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Effects of Training and Development on Employee Performance at Abia State Polytechnic, Aba

Ikoro Emenike Innocent & Enyioko Victoria Uzoamaka and Nwosu Ndubuisi Levi

Abstract

The study was undertaken at Abia State Polytechnic on the topic “The effect of training and Development on Employee Performance at Abia State Polytechnic”. The purpose of the study was to investigate whether training and development would have an effect on the performance of employees with Abia State Polytechnic as a case study. The methodology that was used for the study was survey plan. Primary data was collected from a sample of fifty (50) senior staff. Self - administered questionnaire was used in the collection of data for analysis. The study revealed that there were organizational issues such as lack of management support for training and development programmes, which constrained training and development. It was also found that training and development had positive impact on employees of the Polytechnic. The study recommended that in order for Abia State Polytechnic to be successful as the first choice Polytechnic in Nigeria, management must empower all departments to engage in the training and development of employees to build potential and strengthen employees’ competencies.

Keywords

trainingdevelopmentemployee performanceAbia State Polytechnic

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