Corporate e-leanung: Approach helps avoid $11 billion mistake.(Brief Article)

Companies need the best performance possible from all their employees. So, executives are paying more attention today to the critical advantages that training and development in technology and "soft" skills -- such teamwork and leadership -- provide to businesses. In this context, e-learning has been a hot topic among human resource and training specialists. However, the promise of c-learning has yet to measure up to its potential.

At first glance, e-learning has benefits. Among other things, it reduces travel costs and time away from the office. But many executives are evaluating the cost benefit and actual return on investment -- an average of $600,000 for set up and training of enterprise learning management systems that track attendance and shop the re-useable learning …