Vol.4, No 2, 2007 pp. 209 - 216
UDC 331.363
EMPLOYEE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT AND THE LEARNING ORGANIZATION
Jelena Vemić
Faculty for Service Business, kamencic@verat.net

The global competition and swiftness of changes emphasize the importance of human capital within organizations, as well as the swiftness and ways of knowledge gaining of that capital. In the economy where uncertainty is the only certainty, knowledge is becoming a reliable source of sustained competitive advantage. Knowledge is becoming basic capital and the trigger of development. Previously built on foundations of possessing specific resources and low costs, present day competition is based on knowledge possessing and efficient knowledge management. Modern organizations, therefore use their resources (money, time, energy, information, etc.) for permanent training and advancement of their employees. Organizations which are constantly creating new knowlegde, extending it through the entire organization and implementing it quickly inside the new technologies, develop good products and excellent services. These activities determine the company as a learning organization with constant innovation being its sole business. These are organizations which realize that learning and new knowledge are becoming the key of success, and that education is crucial for abundance.
Key words: human resource management, knowledge management, learning organization, education, development, knowledge workers.

OBUKA I RAZVOJ ZAPOSLENIH I UČEĆA ORGANIZACIJA
Globalna konkurencija i munjevitost promena potenciraju važnost ljudskog kapitala u organizaciji, kao i brzinu i načine na koje taj kapital stiče znanja. U ekonomiji u kojoj je jedina izvesnost neizvesnost, siguran izvor trajne kompetitivne prednosti postaje znanje. Znanje postaje temeljni kapital i poluga razvoja. Konkurentnost koja se ranije gradila na posedovanju specifičnih resursa, niskim troškovima ustupila je mesto konkurentnosti koja se bazira na posedovanju znanja i na efektivnom upravljanju znanjem. Zato savremene organizacije sve više svojh resursa (novca, vremena, energije, informacija isl.) posvećuju obrazovanju i stalnom obučavanju zaposlenih. Uspešne organizacije postaju one koje konstantno kreiraju novo znanje, rasprostiru ga kroz celu organizaciju i brzo ga ugrađuju u nove tehnologije, proizvode i usluge. Te aktivnosti određuju kompaniju kao učeću organizaciju čiji je jedini posao stalna inovacija. To su organizacije koje su shvatile da učenje i novo znanje postaju ključ uspeha, a obrazovanje krucijalno za bogatstvo.
Ključne reči: menadžment ljudskih resursa, menadžment znanja, učeća organizacija, obrazovanje, razvoj, radnici znanja