THE IMPACT OF TRAINING ON STAFF PERFORMANCE IN AN ORGANIZATION
1Bello, B. S.; 2Ahmed, Abdulkazeem; 3Abdullahi, F. H.; 3Ozimede, Elizabeth O.; & 1Saidu, A. B. 1Department of Marketing, Federal Polytechnic, Bida
2Purchasing Unit, Federal Medical Center, Bida
3Department of Business Administration & Management, Federal Polytechnic, Bida
ABSTRACT
This paper is predicated on the impact of training on staff development in an organization. The problem that necessitated this paper among others are high labour turnover, damages to the organization through increased costs of recruitment and selection which delays product and or service delivery, low morale amongst employees and inability of management to recognize the type of training that will lead to staff productivity. The objective of this paper is to find out whether there is significant relationship between
training and staff development in an organization. The paper covers Power FM, Bida which has a total of 36 staff. Both primary and secondary data were used in this paper. The secondary data were sourced from
books and previous work similar to this while the primary data were obtained from structured oral interview of the employees of the establishment before drawing conclusion. In our findings, majority of the
respondents agreed that inability of management to provide adequate training resources to cater for its staff needs will hamper development of the staff thereby leading to high employee turnover in the organization.
Most of the staff of Power FM Bida also submitted that the management of Power FM Bida is not doing much to support the training of its staff. They also believe that adequate training of employees will lead to
high productivity on their jobs. As part of the writers’ recommendations, management of establishments especially Power FM Bida, should ensure that their employees are well trained to spur them to greater
performance and increased productivity. Keywords: Impact; Staff Training; Development; Organization
