Free (nook/Kindle) Return on Learning: Accenture [Business Restructuring Case Study]

[ATDrake]

Return on Learning: Training for High Performance at Accenture by Donald Vanthournout, chief learning officer and associate partner at multinational consulting etc. company Accenture (Wikipedia), according to his bio-blurb, is his explanatory account cum case study of the restructuring of their internal training program, with learnable lessons applicable to your own company (assuming you have your own company to apply them to, that is), free courtesy of publisher Agate.

This has previously been offered free in 2013.

Currently free, probably just until the weekend @ B&N and slated to drop at Amazon sometime after midnight Pacific Time.

Description
Like most corporations at the turn of the millennium, Accenture was faced with business, economic, and operational changes affecting its renowned internal training program, which shapes and supports the work of its more than 126,000 employees in 48 countries.

The company quickly reinvented its training and development capabilities through effective planning and governance, strong leadership, groundbreaking ROI methods, operational rigor, and the application of advanced technologies, as well as "phenomenal learning." This accessible book explains how it happened, and how to apply the lessons to any business.