THE IMPACT OF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT ON EMPLOYEES PERFORMANCE IN THE CASE OF ASKU PLC

Abstract

Human resource is the most valuable assets of any organization, with the machines, materials and even the money; nothing gets done without man-power. A human being is dynamic in nature, staff training and development is a necessity to keep them in track with the current competitive situation. Employee performance is the important factor and the building block which increases the performance of overall organization. The objective of this study is to investigate the impact of training and development on employee’s performances in the case of ASKU plc. Therefore, the research design involved was a descriptive and correlation research. For achieving the objective of this study, 148 Questionnaires were distributed and 140 of them were successfully collected and analyzed using descriptive statically analysis (mean and Standard Deviation) as well as correlation and regression analysis using SPSS 23.version. Both primary and secondary source of data were used for this Study. The method of data collection was questionnaire in the form of closed ended question. The Questionnaires were rated using five points liker Scale. The major finding indicated that there is significant and positive correlation between training and development on employees’ performance There is significant positive correlation between training design and employee performance with correlation coefficient of 0.402(r=0.402) and significance less than 0.001. Therefore, training design and employee performance were positively correlated and had strong correlation between them. From the correlation matrix there is positive relationship between on- the- job training and employee performance with a Pearson correlation coefficient of 0.305 (r=0.305) and significance value less than 0.001. This significance indicated that there is positive relationship between on-the-job-training and employee performance. Similarly there is also good relationship between off-the-job-training and employee performance with a correlation coefficient of 0.354 (r= 0.354) and significance value less than 0.001. From the regression analysis, training design had highest Beta coefficient of 0.065. This result implies that training design had highest impact on employee performance.