Learning and Development: Organisational Learning and Learning Organisation

Learning and
Development

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................2
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Organisational learning..........................................................................................................3
Meaning and concept of organisational learning ...................................................................3
Characteristics of Organisation learning- ..............................................................................4
Learning Organisation............................................................................................................5
Characteristics of Learning Organization- ............................................................................5
Importance of Learning Organisation- ..................................................................................5
Difference between Organisational Learning and Learning Organisation ............................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
References:.......................................................................................................................................9
Books and Journals.................................................................................................................9
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INTRODUCTION
Learning is the way or process by which an individual takes the knowledge and skills
which will be useful for them in their future development. On the other hand, development
means the development of the personality which has been made due to the skills and knowledge
which has been acquired(Karhade and et. al., 2019) . Learning and development is the important
subject in Human Resource Management and also together it is a process which helps to develop
the skills of employees, their value, competency and their performance in the organisation to
achieve the goals. The main aim of learning and development is to enhance the personality of the
individual which helps them to become competitive and are able to share their knowledge and
skills with the other people. Tesco is a biggest multinational grocery and retailer and the
headquarter of the company is in Welwyn Garden City, England, UK. This report will cover the
definition and concept of Organisational learning and Learning organisation, Characteristics,
features and importance of Organisational Learning and Learning organisation and the difference
between Organisational Learning and Learning Organisation.
MAIN BODY
Organisational learning
Meaning and concept of organisational learning
Learning organisations means that organisations in which people are learning
continuously to bring good results and where the things are taken care of for brining good results
throughout. The main focus of the learning organisation is that where people are committed to
learn new things in the organisations and are also working hard on the education for the results
of brining continuous improvement in their skills and knowledge. The main idea behind the
learning organisation is that to improve the skills and knowledge of the individual to meet the
objectives of the organisations(Sannino, 2020) . Tesco also allows its employees to learn about
the things which are important for the organisation point of view and helps them in providing
necessary training. The main aim of the learning organisations is that it helps the employees to
solve the issue which they are facing within a reasonable time. When the individual learns
something they helps in sharing their knowledge and ideas as they develop the confidence. The
culture of the organisations which Tesco have also developed is collaborative in which each
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employee share their ideas and understanding. The learning organisation is helpful in making
new innovations inside the company as this leads to success and good market image.
Organisational learning is the process of learning from the past experience and from that
experience the organisation also learns and develops itself in a good way. They take the
experience from the past mistakes which they have made and with it helps in creation of new
knowledge. In the process of organisational learning there are certain actions which are
considered and that includes-
 Conceive- It means that some idea or the knowledge for the development of the products
or services have been come up.
 Act- After the idea which has been come up now the time arrives to act on the idea and
develop that idea into reality.
 Reflect- Reflect means that the result which has arrived is because of the learning and
development.
It is very important for the organisation to make sure that the knowledge and information
which they have learned from the past mistakes or things must be retained in the organisation
and should be transferable in the company(Lei and et. al., 2020). Tesco always tries to make the
development of the things which they have learned and this is the reason why the company has
become the third largest in the retail industry. It is important for the managers and the leaders
that they must develop and create the environment of good learning culture. Organisation
learning is the method which have used by every successful companies so that they can make the
pin point on the things which they have mistaken in the past.
Characteristics and role of organisational learning
Characteristics of Organisation learning-
 Innovation and change- When the organisation develops itself from the learning over
the things which they have made then it results in innovation. Tesco has developed itself
from the things which they have learned and helped them to become the top most retailer
in UK(Christensen and Knezek, 2018). The change and innovation which the Tesco have
made is only because of the identification of the things otherwise they would not be able
to make the success.
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