Preference Analysis of Knowledge Domain for Organisational Learning – A Case of NLCIL

Knowledge is omnipresent and in this technology world, knowledge acquisition, processing retention has become easier. While knowledge is easily accessible, preferences to the way of learning vary with individuals. Public Sector units in India have been leading the country on many fronts while a very few leading PSUs have taken right direction towards involving into technology disruption in adopting knowledge management efforts. NLCIL is one such company who have taken outstanding efforts in encouraging learning using knowledge management approaches and understanding the requirement of its employees. The paper is an attempt to conduct a preference analysis of learning needs among NLCIL employees in immediate context to work and elaborates the knowledge demands among executives. The paper comprehends the relation between demographic variables like age, gender, grade, department, and unit affecting the training preference of respondents. It is evident from the data that knowledge domain has an edge over the skill and behaviour domain when comprehended in relation to training preferences categorised underage, gender, grade, department, and unit.