How does learning facilitate development?

In this special issue entitled Perspectives on Sustainable Learning and Organizing, the authors discuss learning modalities that can contribute to individual and organizational change and development.Williamsson & Askenäs (2024) examined learning in software development from the perspective of the individual, but also from the perspective of the organization.The information technology (IT) industry, and software development in particular, is very dynamic, and models and processes change very frequently.It is therefore interesting to determine what learning processes take place and whether organizations learn together with the individuals so that new behavioral routines and procedures are introduced and the individuals do not have to rely on the knowledge of those who may leave the organization.Sunnemark, Lundqvist Westin, Al Saad, & Assmo (2024) investigated the barriers and facilitators to knowledge transfer and learning processes in a collaborative project in a municipal organization in Sweden.Lilja (2024) explored how learning and development enable regenerative, transformative change.Brandenberger, Hasu, & Nerland (2024) examined the challenges of shaping sustainable change in the course of digitalization in primary care.Rosenbäck and Svensson (2024) examined management learning in public health during the declared pandemic in 2020 and reported on what management learned in a crisis situation.Jaakkola, Lemmetty, Collin, Ruoranen, & Antikainen (2024) investigated learning at the individual, team and organizational levels in the hospital environment.Hillberg Jarl (2024) provided a literature review on the influence of leaders on individual and team learning in the workplace. Learning in software developmentIn this issue, Williamsson & Askenäs (2024) examined whether and how learning takes place in software development.IT software development is a complex process that requires a constant renewal of knowledge, but also collaboration with many internal and external stakeholders.As new approaches and practices are constantly emerging, learning is a necessity to adapt to new requirements.However, the question arises as to how IT organizations and operations teams preserve knowledge for future use.Another question is who is responsible for such processes.Knowledge management is important in these circumstances because it makes the organization's knowledge available to individuals and This work is a part of the project "The influence of the internal and external environment on the development of management" supported by the University of Rijeka, Croatia.