Implications Of The Learning Organization Phenomenon For The Training And Development Field.

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v; Guns, 1996; Schwartz, 1996). Thus, to transform an organization in ways that support learning, responsiveness and innovation - to become a learning organization - has become a major expression of corporate purpose (Mills, 1992). The learning organization is a topic that suggests an enhanced role for the training profession - if only because of its given name and the ostensible link between 'learning' and 'training' (Tobin, 1998)...
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The purpose of this paper is to explore the ramifications of learning organizations for the training and development field. Specific questions of interest include the following: * What is a learning organization? How and why has this phenomenon come about? * Does the pursuit to become a learning organization signal a greater or lesser role for the training profession? * What is or should be the role of training in learning organizations? The literature is full of diverse perspectives regarding what a learning organization is and where the training function fits within this entity...
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