Another important area of consideration for development is learning styles. Learning is the acquisition of skills, knowledge, and abilities that result in a relatively permanent change in behavior. 74 Over the last decade, growing numbers of multinationals have tried to become “learning organizations,” continually focused on activities such as training and development. In the new millennium, this learning focus applied to human resource development may go beyond learning organizations to “teaching organizations.” For example, Tichy and Cohen, after conducting an analysis of world-class companies such as General Electric, PepsiCo, AlliedSignal, and Coca-Cola, found that teaching organizations are even more relevant than learning organizations because they go beyond the belief that everyone must continually acquire new knowledge and skills and focus on ensuring that everyone in the organization, especially the top management personnel, passes the learning on to others. Here are their conclusions: