Learning and Development (Distinction Criteria)

Learning and
Development

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Explanation of Organisational learning.......................................................................................3
Theories and models of Organisational learning.........................................................................5
Explanation of Learning organisation.........................................................................................6
Difference between organisational learning and learning organisation......................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
The concept of learning and development is a key aspect in the life of everyone as it helps an
individual in enhancing its skills, abilities as well as capabilities. In context to an organisation,
the process of learning and development is considered as a systematic process that helps in
increasing the level of competency of an employee that results in its effective performance
within the workplace. In this report, the different prospects of learning and development will be
discussed. There will be an explanation on the concept of organisational learning as well as
learning organisation (Bargshady and et.al., 2020). Along with it, there will also be a description
on the difference between the processes of organisational learning and learning organisation.
Moreover, relevant theories and models of organisational learning such as experiential learning
theory and adaptive and generative learning theory are also going to be taken into consideration
for analysing role of organisational learning in improving organisational performance.
MAIN BODY
Learning is referred to gain or acquire new knowledge or information while the concept of
development states the application of knowledge in order to get the outcomes and grow as a
leader. The main objective of learning and development within an organisation is to align the
goals as well as performance of the human resources with that of the workplace. The managers
who are responsible for learning and development in an organisation must recognise the skill
gaps among its manpower and teams then deploy them with providing effective training and
development sessions in order to bridge those gaps.
Explanation of Organisational learning
The process of organisational learning is concerned with learning within the workplace that
includes the interaction of a person and a group or team levels of analysis and results in attaining
the goals and objectives of the organisation. It is the process through which an organisation
makes improvements within itself over the time-period by gaining experience as well as using
the experience in order to create the information (Barron and et.al., 2020). After this the
knowledge that is created is transferred within the organisation. The concept of organisational
learning is crucial for all the businesses because the values of retention, creation as well as
transferring of knowledge help in strengthening the overall organisation. There are three main

Learning and
development

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Explanation of learning organisation...............................................................................................3
A brief overview of organisational learning....................................................................................4
Analysing difference between organisational learning and learning organisation on the basis of
above discussion..............................................................................................................................6
Explanation of learning development theories and models in context of organisational learning
and learning organisation.................................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
In the academic and career life learning and development play a crucial role by
developing competency power in a candidate. Most of the times institutions focus on providing
effective learning to candidates to enhance their working capacity (Broström, 2017). In recent
times the scope of learning and development has increased in a crucial manner as it facilitates
individual growth. With the help of learning and development an individual can operate with
maximum efficiency in the organisation. In general sense learning and development is the major
aspect of gaining development related to a specific field. The learning and development is major
task or activity which is provided different institutions with the help of professional teachers in
order to develop practical and theoretical knowledge in the individual. In this report different
aspects of learning and development are covered in a precise manner. This report also covers
various dimensions of learning and development to understand growth of individual according to
current scenario. This report covers major differences between organisational learning and
learning organisation to gain market success in international and national market.
MAIN BODY
Explanation of learning organisation
Learning organisation
Learning organisation is a business entity which is achieving growth by adopting
different techniques of business development. Learning organisations are mainly concerned with
deploying different techniques of personality development which are also essential in increasing
personality of an individual. The learning organisation also focus on providing quality goods and
services to different customers in order to gain competitive growth. Learning organisation is a
major organisation which tends to develop overall performance of the organisation in short span
of time. In this competitive world developing learning organisation is the major task of top level
management to develop a desired entity in a short period of time. Most of the companies in
modern world takes assistance of professional individuals in order to differently develop an
organisation (Kolb, 2018). In recent times the importance of learning organisation is increasing
day by day. It is important for human resource management in a company to consider all the
necessary aspects of learning organisation in order to achieve competency edge.
Importance and characteristics of learning organisation