to customers’ needs. It is becoming one that requires greater and greater innovation and flexibility in production, service delivery and market know‐how. American firms realise more than ever that employee knowledge gained through training and development has become a strategic necessity and more and more the source of strategic advantage (Drucker, 1994).