Abstract:
The building of modern nations depends upon the development of people and the organizations of human activity. Capital, natural resources, foreign aid, and the international trade, of course, play important roles in economic growth, but none is more important than manpower. Therefore, people at all levels and professions must continually upgrade their skills and knowledge and this cannot be achieved without effective corporate policies on education and training.
In this research the history of training along with the various education and training methods and applications are presented and discussed. In addition, the major forces shaping corporate policies on education and training are listed in order to be tested according to their relationships with such policies.
The purpose behind conducting this research is to examine whether the Lebanese organizations are able to face the demand for a more skilled workforce by adopting ffective educational and training policies. In addition, this study tends to test and assess the major factors that shape such policies. For this to be accomplished a group of employees from various Lebanese organizations was asked to answer a questionnaire including the above issues. After that, certain statistical models were applied on the collected data to end up with certain results showing that management culture is the only factor that tends to be associated with the variability in education and training activities in the Lebanese organizations. Finally, recommendations related to the effectiveness of training and education strategies were raised.
