A research study submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration, School of Management

Research Studies Project Report (M.B.A.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2001

Objectives of this research are to assess the need for skilled labor in the development process in Myanmar and how to solve the gap between demand and supply of skill labor for sustainable economic growth in this country. Despite the government's market oriented policy initiated in 1989 offering more credit to the private sector, foreign investment still plays a dominating role in Myanmar's economic development and absorb a large proportion of the country's resources. In spite of that, a majority of private firms utilize their work force to become efficient employees, and role of human resource management to contribute neither their staff nor a country. The research has summarized the features of human resource development in Myanmar and formal education system, which is so far unable to satisfy the demand of skilled labor, both in quality and quantity. But it was happened in every country. The most important finding of this research problems of formal education system, practical implementation of firm's training system to development their workforce and how film's conttibute to the society. In this context, firms fill up the partial fulfillment of the gap in skill formation of formal education. However, suggests necessary solution to improvement the petformance of education and training in Myanmar, at least, in the current stage of its development process.