DELIVERING LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT

Delivering Learning and Development

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Organizational Volatility

Another major obstacle of learning pertaining to volatility is the organizational volatility. These changes in the organization can be in the form of mergers and acquisitions as well as in the form of changes in the organizational policies and practices. When the requirement of a change occurs people find it very hard to change themselves and the way they work. This leads to the formation of status quo in the organization. This status quo is a major impediment to bringing the desired change in the organization. Hence, social capital and its link with innovation erode in such an organization. Hence, a learning environment is the first quality of an organization possessing social capital and social network that translates into considerably better outcomes for the company. Social capital, and the use of it for continuous improvement and innovation, facilitates achievement and focuses on learning and development. Hence, learning and development comes from all the levels of the organization whether they are at the lowest level or at the upper most level.

Qualities of a Learning Organization

Change and Willingness to Adapt

The first and foremost quality of a learning organization is that the people in the learning organization are willing to change and adapt with the things they learn from their experiences. This seems very simple in that a person thinks that adapting to the change should not be so difficult. In reality, this is something very difficult. Every person has a certain way of doing things. When you learn something you adhere to it and get used to doing your job in a certain way. The learning is not something that comes difficult for a competent employee. Why most people and the organizations they work for fail to adapt is something that is plain human nature. It is not that difficult to learn as it is to unlearn. It is unlearning that most people are unable to do.

When the requirement of a change occurs people find it very hard to change themselves and the way they work. This leads to the formation of status quo in the organization. This status quo is a major impediment to bringing the desired change in the organization. Hence, a learning organization is one that develops an organizational culture where everyone is willing to learn. Hence, a learning environment is the first quality of a learning organization that translates into considerably better outcomes for the company. This environment facilitates achievement and focuses on learning and development in everything it does. Hence, learning and development comes from all the levels of the organization whether they are at the lowest level or at the upper most level (Allcock, 1988, pp: 128).

Increased Accountability

In a learning organization, the performance of the company gets stronger. This improvement in the performance increases the motivation level of employees. When employees are motivated they perform so much better. On a personal organization, it has been found that employees find it fun to ...