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[Mike Harrison]

Can anyone please tell me who or what department within a company typically hires eLearning vendors?

Thanks.
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[Bish]

This very much depends on the size of the company and what their core business is. Some larger companies will have an established Training Department which will look after both internal and external training (i.e. employees and clients). They will usually design courseware in-house and contract-out for specific production skills. My company had a separate training department with its own director and it's own global headquarters building (other offices with classrooms and staff distributed globally). With this sort of company, you are looking for the VP or Director in charge of Training & Development. It may go by different names, and it may be considered as part of the HR structure of a company. However, if the training is mission-critical and the company supplies trained manpower as part of an overall package, training responsibilities may well come under the Director or VP of Operations.

There is no clear cut answer. Usually for smaller companies, the HR department is a good place to start. In a lot of companies, training is a distress purchase and only done begrudgingly ... in which case it will be handled by Doreen in accounts.
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[Mike Harrison]

Thanks, Bish.

And, Todd, it seems there's a Doreen in so many companies these days.
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