KJV Dictionary Definition: devour devour. DEVOUR, v.t. L., to eat. 1. To eat up; to eat with greediness; to eat ravenously, as a beast of prey, or as a hungry man. We will say, some evil beast hath devoured him. Genesis 37. In the morning, he shall devour the prey. Genesis 49. 2. To destroy; to consume with rapidity and violence.
For more wide-ranging programs, such as managersâ spot awards, peer recognition, and other incentives for exhibiting organizational values, Dittman estimates the annual spend should be between $12 and $64 per employee annually, depending on thevariety of the offerings.
Similar to the direct learning expenditure per employee, the cost per learning hour available slightly increased from 2012 to 2013. In 2013, organizations report that the cost to have one hour of learning available was $1,798, which is a 1.5 percent increase over 2012, or $26.ealthcare/pharmaceutical organizations spend on average $1,392 and provide 24 hours of training per employee. The combined group of finance, insurance, and real estate spend on average $1,107 and provide 33 hours of training per employee. (See Figure 2,  Direct Learning Expenditure per Employee by Industry .).