Cost-benefits of training: a Queensland study

Author: Billett, Stephen

Abstract:

This paper reports the findings of a study undertaken in Queensland to determine ways of judging the costs and benefits of training, and to discover how firms could make a return on their investment in training. The study failed to reveal any firm correlation between expenditure on training and direct returns.

Subjects: Vocational education and training; Research; Teaching and learning; Workforce development

Keywords: Case study; Educational research; Curriculum; Workplace education and training

Published: Nathan, Queensland: Griffith University, 1995

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Journal title: Australian vocational education review

Journal volume : 2

Journal number: 1

Journal date: 1995

Pages: pp.30-34

ISSN: 1321-3954

Resource type: Article

Call Number:
TD/TNC 58.159