The effect of employees’ training and development on employees work performance a study on south Omo zone public service and human resource development office

Abstract

Training and development has become one changeable aspect of human resource management. In The globalized world business today is improving day in day out with changes starting from economic to technological. In this case, organizations are forced to train and develop their employees accordingly to have a confidence that they have the skilled human resource in running business. An organization that does not fund in training and development is not easy to success. The objective of the study was to find out the effect of employee training and development on employees work performance in south Omo zone public service and human resource development office. The researcher was adopted both descriptive and explanatory type of research design in the investigation of the objectives. Stratified sampling technique was used and 202 respondents were selected and 190 were returned. The study used both primary and secondary data. The data collected was analyzed using SPSS, regression and correlation analysis. The implication of the study was that training and development is important in influencing employees work performance. The finding indicates that there is almost 40.4% variation in dependent variable (Employee Performance) due to one percent change in independent variables (TD). In generally there is training program in the office but development is not well attended and the weaknesses and strengths and factor affecting TD were identified. The study recommended that as the intention of government of Ethiopia, that is the country development, in order to be successful public office managements must empower all departments to engage in the training and development of employees to enhance the potential and strengthen employees’ work Performance the management system should allocate enough time and budget for training and development program