Learning Management System (LMS). A learning management system (LMS) refers to a technology used to automate the administration, development, and delivery of training programs. LMSs can provide employees, managers, and trainers with the systems support to manage, deliver, and track learning activities. Some features of LMS include tracking and reporting learners’ progress, authoring skills for consistent content creation, discussion boards for interaction and trainer feedback, being able to assess learners, providing a great deal of personalization, and supporting professional development. LMS is a great tool for integrating employee training with all aspects of the human resource function (e.g., performance evaluation, human resource planning) to determine training cost and impact on business goals. It provides a central system for managing all employee's learning activities, tracking compliance, and measuring individual and team performance. The long-term impl...
