1. RIM WOLDESLASSIE HRDO: 561 ADULT LEARNING & DEVELPOMENT IN THE WORKPLACE UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS

2. Lupin Ltd. Vision Statement “ To be an Innovation led, transnational Pharmaceutical company” Values  Integrity  Teamwork  Respect & care  Passion for excellence  Entrepreneurial spirit  Customer focus Lupin, 2014

3. The needs of Lupin Ltd. Lack of talent & implement LD Retain & promote employees Meet staffing needs & social responsibility Create a learning culture Harris, 2014

4. Additional learning solutions Developing social learning through social media Using social media tools in training outside the organization (Ganesh, 2014)

5. Delivering social learning practices Through open or closed social media platforms (Ganesh, 2014) Gamification (Ganesh, 2014) Mixture of face-to-face and social media interaction

6. Lasting impacts Social learning can renovate an organization into a learning organization Increase networking opportunities toward a personal connection (Harrington, 2010) Understand technology (Harrington, 2010)

7. Steps toward social learning Develop a long lasting plan Create various pilots Expand social learning scope toward day to day functioning Ganesh, 2010

8. Reflective summary Importance of seeing your future in a company Breaking boundaries ‘One size fits all’

9. References Ganesh, U. (2014). Building the social learning highways. Financial Express. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.stthomas.edu/login? URL=?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1511337697? accountid=14756 Harrington, M. (2010). Training: The future of training and development: New social learning. New Directions. Retrieved from http://newdirectionsconsulting.com/leadership-engagement/ the-future-of-training-development-new-social-learning-2/ Harris, P. (2014). Encouraging talent to rise and shine. American Society for Training & Development. Retrieved from file:///Users/ rimwoldeslassie/Downloads/Rise_shine_Lupin_India2014.pdf Lupin (2014). Vision & Values. Retrieved from www.lupin.com/about- vision-values.php