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the purpose of this paper is to approach, discuss, and suggest - after a careful literature review and from the results of exploratory study -, a conception that tries to establish connections between the different definitions of experiential learning and its role in the development of competences in organizational context. the study investigated the aspects related to learning and to the development of c ompetences, through the perception, of university students that were working, and attending their last year of a business administration program. the results revealed: the importance of the context in which individuals are inserted to the construction of meanings in the learning process; how situations that one encounters in everyday life can become a leverage in this process; and that it′s possible to state that, in order, to install a learning culture that allows the development of competences, it is necessary to have a clear understanding of the new directives of an educational method aimed at learning. this study aims to bring some contribution, suggesting a relatively integrated reference framework to the definition of learning in action, and its role in the development of competences.