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http://dx.doi.org/10.21186/IPR.2019.4.1.057

Life long learning system crate major impact on dominant organizations in the world  

Chandrakant, Mehta Jaydip (Namseoul University)
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Industry Promotion Research / v.4, no.1, 2019 , pp. 57-66 More about this Journal
Abstract
The extant research literature is scant in telling us how organizations actually implement lifelong learning practices and policies. Hence, the purpose of this paper is to describe how lifelong learning is grounded in practice. We do this by introducing a new conceptual framework that was developed on the basis of interviews with a number of leading edge corporations from Canada, the USA, India and Korea. At the heart of our model, and any effective lifelong learning system, is a performance management system. The performance management system allows for an ongoing interaction between managers and employees whereby challenging performance and learning goals are set, and concrete plans are made to achieve them. Those plans involve three types of learning activities. First, employees may be encouraged to engage in formal learning. This could be provided in-house, or the employee may take a leave of absence and return to school. Second, managers may deploy their subordinates to different departments or teams, so that they can take part in new work-based learning opportunities. Finally, employees may be encouraged to learn on their own time. By this we mean learning after organizational hours through firm-sponsored 5 programs, such as e-learning courses. Fueled by the performance management system, we posit that these three learning outlets lead to effective lifelong learning in organizations.
Keywords
Lifelong Learning; Emerging Society; Lifelong Education; Lifelong Training; Organizations Training;
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