I’ve come across a couple of firms recently who have made some personnel changes to their training group, letting go of their instructional design person who works to develop training courses. This is sad on so many levels, but I understand. The quality of training will suffer–I don’t think anyone would dispute that. But it’s [...]
Over the past several years an increasing number of CPA firms have brought their training in-house, using their own professional staff to create and deliver CPE courses. There are several reasons for this trend, including the need for customized content, a desire to cut costs, and the widespread availability of training technologies such as webcasts.
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I’ve been talking to quite a few firms lately who are bringing their training in-house, creating and teaching their own materials. For firms of a certain size, that makes a whole lot of sense. In fact, I’d encourage more firms to take a serious look at moving in that direction.
The reason firms are doing this [...]