For the second consecutive year, a Web-based survey conducted by Elearning! and Government Elearning! magazines points to increased consumption of e-learning among government (public) organizations. Some interesting statistics gleaned from the survey of both government and private enterprises

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Deals

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"Many new supervisors are not receiving the training and development opportunities they need both to understand the agency's expectations for supervisors and to manage their employees effectively," the report says. "Less than two-thirds of supervisors said that they received training prior to or during their first year as a supervisor. Of those who received training, almost half (48 percent) received one week or less. Overall, more than three-quarters of new supervisors did not receive training in each of the basic areas of performance management, including developing performance goals and standards; assigning, reviewing, and documenting employees' work; providing feedback; developing employees; evaluating employee performance; and managing poor performers."