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Organisational learning and knowledge management

Within business, learning is a conscious attempt on the part of organisations to improve productivity, effectiveness and innovativeness in uncertain economic and technological market conditions. The greater the uncertainties, the greater the need for learning. Learning enables quicker and more effective responses to a complex and dynamic environment. In turn, effective learning is associated with increased information sharing, communication, and understanding. Because of these reasons the concept of "learning" is probably more pronounced in business than any other area. Although business-oriented papers and research are not widely cited in agricultural, conservation or environmental literature - there are a lot of lessons to be gained from related work in organisational development and learning literature. And there are literally thousands of papers available through the Internet.

Although business-oriented papers and research are not widely cited in agricultural, conservation or environmental literature - there are a lot of lessons to be gained from related work in organisational development and learning literature. And as you will see from the sites below there are literally thousands of papers in this area available through the Internet.

Organisational learning