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What is the difference between learning and acquiring knowledge? What are the implications of this distinction on human resource development programs? How would you ensure that your programs resulted in learning?

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This solution describes a plausible difference between learning and knowledge. It explains the implications of these ideas on evaluating training effectiveness and on human resources people development.

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Learning, as I view it is a cognitive (mental) process that is about acquiring information, experiences, and concepts. While admirable, learning need not result in the application of what has been learned. Acquiring knowledge is a more active and sometimes painful process of interpreting, critically reasoning both from the information ...

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