ASSESSMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES A CASE STUDY OF ETHIOPIAN ELECTRIC POWER CORPORATION

Abstract

Human Resource Development (HRD) is a planned and systematic approach to development of employees for both organizations’ and employees’ benefit. Thus, this research is designed to assess employees’ satisfaction with HRD practices in Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation(EEPC). HRD results into several positive individual organizational outcomes HRD needs investment in training development education programs developing and effective HRD system’s difficult tasks since it needs to align both company & employees need Both secondary and primary data were used in the research. A survey questionnaire with five point Likert scale is a main tool for gathering data with human resource development practices of the corporation. 81 participants in the Head office operational and management employees were participated in filling the questionnaires. An interview was also made with officials of training and development team of the Corporation. The findings of the study indicated that respondents perceived the HRD practices of the corporation as unfairly focused on some work units only. Respondents also indicated their dissatisfaction with the promotional opportunities and the knowledge to gain from the work they do for the Corporation. Moreover, majority of respondents indicated that they don’t think that the Corporation is the best place to develop themselves. In general beyond meeting the Corporation’s HR need, the HRD practices should focus on individuals and satisfying their needs for career growth and development. HRD is not all about providing training rather it should aimed at matching the organizational need for HR with the individual needs for career growth and development. Secondly, HRD practices must necessarily focus on individuals since all the strength of Teams and the organization must first embed into individual employees