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dc.contributor.advisorTaylor, David
dc.contributor.advisorJobber, David
dc.contributor.authorAlbahussain, Sami A.M.A.*
dc.date.accessioned2011-07-14T16:53:09Z
dc.date.available2011-07-14T16:53:09Z
dc.date.issued2011-07-14
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10454/4944
dc.description.abstractThis research explores the nature and extent of training and development (TD) provision, as well as top managers' and TD personnel's attitudes towards the TD function within the medium and large-size private manufacturing organisations of Saudi Arabia. Extensive details of the TD situation are provided and assessed for their adequacy, covering among other elements a descriptive analysis of the main characteristics of the organisations concerned, an evaluation of their TD plans and policies, and a review of their budget allocation and funding. The research then proceeds to describe and discuss the extent to which such organisations are applying a systems approach to TD, both in terms of its design and implementation. Thereafter, the main factors impeding the effectiveness of TD programmes are examined, followed by a consideration of the future challenges that are likely to increase the importance of TD for the organisations in question. The research has adopted a mainly descriptive approach and uses both quantitative and qualitative analytical methods. The required data were gathered through a combination of semi-structural interviews with a number of top managers, and survey questionnaires addressed to the persons responsible for TD within the targeted organisations. The sampling strategy was disproportional stratified random sampling. In total 16 senior executives, 132 medium-size organisations and 94 large-size organisations took part in the study. The findings reveal that although attitudes towards the value of TD are generally favourable, in practice in the majority of cases TD is under-resourced, unplanned and patchy, hardly the ideal features of a systematic model of TD that will enable private manufacturing business to successfully meet the challenges of the future ahead. The research ends with a number of specific and practical recommendations intended to improve the effectiveness of TD in the private manufacturing sector of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as well as a number of suggestions for further research.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipGovernment of Saudi Arabiaen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights<a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-nd/3.0/88x31.png" /></a><br />The University of Bradford theses are licenced under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/">Creative Commons Licence</a>.en_US
dc.subjectTraining and developmenten_US
dc.subjectLearningen_US
dc.subjectMedium and large-size organisationsen_US
dc.subjectManufacturing sectoren_US
dc.subjectPrivate sectoren_US
dc.subjectSaudi Arabiaen_US
dc.titleHuman resource development: An investigation into the nature and extent of training and development in the Saudi private manufacturing sector.en_US
dc.type.qualificationleveldoctoralen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Bradfordeng
dc.publisher.departmentPostgraduate School of Studies in Management and Administrationen_US
dc.typeThesiseng
dc.type.qualificationnamePhDen_US
dc.date.awarded2000
refterms.dateFOA2018-10-24T01:20:20Z


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