| Article ID: | iaor201526820 |
| Volume: | 21 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Start Page Number: | 420 |
| End Page Number: | 434 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2015 |
| Journal: | International Journal of Services and Operations Management |
| Authors: | Jenab Kouroush, Teimouri Hadi, Moazami Mansour |
| Keywords: | education, management |
The main objective of the present survey is to study the impact of challenges in the training system and the effectiveness of human resources management practices in Iran's petrochemical industry. According to results of the present survey, there is a significant difference among identified challenges in training system in the decentralised and centralised maintenance sections of Iran's petrochemical industry. Results demonstrate that effectiveness of human resources management practices in training system in the centralised maintenance section is higher than the average level and in the decentralised maintenance section, the effectiveness is lower than the average level. Also there exists a significant difference between the effectiveness level of human resources management practices in training system in the decentralised and centralised maintenance sections. Finally, there exists a significant and reversed relation among the existing challenges in training system and effectiveness of human resources management practices in this regard.