Values of Learning Organization

 

Value of Learning Organization & Strategy

 As illustrated in the figure 1 below, the learning organizations would have two types of characteristics under industrial paradigm and learning paradigm.

 

Value of a learning organization can be described further as below (Importance of a learning organization, 2019).

•  ·         Learning and development activities make a major contribution to the successful attainment of the organization’s objectives and investments in it benefits all the stakeholders of the organization.

• ·    Learning and Development plans and programes should be integrated with and support the achievement of business and HR strategies.

• ·         Learning and Development should be performance – related – designed to achieve specified improvements in corporate, functional, team and individual performance and make a major contribution to bottom-line results.

• ·         Everyone in the organization should be encouraged and given the opportunity to learn – to develop their skills and knowledge to the maximum of their capacity.

• ·         The framework for individual learning is provided by personal development plans that focus on self-managed learning and are supported by coaching, mentoring and formal training.

• ·         The prime responsibility for learning and development rests with individuals, who will be given the guidance and support of their managers.

Strategies for creating a learning culture (Greany, 2021).

1.       1.Develop and share the vision – belief in a desired and emerging future.
2.       Empower employees – provide supported autonomy, freedom for employees to manage their work within certain boundaries but with support available as required.
3.       Provide employees with a supportive learning environment where learning capabilities can be discovered and applied.
4.       Use coaching techniques to draw out the talents of others by encouraging employees to identify options and seek their own solutions to problems.
5.       Guide employees through their work challenges and provide them with time, resources and, crucially, feedback
6.       Recognize the importance of managers acting as role models.
7.       Encourage networks – communities of practice.
8.       Get rid of bureaucratic systems that produce problems rather than facilitate work.

Video 1: Explains through the process of learning organization how companies grow in rapidly changing business environment with the examples.

https://hbr.org/video/2226587714001/the-importance-of-learning-in-organizations

Source: ( (Edmondson, 2008))

Bibliography

Bakshi, N. (2018, 07 18). Linked In. Retrieved from https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/importance-learning-organization-neeldana-bakshi/

Edmondson, D. G. (2008). The Importance of Learning in Organizations.

Greany, S. (2021, 7 21). Ways to create a learning culture. Retrieved from https://www.elucidat.com/blog/5-ways-to-create-a-learning-culture-in-your-organization/

Importance of a learning organization. (2019, May 16). Retrieved from https://www.getsmarter.com/blog/employee-development/the-importance-of-a-learning-organisation/#:~:text=It%20even%20allows%20for%20teams,accountability%20for%20the%20projects%27%20results.