ASESSMENT OF TRAINING PRACTICE AT ETHIOPIAN CONSTRUCTION WORK‟S CORPORATION

Abstract

Now a day organizations operate in a complex and dynamic environment, to cope with this changing environment organizations need to pay more attention to train its human resource by helping them to contribute towards the achievement of the organizational goals and objectives. The purpose of this study was to assess the overall training practice of Ethiopian Construction Works Corporation (ECWC). It looks through how the training policy align with the corporation strategic business objective, how TNA is conducted, how training program is designed, how it is implemented and evaluated, and finally to find out possible factors that hinder effective training practice in corporation. Descriptive type of research design with a mixed approach (quantitative and qualitative) was employed. Proportionate stratified random sampling technique was used and the sample size of the study was 235. Among this 34 are team leaders and 201 are employees. Primary data were collected through a questionnaire and interview. The quantitative Data obtained have been analyzed by using descriptive statics. Moreover, the qualitative data obtained using interviews have been analyzed and interpreted using content analysis by identifying patterns and themes drawn from participants’ responses. The study shows that the corporation’s training policy and strategic business objective is implemented in moderate way. The corporation’s need assessment practice, trainees’ selection criteria and training program evaluation were not effective to address its objectives in the achievement of the overall goals of the organization. The paper ends by offering useful suggestions to ECWC management to be properly review and manage its TNA, design, and implementation and evaluation practice.