This text focuses on contemporary issues in training and development from a strategic point of view, and examines how to develop a culture which enables all staff to benefit. It is designed to provide practitioners and academics in the fields of training and human resource development with an up-to-date account of the training initiatives that could have a strategic impact on organizations. In addition, Peter Critten develops a framework within which organizations can integrate and use these initiatives to move from individual competence to corporate capability. The book is of particular interest to training and HRM managers, senior executives and students studying human resource management - especially at MBA / DMS level.