The e-Learning revolution has, over the years, taken hold of many a company by storm. Each company designing a platform (with the help of influential and expensive consultants), that not only incorporates the learning and development arena, compliance but also the human resource function, making it almost seamless in its approach to deliver, track and monitor training and development within the organisation.
             This report looks at Ernst & Young (E&Y) UK and how it has introduced e-Learning into the business via their intranet, benefiting E&Y employees in its overall effect on staff development, motivation and career progression. E&Y realises that e-Learning represents a significant opportunity for all organisations, but delivering these well-coveted benefits and enhancements to one's organisation, requires skilled people who understand e-Learning models and specialist products. When all options are weighed up, all 'real' solutions indicate that success in the 'e-Learning Arena' is about much more than putting content on-line.
             Just over three years ago, no one had really heard of e-Learning. Today, e-Learning is the major topic of discussion amongst all the key corporate institutions. These successful establishments, along with smaller, up and coming companies, are now leveraging e-Learning to solve a lot of their business problems
             Corporate e-Learning, whilst currently a relatively small part of the overall training and development marketplace, was in the early stages of development in 2000 and is now growing very rapidly. In a recent study of large corporations (Learning Decisions, Masie Center, 2000), 66% of respondents reported that they were either using or planning to use a learning portal in the very near future. The on-line training market is forecast to double in size each year, for the next 3 years, reaching an approximate sum of £7.2 billion by 2003 (International Data Corporation...