Abstract. This paper draws on prior exploration on human resource development in a learning organization, including
theories about a learning organization, its features, human resource development and learning styles in organizations. The
main aim of this paper is to explore human resource development and learning styles in organizations. The author introduces
results of the survey covering 37 Lithuanian organizations selected from various industries ranging from a newspaper and
transportation, insurance and radio station, to those in trade and manure production. The research shows that mostly explored
organizations have a formalized approach to learning and has only a few features of a learning organization.