After the development in the administrative work and the focus on quality in its internal and external dimensions, in addition to the undesirable results of financial performance measures that are directed towards knowing past events and not what will be the case in the future, a new management concept appeared close to the end of the last century called the Balanced Scorecard, that balances financial and non-financial measures of performance, to assess short-term as well as long-term performance in a single report. The current research examines whether or not Lebanese banks apply the Balanced Scorecard by its four main dimensions (financial, client, internal operations, and learning-growth perspectives) in evaluating their performance. To achieve the objective of the study the researchers adopt the descriptive-analytical approach utilizing a five-point Likert style questionnaire as the study tool to collect information from the sample that consisted of 165 executives who work in different managerial positions of various departments at branches of banks listed in the Lebanese stock market. The study reached some important findings, mainly that there are potentials for applying the Balanced Scorecard with its four perspectives—primarily the financial perspective—in varying degrees in commercial banks listed in the Lebanese stock market. Based on the findings, the researchers had a set of recommendations directed to decision-makers in the banking sector.

The sudden and recent outbreak of the Covid-19 had its impact on the way of life around the entire world; it challenged the education systems around the globe and forced schools and universities to switch to online education overnight. Several schools and universities that were formerly hesitant to change their pedagogical approach had to switch completely to online education. The current paper explores the impact of online learning of Economics on acquiring essential skills in light of the Coronavirus outbreak from the economics teachers’ perspective. The researchers utilized a descriptive-analytical approach and constructed a quintet Likert style questionnaire which was electronically sent to a sample of Economics teachers working at Lebanese schools. The sample is made up of 153 teachers all of whom responded, and their responses were valid for analysis. The study rendered some noteworthy findings, mainly that through online learning of Economics, learners are not acquiring all of the 21st-Century skills. Based on the results, the researchers had some recommendations.

The sudden and recent outbreak of the Covid-19 had its impact on the way of life around the entire world; it challenged the education systems around the globe and forced schools and universities to switch to online education overnight. Several schools and universities that were formerly hesitant to change their traditional pedagogical approach had no choice but to entirely switch to online education. This study examines the impact of online learning of Economics on acquiring essential skills in light of the Coronavirus outbreak. The researchers used a descriptive-analytical approach and constructed a five-point Likert style questionnaire as a study tool. The questionnaire was distributed to a sample chosen from the population of Economics teachers in Lebanese schools. The sample consisted of 153 teachers all of which responded and their responses were valid for testing and analysis. The study reached some important findings mainly that through online learning of Economics, learners are not acquiring all of the 21st-Century skills, and the researchers had some recommendations as a result.