| Summary: | This study explores the needs of lifelong learning from the perspectives of working adults
focusing on the employees of METEOR Group of Companies. The study addresses
concerns via its three stated objectives namely to identify profiles of staff who pursue
formal learning in the organization, identifying reasons for pursuing learning as well as
identifying constraints in the pursuance of lifelong learning. The data for this study
embraces the email messages, interview transcripts as well as communication via
synchronous mediated technology, namely Yahoo Messenger. The data collected has
been processed using statistical fwnction embedded in SPSS programme. Factor analysis
techniques have also been used in the effort to process data. Thus far, data collected
could not be further analyzed due to small numbers recorded on the staff who currently
pursuing learning. Findings of the study had generated reasons for pursuing lifelong
learning that is basically to increase and enhance self opportunity, for the financial and
economic stability as well as for self satisfaction of oneself. The study also discovered
the awareness among the non-pursuance of lifelong learning on the importance of
continuous learning. The existence of the awareness among the non pursuance was
definitely hindered by the constraints discovered in the study. The major constraints
recorded are work commitment, financial as well as time constraint. Apparently, these
constraints had strongly triggered that majority of the staff who pursue learning are at the
non-executive level as compared to the executive and middle management. Indirectly it
shows that the non-executive level are committed to improve their current well being and
perhaps for the reason that there are less burden in their present work which allows them
to pursue higher 1earning.The findings will contribute towards the organization efforts in
enhancing and established skilled human capital within the organization. The findings
and recommendation of the study would serve as a relevant tool in harnessing employees'
development as well as sustaining the employability of respective staff. The study offers
positive views for further study to be explored in order to attain a better understanding
among the new employees of the organization besides providing actual assistances in
L creating and provoking awareness amongst its employees towards the importance of
lifelong learning. To sustain and survive in rapid changing world, organization has to be
[i more proactive in generating skilled human capital for the bettennent of the organization
E as well as the employees, in particular. (Author's abstract)
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