Strategies of HRD Professionals in Organising Learning Programmes: A Qualitative Study among 20 Dutch HRD Professionals.

Dutch human resource professionals (n=20) were interviewed about the congruence of training strategies with theory. They use a variety of strategies to organize learning at orientation, learning/optimizing, and continuation phases. Strategies appear aligned with theories of liberal, vertical, and horizontal learning. Problems included resistance to change and transfer of learning. (Contains 22 references.) (SK)