Hi Noreen, a Nice question as I was pondering over it. I believe it's not a learned thing, it's more like a Do thing. I say that because of in past time as long as there have been people there has always been networking, Think about when someone in your family wants to do something and need others to know or help them. They pick up the phone and send invites to meet at a certain place at a particular time on a set day. and it still works TODAY! NETWORKING from the Beginning of TIME. Oh, and networking is important no man is an Island.