http://www.willatworklearning.com/2009/01/myths-the-business-side-has-about-learning-result-of-data-gathering.html
Will Thalheimer's summary follows.
Here are the results:
Everybody Hold Myths
First, it became clear that the Business Side isn't the only group that holds myths. Learners and we as Learning Professionals have our own sets of myths. We can't demonize the Business Side. We have to go out of our way to understand and work with the business side to craft workable effective solutions for our organizations and all the people impacted.
Let me say that sometimes I kind of regret that a distinction has to be made between us as learning professionals and them as the business side. There's something wrong with that distinction (we are IN the business aren't we), yet the dichotomy makes some sense since we support others who do the actual work of the business.
The Most Popular Myths
(that the Business Side Has about Learning, according to Learning Professionals)
These are in order from my card-sorting categorization effort. The most-often cited are listed first.
1. Bad Learning Designs are Thought to be Good Learning Designs (big list below).
2. Training Alone Produces Improvements in On-the-job Performance.
3. Information Presentation is Sufficient as a Training Design.
4. Training & Instructional Design Require No Special Skills or Competencies.
5. Learners Know How to Learn.
6. Managers Think Learning & Development is a Low-Priority Part of their Role.
