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Department of Business Management, School of Business, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria.
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and training is essential tool for its capacity development. The study becomes
actualization [23]. The level of necessary because many organizations in
competency, skills and ability of the this contemporary world are striving to gain
workforces of an organization influences competitive edge and there is no way this
its ability to preserve its obtained positions can be achieved without increasing
gain competitive advantage [3, 23]. employees' competencies, capabilities, skills
Meanwhile, employees competence, skills etc through adequate training designs.
and pro-activeness is directly proportional However, the study results will help the
to the level at which organization can management to identify the challenges
compete with others. Organizations are effects of employees training on
confronting with increased competition organizational performance, hence
resulting from changes in technology, determine the areas where improvements
economic environments, globalization etc. through training can be done. It will also
[18]. As it could be inferred from above help the management in planning for the
that not much research has been conducted development and implementation of ef-
on the relationship between all of these fective and efficient training needs that will
constructs. In this regard, this study aimed lead to increased performance of the banks.
to contribute to the existing knowledge
particularly in the sphere of capacity 2. Literature Review
development. It is to this end that this
paper seeks to critically examine the 2.1. Training and Development
effectiveness of training and development
on employees performance and Training and development are
organisation competitiveness. The indispensable strategic tools for effective
significance of this work stemmed from its individual and organisation performance,
objectives as follows: (i) Examine how on thus, organisation are spending money on
the job training and development affect it with confidence that it will earn them a
employees performance; (ii) Analyze the competitive advantage in the world of
effectiveness of cognitive training methods business [31], [17], [48], [7] However, for
on employees proficiency; (iii) Evaluate any organisation to achieve its stated goals
the impact of behavioural training and objective in this competitive world,
adequate and relevance training and
techniques on employees productivity; and
development of staff cannot be over
(iv) Analyze the benefits of training
emphasized. Organisation are expected to
methods on organizational performance.
identify training need of its employees and
design training programmes that will help
1.2. The Significance of the Study to optimally utilize their workforce
towards actualization of organisation
Training becomes inevitable the moment objective [27]. Training and development
an organization realizes the need for is a techniques use to transfer to the
improvement and expansion in the job. But employees relevant skills, knowledge and
often times, organizations embark on job competence to improve employees
enlargement and enrichment to promote performance on current jobs and future
employees' morale, motivation and assignment [26], [35], [41]. It is not
satisfaction when in the fact the real negotiable for organisations to adequately
problem with work performance lies in train their employees for efficient and
H. O. FALOLA et al.: Effectiveness of Training and Development on Employees ... 163
indicative of extent to which variables are mentoring plays a significant role in training
not normally distributed. Kline, 1998 posited employees for better performance (Mean =
that skewness above 3.0 and kurtosis above 4.1166). Meanwhile it was also discovered
10 indicates serious departures from that Coaching is a strategic methods of
normality in a distribution. With this getting the best out of the employees (Mean
criterion, none of the variables posed any of= 3.9148). While Apprentice and Job
problem of normality. However, from Table rotation enhance employee performance
1, induction and orientation is effective in (Mean = 4.1883, 3.9686) respectively.
equipping employees with the practice and Therefore, it would be concluded that
core value of the organisation and what is behavioral training techniques have
expected of them to do (Mean = 4.2197). In significant effect on employee performance
addition, most of the respondents agreed that and organizational effectiveness.
Table 1
Descriptive statistics of respondents on effectiveness of behavioral training techniques
N Mean Std. Deviation Skewness Kurtosis
Statistic Statistic Statistic Statistic Std. Error Statistic Std. Error
Induction and
223 4.2197 .81161 -1.545 .163 3.720 .324
Orientation
Mentoring 223 4.1166 .92748 -.918 .163 .346 .324
Coaching 223 3.9148 .92848 -.715 .163 .083 .324
Apprentice 223 4.1883 .82770 -.845 .163 .418 .324
Job Rotation 223 3.9686 1.06285 -1.005 .163 .398 .324
Valid N (listwise) 223
Table 2
Descriptive statistics of respondents on effectiveness of cognitive training techniques
N Mean Std. Deviation Skewness Kurtosis
Statistic Statistic Statistic Statistic Std. Error Statistic Std. Error
Professional
223 4.3139 .83835 -1.248 .163 1.107 .324
Course/Training
Lecture 223 3.7399 1.17196 -.548 .163 -.967 .324
Role Playing 223 3.8206 1.07976 -.742 .163 -.234 .324
Computer Based
223 4.5785 .61650 -1.641 .163 3.634 .324
Training
Game and
223 3.9552 1.13414 -.884 .163 -.312 .324
Simulation
Valid N (listwise) 223
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However, it was also discovered that The results in table 3 indicate that both
Lecture, role playing and game and behavioral and cognitive training
simulation can also wilding the employees techniques enhances employees capacity
reasoning and be innovative (Mean = (Mean=4.4170) enrich employees efficacy
3.7399, 3.8206 and 3.9552 respectively). (Mean= 4.4619) promote innovation and
Therefore, it would be concluded that creativity for competitive advantage (Mean
cognitive training techniques have = 4.3857) and it developed employees
significant effect on employees optimal skills and knowledge for optimal
performance and creativity. performance (Mean = 4.4350).
Table 3
Descriptive statistics of respondents on Impact of behavioral and cognitive training
techniques on effectiveness
N Mean Std. Deviation Skewness Kurtosis
Statistic Statistic Statistic Statistic Std. Statistic Std.
Error Error
Enhance Employee
223 4.4170 .78331 -1.906 .163 5.249 .324
capacity
Enrich Employees'
223 4.4619 .72107 -1.684 .163 4.316 .324
Efficiency
Promote Innovation and
creativity for Competitive 223 4.3857 .77933 -1.486 .163 2.900 .324
Advantage
Develop Employees' Skills
223 4.4350 .67386 -.964 .163 .494 .324
and Knowledge
Improves organisation
223 4.1211 1.06908 -1.248 .163 .959 .324
performance
Valid N (listwise) 223
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