TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT OF WORKFORCES IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

Human resource development strategies play a critical role in order to have a successful organization. Based on a combination of literature research and an exploratory survey, the chapter explores the methods of training and development in HRD practices in construction firms. The survey was conducted by sending 50 sets of questionnaires to the nominated contractor firms in Mashhad, Iran. The analysis methods in this research were mainly descriptive and the type of investigation was a co-relational study. The research found some of the barriers and solutions of training and development of workforces.

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