Importance of Staff Training in a Libyan Oil Organisation, with Special Reference to the Libyan National Oil Corporation

Abstract

The study examines the effectiveness of in-service staff training with special emphasis on staff of the Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC). The study adopts quantitative approach for the collection of data, using a questionnaire. A methodical review of the literature relevant to staff training has been carried out, analysed and discussed. The aim of the present study was to: “evaluate the effectiveness of training of staff at National Oil Corporation (NOC), Libya.” The objectives were to: examine current training programmes and to assess their values to trainee staff and to know whether staff need to update their technical skills, or learn new methods of undertaking their tasks, identify reasons motivating staff to attend training courses, identify whether training courses are relevant to the needs and requirements of trainee staff, identify whether training is based on the goals, objectives, or plans of the organisation, or whether they are general in nature, and to check whether performance has improved, and identify whether training has helped libyanise semi-skilled and skilled staff within the Corporation by the provision of effective training programmes.