LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT BEST WAY TO GROW ORGANISATION

Learning and development has been described as the best way to grow business and safe organization from frustrations. Therefore, it is time for learning and development leaders to stop reacting to training requests and start meeting real performance needs.

However, learning and development professionals desiring to add value to their Cooperative organizations need to learn to focus on training that would add value and start training at the right time for the right members.

Speaking at the 5th Annual Union Retreat of Ike Oluwa Sagamu Remo Cooperative Multipurpose Union Limited held on Saturday, 18th November, 2023 at the Union Building, Olowowere Area, Iparufu Soyindo, Sagamu, Ogun State, with the theme: “Organization Development Scale Up Leadership”, the Vice President of OGSCOFED Limited and President Remo Branch I, Chief Mrs Adenike Ajayi, said a learning organization is an organization skilled at creating, acquiring and transferring knowledge and modifying its culture to reflect new knowledge and insight while having the agility to adapt to changing environments.

She explained that in Cooperative organization, learning is valued, encouraged and recognized, while access to training and personal development is open and flexible, within available resources.

Mr. Babatunde, the Zonal Assistant Director of Cooperative Services Sagamu Local Government said that any management of organization that is not delivering the required results should be replaced with effectives for the growth of the organization. “If Trustees is not delivering results the shareholders should change the trustees.”

Mr. Ola Otinwa ficp, President Ike Oluwa Sagamu (Remo) CMU Limited, said it is very important for members to come together and understand the important ways of doing Cooperative business.