Chapter 5Learning and Development
Long Life Learning: Preparing for Jobs That Don't Even Exist Yet is a book by Michelle Weise that highlights some of the major challenges employers are having in keeping up with the emerging learning needs of our society. Weise makes the case that, somewhere in the very near future, an average career will span nearly 100 years, and employers are challenged with preparing, upskilling, and reskilling employees in response.
The function of learning and development (L&D) within an organization is to facilitate the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and behavioral competencies—of both the employees and the organization—to enhance performance. This is done through human, organizational, and process interventions. ...
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