Slide 1: III Learning Survey “Management Education for competitiveness and innovation” January 2008 A cura di Elio Borgonovi, Salvatore Garbellano, Mauro Meda


Introduction :Introduction The Learning Survey is one of the most important research on training and education in Italy The main aim of the Survey: benchmark the Italian (private and public) organizations with the best in class international companies to highlight new trends, ideas, methodologies. This year the research has been focused on Italian comapnies and public sector and on international corporations located in Italy. Human Resources Vice Presidents, Chief Learning Officers, Heads of Corporate Universities responded to a questionnaire with 23 items and, in many cases, to an interview The main results have been shared in the 6th Day of Management Education and published in various articles.


The Participants to the Survey :The Participants to the Survey ASFOR has selected a representative sample of 41 Italian organizations and multinational corporations based in Italy


Integration of education and training with top management, executives and H.R. :Integration of education and training with top management, executives and H.R. Scale from 0 (anything) to 10 (total integration)


SOME CONSIDERATIONS :SOME CONSIDERATIONS In the Italian organizations, there is a strong relationship between learning managers and line managers But: Many Italian organizations need to improve the integration between learning managers and top executives At the same time, there is room to improve the integration among formal learning and HR methodologies and informal learning


Main priorities of learning processes :Main priorities of learning processes TODAY Supporting the change management Building up the core competencies Improving the technical competencies NEXT 3 YEARS Promoting innovation Developing the new generation of talents Managing talents N.B. Multiple choices have been possible


The budget for learning and training 2008 :The budget for learning and training 2008


The contents of the training :The contents of the training


The methodologies in training :The methodologies in training


The growing importance of managers as trainers :The growing importance of managers as trainers PARTNERS IN DESIGNING AND DELIVERING TEACHING: Managers as trainers Training companies, consultancy, schools of management Individual experts, coaches, e learning providers A growing number of Italian organizations prefer to involve deeper their colleagues to deliver training for many reasons: the knowledge is “embedded” in the company processes, to reduce expenses, to share best practices, etc.


The evaluation of training :The evaluation of training The Italian organizations are aware of the importance of the evaluation: many of them have integrated learning with performance evaluations and are testing the evaluation of ROI of learning


Main challenges for learning suppliers :Main challenges for learning suppliers Improving the “customization” of programmes (for example design, contents) Growing importance of innovation in terms of contents and learning methodologies Obtain results consistent with the aims and objectives of the organizations (often using specific indicators and parameters) Contribute to improve efficiency and reduce the overall training costs.


Main challenges for the education :Main challenges for the education Consolidating the business partnership with the line: mainly, improving the integration with the top management, mainly, to foster innovation Improving the integration with HR systems, mainly, those supporting the “leadership pipeline” Maintaining and developing the core competencies for the entire value chain Tuning the methodologies of evaluation of training Increasing importance to the internationalization of the education