Learning is always the key to success for every professional be it a manager, a teacher, an engineer, a doctor or a scientist. The facets of learning, however, keep on changing with changing times and that calls for understanding learning from different dimensions, viz., a science, an art or a combo of both. A management professional understands the significance of this aspect as the tools for learning always need to be adjusted time and again with the changing times, which may call for different approaches to address even similar situations, albeit in different contexts and timings. Sharad Saxena, learning Manager with a Mumbai-based mid-sized IT firm, opines, the importance of a manager being a learner has increased manifold, over the last few years, primarily because the business dynamics change very fast.
The companies notably from the knowledge sectors like Information Technology, Information Technology Enabled Services, Biotechnology, are the ones which are implementing noble learning practices as they deal with knowledge workers, knowledge customers, knowledge vendors and a whole lot of stakeholders who are inclined towards knowledge. This needs flexible mindset, which in turn necessities a blend of conventional and unconventional methods of learning. Classroom learning in a real-life situation is intertwined with on-job training and experiential learning, thereby culminating in increased knowledge and competitiveness. |
