learning society and learning organization

learning society and learning organization

the concept of a society or organization in which learning and a culture of improvement and ‘enhancement’ is seen as increasingly central. The popularity of the concept in management theory and in the new politics of education (see also LIFELONG LEARNING) reflects the increasing centrality of knowledge and knowledge workers within the modern global economy

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