Is your IT
department involved in the design or procurement of a Learning Management
System (LMS)? A recent survey has shown that more companies are looking at developing
in-house talent and so looking at systems that bring together a number of
skills training and development packages for employees. An article in Computer
Weekly discusses the issues and offers advice for IT departments involved in providing
such systems. LMS systems can offer anything from ‘simple course booking
systems’ to a range of e-learning courses. One of the reasons that such
in-house courses are becoming more significant is the need in many industrial
and commercial sectors to demonstrate to regulators that ‘staff are trained in the
relevant legislation’. New sector specific suppliers of LMS systems are ‘emerging’
according to the article with indications that for IT departments it is ‘a
buyer’s market’. For more information read the article at http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240169345/Businesses-invest-in-learning-management-systems-to-reskill-staff