Employees’ Capacity Building and Effectiveness of Ministries in Abia State Civil Service

Aguwa; Ijeoma Adanma; Dialoke Ikechukwu; Emerole; Okwudiri Bede

doi:10.56201/ijebm.v10.no7.2024.pg239.248

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Employees’ Capacity Building and Effectiveness of Ministries in Abia State Civil Service

Aguwa, Ijeoma Adanma, Dialoke Ikechukwu and Emerole, Okwudiri Bede

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this study focused on Employees’ Capacity Building and Effectiveness of Ministries in Abia State Civil Service. The study was guided by two specific objectives with descriptive survey as its design. The population of this study consist of the four thousand, three hundred and eighty four (4,384) employees of the twelve (12) selected ministries as obtained from Office of the Head of Service of the State (OHS, 2023). The research questions were answered using the simple Pearson (r) correlation statistic while the hypotheses were tested using linear regression technique. Findings from the study shows that capacity building has significant effects on the effectiveness of ministries in Abia State Civil Service. It was therefore recommended that Organizations especially Ministries in Abia State Civil Service should conduct regular assessments to identify the specific skills and knowledge gaps within the organization before developing and implementing training programmes and that the Ministries in Abia State Civil Service should design programs that focus on developing leadership skills, such as decision-making, strategic thinking, and team management by encouraging experienced leaders to mentor and coach emerging leaders, providing guidance and sharing insights from their own experiences; this will help enhance the career growth of employees Ministries in Abia State Civil Service

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Career GrowthEmployee TrainingService DeliveryInnovativeness

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