CHAPTER ONE

GENERAL INTRODUCTION

• INTRODUCTION

Training is a systematic development of knowledge, skills and attitudes required by employees to perform adequately on a given task or job. New entrants into organization have various skills, though not all are relevant to organizational needs. Training and development are required for staff to enable them work towards taking the organization to its expected destination. It has further become necessary in view of advancement in modern world to invest in training. Thus, the role played by staff training and development can no longer be over emphasized. According to Oguntimeh in (2000: 241) staffs training and development are based on the premise that staffs skill need to be improved for organization to grow. Training both physically, socially intellectually and mentally are very essential in facilitating not only the level of productivity but also the development of personnel in any organization. Therefore training and development can be put in a contract relevant to school administrations. However, knowledge is the ability, the skill, the understanding, the information which every individual requires acquiring in order to be able to function effectively and perform their work efficiently. Human resource, are the most valuable asset of any organization with the machines, materials and even money, nothing gets done without manpower. It can take place in a number of ways, on the job or off the job in the organization or outside the organization. The effectiveness or success of an organization therefore lies on the people who form and work within the organization. It follows therefore that the employees in an organization to be able to perform their duties and make meaningful contribution to the success of the organizational goals need to acquire the relevant skills and knowledge. In appreciation of this fact, organization like educational institution, conduct final training and development programmes for the level of their manpower. Staff training and development is very important for the development of any organization, while some organization take it serious other take it lightly, there is always a positive result on the part of the organization that takes up the training and development as it very important. Development as a process of enlarging people’s choices. In principle, this choice can be infinite or change over time.

1.1 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEMS

The human resources (manpower) is considered the most critical to any organization survival of a truism that adequate supply of material and financial resources that will utilizes these available sources to bring about the desired goals. Many organizations are faced with the challenge of unproductively despite the number of staff they have because resources that would have been utilized effectively are either wasted or under-utilized because of the absence of needed training and development needed for the job. The consequences of these includes financial losses, retarded organizational growth and general in-productivity. Federal Road Safety Commission Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, despite the effort put in by government to obtain efficiency in man-power development, lapses are still recorded, like in the area of inadequate training staff, management and services delivery. The evaluation is difficult and everyone would like to advance his or her career there by overwhelming the organizational training request, these and other aspects of staffs training and development and their potential benefits to transaction and individual form the basis.

• OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

1. To examine the impact of staff training and development as an effective tool in organizational efficiency.
2. To identify the important of staff training and development in organizational efficiency
3. To assess the problems affecting staff training and development in organizational efficiency
4. To examine the strategies for effective staff training and development in organizational efficiency.

1.3 RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS

Ho staff training and development has no impact in an organization as an effective tool in organizational efficiency.

H1 staff training and development has impact in an organization as an effective tool in organizational efficiency

Ho staff training development is of no importance to organizational efficiency

H1 staff training development is of importance to organizational efficiency

Ho staff training and development faces no problems towards the organizational efficiency

H1 staff training and development faces a lot of problems towards the organizational efficiency

Ho staff training and development has no strategies for effective in organizational efficiency

H1 staff training and development has strategies for effective in organizational efficiency

1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS

1. What are the impact of training and development as an effective tool in organizational efficiency?
2. What are the important of staff training and development in organizational efficiency?
3. What are the problems affecting staff training and development in organizational efficiency
4. What are the strategies for effective staff training and development in organizational efficiency

• SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

The significant of the study is that it bring to light staff training and development as an effective tools in organizational efficiency. It will showcase the need for organization to be more productive by developing their staffs through effective training to boost up the overall productivity. In addition, the study will also proffer solution to the challenges faced by organization in carrying staff training and development. The research study will also be of significance to other research, students, people in the society etc. that is seeking for information on the subject.

• SCOPE OF THE STUDY /LIMITATION

This research study is limited to Federal Road Safety Commision Uyo, Akwa Ibom State alone where the researcher wants to find out staff training and development as an effective tool in organizational efficiency.

This research was construed by some factors like funds which delayed the realization of the study. Other limitations are

1. Lack of co-operation: many of the respondents were usually aggressive to relay the issues that borders
2. Time factor: Owing to the fact that this study is carried out within the time researcher was battering in her semester work, she could not have enough time to gather more information
3. Human Element: this study has some human element and such cannot be said to be perfect.

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