The Impact of Training and Development on Workers Performance in Imo State

Abstract

The concept of training and employee development was vague in the minds of managers and employers in times past. Training and employee development is a scheme to catch the growth and development of modern management techniques. This research work was aimed at ascertaining the impact of training and employee development on organization and worker’s performance. Fifty questionnaires were distributed and retuned. Simple percentages techniques were used to analyze the data, while Regression Analysis was used to test the hypotheses. It was discovered that training improves productivity and that training and development of workers do improve productivity. Also training and employee development manifests in the following conditions; high productivity, low wastages, low accident rate; low union dispute etc. It was concluded that the government need to inject more fund in training and re-training of employees for optimum productivity. It was finally recommended that techniques that would be easily understood by trainees should be used and they should be exposed to different methods, and equipment. Similarly, all training and employee development should center on the achievement of the individual and organizational needs.