Carol Decker: The Elasticity of Training

Tennessee Wesleyan professor Carol Decker writes in her November 2008 Links article that, "Understanding the reasons for elasticity can help an organization create a beneficial training supply and demand. In short, these items can help training personnel avoid recessionary effects and simultaneously assist in rethinking training program designs." She points out the merits of understanding "elastic" economic principles in doing the needed rethinking of training programs during tough economic times. (Read the entire article.)