Business Climate Survey
Who Responded and Detail Charts

Below are some detailed charts illustrating who responded to the Business Climate Survey as well as the items that budgets increased or decreased for 2002 and expectations for 2003.

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Which of the following best describes your job function?
Corporate Training/HR Management                     36%
In-house Trainer                                                  25%
University/Educator                                             13%
Government/Military Trainer/HR Management        11%
Training Industry Supplier/Consultant                     6%
Sales or Marketing Professional                            1%
Corporate management/Administration                  8%
              TOTAL                                              100%

Of the following choices, please select the one that describes your organization's ownership:
Publicly Traded (U.S)                                   18%
Outside United States Ownership                 8%
Privately Held Organization                           32%
Government (local, state, federal, military)      21%
Non-profit association or
educational institution                                   21%
                 TOTAL                                      100%

How many employees are there in your organization?
1-100                          19%
101-500                       18%
501-1000                    10%
1001-5000                   17%
More than 5,000          36%

TOTAL                      100%

During fiscal year 2002, how would you describe what happened within your organization/department? (Please consider +/- 1-5% to be moderate, while +/- 5% representing significant in the scales below)

Significant Moderate No Moderate Significant N/A
Decrease Decrease Change Increase Increase

Overall profitability (pre-tax)
8%                27%         17%           25%             7%              15%

Staff (overall headcount)
6%              35%         20%           31%           8%               0%

Sales
1% 21% 16% 29% 7% 26%

Technology investments
4% 11% 26% 40% 16% 3%

Travel expenditures (all organization)
18% 36% 26% 12% 2% 6%

IT training budget
9% 29% 32% 20% 3% 8%

E-learning initiatives
3% 11% 38% 32% 11% 6%

Classroom training initiatives
5% 17% 35% 38% 5% 2%

Training department salaries
3% 6% 58% 24% 0% 9%

Training department staff headcount
1% 24% 54% 13% 0% 7%

Non-company sponsored conferences/seminar attendance
14% 18% 39% 18% 0% 11%

Custom Training materials/manuals development
5% 6% 33% 41% 11% 5%

Off-the-shelf training materials/videos, etc. purchase
11% 15% 39% 24% 2% 9%

Outside training/consultants investment
12% 18% 38% 15% 3% 14%

AV/Presentation equipment purchase
9% 12% 39% 33% 1% 6%

Using the same categories and scale as above, what do you anticipate for each in the coming calendar/fiscal year 2003 as compared to 2002? (Please consider +/- 1-5% to be moderate, while +/- 5% representing significant in the scales below)

Significant Moderate No Moderate Significant N/A
Decrease Decrease Change Increase Increase

Overall profitability (pre-tax)
1% 10% 16% 45% 6% 21%

Staff (overall headcount)
2% 22% 43% 31% 3% 0%

Sales
0% 6% 12% 47% 9% 26%

Technology investments
0% 12% 28% 51% 6% 4%

Travel expenditures (all organization)
7% 19% 46% 24% 3% 1%

IT training budget
6% 12% 52% 22% 0% 9%

E-learning initiatives
3% 7% 28% 51% 6% 6%

Classroom training initiatives
4% 6% 45% 39% 4% 1%

Training department salaries
1% 3% 62% 23% 0% 11%

Training department staff headcount
3% 7% 65% 16% 1% 7%

Non-company sponsored conferences/seminar attendance
10% 22% 47% 16% 0% 4%