You have been asked to deliver a presentation on ‘Evaluating L&D in a knowledge economy’ at an L&D event. You should produce a set of slides and notes pages that:

·         Define evaluation and related terms followed by an identification of different types of evaluation and at least three purposes of evaluation.

·         Explain how evaluation fits within L&D processes and systems.

·         Consider the importance of learning transfer into the workplace.

·         Compare and contrast at least three theories for evaluating L&D.

·         Explain the key steps in the evaluation process and identify sources of data and methods of analysis that can be used.

·         Consider at least three challenges that can act as barriers to evaluating L&D.

·         Explore the characteristics of a knowledge economy and their implications for evaluating L&D activity.

Consider the key issues, in relation to evaluation, raised by intellectual capital accounting.

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A set of slides, with related notes pages which amplify and develop the key content on each slide equating to approximately 3000 words in total (allowing around 2,500 words for the notes pages)

Please note: you do not have to deliver the presentation.

All reference sources should be acknowledged correctly and a bibliography provided where appropriate (these should be excluded from the word count).