Es ist eine beeindruckende Sammlung von Referenzen (konkret: wissenschaftlichen Studien und Meta-Studien), die Will Thalheimer hier zusammengetragen hat. Alle drehen sich um die Fragen „Does Training Work? Does it produce positive benefits for organizations, employees, communities, society?“ Evaluation ist das Thema. Die Ausführungen sind kurz, es sprechen hier die unzähligen, aufgeführten Studien aus englischsprachigen Fachmagazinen für sich. Aber Will Thalheimer fasst abschließend die Ergebnisse noch einmal zusammen:

„1. Research shows that training is related to organizational performance. Investments in training are related to positive organizational outcomes.
2. If that was our only evidence, it would be fair to have some skepticism. It’s difficult to tease out whether training improves performance or successful organizations have more resources to devote to training.
3. Additional research shows that specific types of training produce robust benefits. Benefits were created with online training, team training, leadership training, pre-training interventions, etc.
4. Additional research on specific learning factors shows large improvements in learning when research-aligned learning practices are used (for example, retrieval practice, context-alignment, spacing, feedback, reoetition, guiding attention, etc.).“
Will Thalheimer, LinkedIn, 29. Januar 2023

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