The Impact of Manpower Training and Development on Job Performance in the Nigerian Public Service

The Impact of Manpower Training and Development on Job Performance in the Nigerian Public Service.

ABSTRACT

Manpower training has become the subject of increasing study and discussion by management and behavioural experts during the past decades.

The purpose of this is that the society has come to realise that the success of any organization depends to a large extent on the ability of the employees to perform their functions effectively and efficiently. Such effectiveness and efficiency largely depends on manpower training.

This study has adopted both primary and secondary sources of data. Reference was made to text books, journals, lecture notes that have relevance to this study. Personal observation, personal interview and the use of questionnaires formed the bases of the primary sources of data.

The data collected from primary and secondary sources were organized by the use of tables. Some relevant literatures were also reviewed in chapter two. It was considered necessary to identify some types of training, its importance, and some of the problems of  staff training and development were also discussed.

The researcher adopted the percentage method in its data analysis and these were shown in chapter three. Chapter four of this  research was so unique because it contains the data presentation and analysis. The stated hypotheses for this study were also tested.

Finally, chapter five records the research findings, summary, recommendations and conclusion which some of the findings includes:- A positive effect of training on workers performance; adequate manpower planning, motivation after undergoing training, improvement  in the existing relationship among workers.

While some of the recommendations includes:- Management should endeavour to specify the objectives of every training. Formal training facilities should be extended to all staff of the organization.

There should be guiding policies which must be strictly followed without playing a double standard etc.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE ………..i
DECLARATION…………….ii
CERTIFICATION …….. iii
DEDICATION ………….iv
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ………….v
ABSTRACT …………………….. vii
TABLE OF CONTENTS …….. viii

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background and Need for the Study ………. 1
1.2 Statement of the Problem ……………………… 2
1.3 Objectives of the Study ……………….. 4
1.4 Theoretical Foundation of the Study …………….. 4
1.5 Research Questions……….. 7
1.6 Scope of the Study ……………… 8
1.7 Limitation of Study ……………….. 9
1.8 Significance of the Study …………… 10
1.9 Definition of Terms and Acronyms ………….. 11

CHAPTER TWO REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

2.1 Literature Review ………… 17
2.1.1 Types of Training Techniques in N.D.E. .. 27

CHAPTER THREE RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY

3.1 Research Method and Design ……….. 33
3.2 Sources of Data …… 34
3.2.1 Primary Data ……………. 34
3.2.2 Secondary Data ……. 34
3.3 Location of the Study ………. 35
3.4 Data Collection ……………… 35
3.5 Population of the Study ……. 36
3.6 Sample Size and Sample Techniques ……….. 37
3.7 Instrumentation ……………… 42
3.8 Validity of the Instrument ……………. 43
3.9 Reliability of the Instrument …….. 44
3.10 Instrument Return Rate ………………. 46

CHAPTER FOUR

4.1 PRESENTATION, INTERPRETATION AND DATA

ANALYSIS ……….48

CHAPTER FIVE SUMMARY, RECOMMENDATION AND CONCLUSION

5.1 Summary of Findings ……………. 58
5.2 Recommendations ……………. 59
5.3 Conclusion …………… 62
BIBLIOGRAPHY …………….. 64
APPENDIX …………………. 68

INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background and Need for the Study

The mission of National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has been to concentrate its efforts on the re-activation of public works, promotion of direct labour, promotion of self-employment, organization of artisans into co-operatives and encouragement of a culture of maintenance and repairs through out the nation.

This set of objective has remained the guiding principle of which the organizations operation is based.

One of the objectives in the attainment of this goal has been the recruitment of qualified personnel in the organization.

The second is the training of workers to enable them acquires required knowledge and skills that will enable them maintain and operate the organization’s available equipment.

Thirdly, is the optimal utilization of available manpower to ensure that their objectives are met to the changing trends in the nation’s employment pattern.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Akpala, Agwu, (1990), Management: An Introduction and the Nigeria Perspective, Enugu: Department of Management, Faculty of Business Administration, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus.

Argyris, Chris, (1957), Personality and Organization, New York: Harper and Row Publishers Inc.

Babbi, Earl R., (1973), Survey Research Methods, Belmont California: Wads Worth Publishing Company Inc.

Behing, John H., (1984). Guideline for Preparing the Research Proposal New York: University Press of America Inc.

Bowen, Bruce D. and Weisberg Herbet F., (1980), An Introduction to Data Analysis, San Francisco: Freeman and Company.