learning
Definition
Measurable and relatively permanent change in behavior through experience, instruction, or study. Whereas individual learning is selective, group learning is essentially political—its outcomes depend largely on power playing in the group. Learning itself cannot be measured, but its results can be. In the words of Harvard Business School psychologist Chris Argyris, learning is “detection and correction of error” where an error means “any mismatch between our intentions and what actually happens.”
learning is in the HR, Teams, & Training and Information & Knowledge Management subjects.
learning appears in the definitions of the following terms:
employee development,
digital nervous system,
acculturation,
authentic assessment,
cognitive psychology,
informal knowledge,
on the job training (OJT),
training aid,
learning organization,
client publics
and
learning appears in the other terms:
situated learning,
organizational learning,
experiential learning,
chief learning officer (CLO),
terminal learning objective,
self-paced learning,
continuous learning activity,
distance learning,
machine learning,
passive learning
and
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