Increasing Learning & Development's Impact through Accreditation - William J. Rothwell - Bog

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION............................................................................................... 1
1.1: Rationale for Accreditation......................................................................................... 2
1.2: Business Case............................................................................................................... 7
1.2.1: Today''s Risk Reduced........................................................................................ 7
1.2.2: Tomorrow''s Risk Avoided.................................................................................. 8
1.2.3: Adapt to External Pressures to Change and Re-size............................................. 8
1.2.4: Reduce Direct People Costs................................................................................. 9
1.2.5: Always Innovate................................................................................................. 9
1.2.6: Attract Workers You Want................................................................................ 10
Conclusion......................................................................................................................... 11
References......................................................................................................................... 12
CHAPTER 1: MANAGER TIPS...................................................................................... 14
CHAPTER 1: SUPPLEMENT.......................................................................................... 15
Supplement Tool 1A: The Advanced Organizer............................................................ 15

PART I: STRUCTURE, RESPONSIBILITY AND CONTROL......................................... 18
CHAPTER 2: ALIGN LEARNING WITH ORGANIZATION MISSION VALUES....... 20
2.1: Vision, Mission and Values as Strategy.................................................................... 20
2.2: Alignment Benefits Accreditation.............................................................................. 23
2.2.1: Philosophy on Employee Education.................................................................. 24
2.2.2: Provides Direction............................................................................................. 26
2.2.3: Unifies the Team............................................................................................... 27
2.2.4: Claims Authority............................................................................................... 27
2.3: Steps to writing a Mission and Values Statement..................................................... 28
Conclusion......................................................................................................................... 30
References......................................................................................................................... 30
CHAPTER 2: MANAGER TIPS...................................................................................... 32
CHAPTER 2 : SUPPLEMENT......................................................................................... 34
Supplement Tool 3A: Steps to Writing a Mission and Value Statement......................... 34
CHAPTER 3: STRUCTURING FOR ACCOUNTABILITY............................................... 42
3.1: Models for Structure................................................................................................. 42
3.1.1: Centralized Training Organization..................................................................... 44
3.1.2: Decentralized Training Organization...............................