Personal Learning University

Learning organizations have always contributed to its success. Due to the winds of change and increasing career transitions the focus from learning organization is shifting to personal learning university. The question evolves as, in a situation of inconsistent employment, sudden financial depressions and economic downturn how do an individual sustain learning? The winning edge lies in the excellence of professional experience. One’s knowledge in their field is the only edge over others. So how would an individual continue to work towards their knowledge during these changing times?

Let’s take a closer look to understand learning. It is defined as a marked change in behaviour due to acquired information. This acquiring of the information may happen through different sources. For some it may be through formal learning process whereas for others it would happen through task-conscious process. The learning for the executives, during the professional years happen through the job , hence it is task conscious learning. When a professional enrols for an Management Development course or a PhD it becomes the formal learning process. Here we discuss a situation independent of a formal or even a task, i.e., where the learning happens even when a formal process such as a management education is missing and job are not there for action learning.
In absence of a formal system, let’s understand how learning can be enunciated by an individual. It begins on a daily basis. Every individual is required to produce a certain range of values at work. Tacit learning is gained by an individual through the tasks delivered, which cannot be learnt, during the formal education. For instance, when an individual starts working as an HR they may have read about recruitment during their MBA course, but learning the key points in screening a candidate comes from a live job. The vendor management and software can be learnt during the course, but points such as how to manage multiple vendors for hiring the same skill sets or how the software can be used effectively to download more relevant resumes come through experience, which is, tacit learning. Business intelligence is gained by managing an expansion or a ramp down that requires an unique solution. The learning gained through being on the job will become as strong as the formal study, when it is organised and realised.
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