Learning Analytics: Using Talent Data to Improve Business Outcomes

About the Author\nCristina Hall is Vice President of Marketing at Explorance. Before this, she worked at Gartner for over 10 years, where she was most recently director of product strategy.\nJohn R. Mattox II is the Head of Talent Research at Explorance. He helps clients develop measurement strategies and improve business performance by measuring the impact of training. Prior to this, John was a Principle Consultant with Gartner and led training evaluation teams at KPMG, PwC and Arthur Andersen.\nPeggy Parskey is a part-time managing consultant at Explorance. She also runs her own consulting firm, Parskey Consulting, which provides organizational improvement initiatives to Fortune 500 firms.\nEffective evaluation and measurement of learning and development initiatives is critical to maximise the impact of training, identify gaps for improvement and ensure that efforts are aligned to the business' needs. Learning Analytics outlines how analytical approaches can respond to these challenges, the types and benefits of technological solutions and how to ask the right questions of organizational data in order to build a learning organization that boosts performance and competitive advantage. 
Drawing upon case studies from organizations who have applied such approaches such as The Gap, Hilton Worldwide University and Seagate Technology, Learning Analytics will enable those involved in learning and development to make the business case for their activities and deliver an evidence-based service to their organizations. Alongside updated chapters on learning technology tools and moving beyond learning analytics to talent management analytics, this second edition also features new content on measuring informal learning, increasing data literacy, and framing L&D's contributions through a portfolio evaluation approach.

Business & Money

Hall, Cristina

Mattox II, John R

Parskey, Peggy

Management & Leadership

Kogan Page.

Effective evaluation and measurement of learning and development initiatives is critical to maximise the impact of training, identify gaps for improvement and ensure that efforts are aligned to the business' needs. Learning Analytics outlines how analytical approaches can respond to these challenges, the types and benefits of technological solutions and how to ask the right questions of organizational data in order to build a learning organization that boosts performance and competitive advantage. Drawing upon case studies from organizations who have applied such approaches such as The Gap, Hilton Worldwide University and Seagate Technology, Learning Analytics will enable those involved in learning and development to make the business case for their activities and deliver an evidence-based service to their organizations. Alongside updated chapters on learning technology tools and moving beyond learning analytics to talent management analytics, this second edition also features new content on measuring informal learning, increasing data literacy, and framing L&D's contributions through a portfolio evaluation approach.

Your Groundbreaking Framework for Measurement and ReportingMost people find measurement, analytics, and reporting daunting--and L&D professionals are no different. As these practices have become critically important for organizations' efforts to improve performance, talent development professionals have often been slow to embrace them for many reasons, including the seeming complexity and challenge of the practices. Few organizations have a well-thought-out measurement and reporting strategy, and there are often scant resources, limited time, and imperfect data to work with when organizations do attempt to create one.Measurement Demystified: Creating Your L&D Measurement, Analytics, and Reporting Strategy is a much-needed and welcomed resource that breaks new ground with a framework to simplify the discussion of measurement, analytics, and reporting as it relates to L&D and talent development practitioners. This book helps practitioners select and use the right measures for the right reasons; select, create, and use the right types of reports; and create a comprehensive measurement and reporting strategy.Recognizing the angst and reluctance people often show in these areas, authors and experts David Vance and Peggy Parskey break down the practices and processes by providing a common language and an easy-to-use structure. They describe five types of reports, four broad reasons to measure, and three categories of measures. Their method works for large and small organizations, even if yours is an L&D staff of one or two. The guidance remains the same: Start small and grow. Measurement Demystified is a great first book for talent development professionals with no prior knowledge of or experience with measurement and a valuable resource for measurement experts. Those adept at lower levels of training evaluation will grow their knowledge base and capabilities, while measurement experts will discover shortcuts and nuggets of information to enhance their practices. A more comprehensive treatment of these important topics will not be found elsewhere.

Measurement Demystified: Creating Your L&D Measurement, Analytics, and Reporting Strategy

Vance, David

Association for Talent Development

Product Description 
The Bridge to Your L&D Measurement and Reporting Strategy 
Building measurement skills is critical for talent development professionals who seek to align their L&D programs to business outcomes for organizational success. Designed to improve your measurement capability and advance the measurement maturity of your organization, the Measurement Demystified Field Guide presents a refresher on the talent development reporting principles framework and measurement strategy. While the Field Guide serves as a standalone volume, it is also a companion to the authors' first book, Measurement Demystified.\nIn an easy-to-use workbook style, the Field Guide provides nearly 100 skill-building exercises of varying types to help you uncover what measurement work your organization is doing; assess organizational maturity and gaps; understand how to apply specific concepts; and determine what's right for your organization moving forward. It also offers interview questions to better understand users' wants and needs; case study exercises to test your knowledge gaps; and reflection questions that focus on your deepening knowledge and skill. You can write your answers in the book or use the resource on ATD's website. \nAchieving measurement maturity is a change effort requiring commitment and discipline. Understanding your current capabilities and gaps is an essential first step followed by determining where your organization wants to go in this area. Once both are achieved, you will be able to develop your desired measurement and reporting strategy―the bridge between where you are today and where you aspire to be. The Measurement Demystified Field Guide is that bridge. 
 Review 
This book is designed to help L&D professionals advance their skills in an area where many fear to tread: measurement. It focuses on applying the Talent Development Reporting principles (TDRp) so L&D can bridge the communication gap that exists when explaining the true value and impact of development efforts to business leaders. If Measurement Demystified explains what the principles are and why they are important, the Measurement Demystified Field Guide explains how to use them. This is where practical insights are delivered and skill-building occurs. As a soup-to-nuts guide, professionals will likely need a second, unused copy to share with colleagues. -- John R Mattox, Sr. Principal, Sales Engineer, TalentNeuron, Gartner\nPeggy and Dave have hit the mark, yet again. Their new book, Measurement Demystified Field Guide offers thought-provoking and actionable exercises that will move any reader's measurement practice forward. -- Patti P Phillips, CEO, ROI Institute\nMeasurement Demystified Field Guide aims to help increase your organization's capability and capacity to improve its overall performance. Think of it as a coach―it uses templates and reflective exercises to break down processes into simple and doable chunks of work to help you build and expand your measurement muscle and expertise. -- Kimo Kippen, Founder, Aloha Learning Advisors; Former CLO, Hilton\nMy copy of Measurement Demystified Field Guide is already dog-eared and shopworn on my desk. It offers clear case studies, suggestions and opportunities to reflect on the practices that will help make L&D a greater contributor to business success. -- Cushing Anderson, Vice President for IT Education and Skills Research, IDC 
 About the Author 
David Vance is the executive director of the Center for Talent Reporting. He is the former president of Caterpillar University, which he founded in 2001, until his retirement in 2007. Prior to this position, Dave was chief economist and head of the Business Intelligence Group at Caterpillar. Dave received a bachelor of science degree from MIT, a master of science degree in business administration from Indiana University (South Bend), and a PhD in economics from the University of Notre Dame. He was named 2006 Chief Learning Officer

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Learning Analytics: Using Talent Data to Improve Business Outcomes

Learning Analytics: Using Talent Data to Improve Business Outcomes

Measurement Demystified: Creating Your L&D Measurement, Analytics, and Reporting Strategy

Measurement Demystified Field Guide