The importance placed on the learning organization and transfer of training as strategies for a competitive advantage suggests that both should be further explored. The learning organization and transfer of training are valuable tools for learning and managing knowledge within organizations, which is considered critical for success. Furthermore, focusing on both ensures that the learning that takes place covers learning of explicit and tacit information and includes learning at the individual and organizational levels. Even more important is the fact that both the learning organization and transfer of training take learning to the next level by focusing on taking action based on learning to improve performance for a competitive advantage. If adopting the dimensions of a learning organization or making changes in the factors that affect transfer of training can improve performance, then both deal with important issues that should be addressed. In addition, if adopting a learning
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organization can improve performance and lead to improvements in the transfer of training, then this increases the pay off for the organization. By adopting the dimensions of a learning organization, it may be possible to improve transfer and the ROI for training by cutting the approximately $50 billion that is lost on training each year. Furthermore, effective training and ultimately transfer is an important part of the learning process in a learning organization. Consequently, becoming a learning organization and improving transfer of training could be the critical factors necessary to improve learning, better manage knowledge, make improvements in individual and organizational performance, and maintain a competitive advantage in turbulent