Suppose that a society decides to save money by reducing funding for education and training. then it finds that workers do not have the skills needed for jobs . why did robert merton refers to this behavior as dysfunctional

Dysfunctional behaviour causes the society to save money rather than investing it into the training and education of workers.

Explanation:

This behaviour is dysfunctional because in order to produce skill worker, investment in their education and training is required. But in this case the education and training is compensated for the sake of saving money for future. Now when skilled workers are required for jobs, how can the society expects the untrained and uneducated workers to work at the same standards.

This is a dysfunctional behavior which causes the society to not invest in something which will be required in future.