Problem: Key benefits of Informal Learning are that it has a significant positive impact on the corporate culture and it contributes to the transfer of tacit knowledge which is vital to corporate performance
Informal learning is not meant to completely replace formal learning. Rather the two are blended into a composite approach that increases the return for the company's investment in employee learning.
Informal Learning Advantages
A well executed corporate Informal Learning process has a number of benefits -
- Cost savings
- Increased employee productivity
- Improved customer relationships
- Fast new product development