Training as an Essential Tool for Increasing Productivity in Organization: Uniben in Focus
Year: 2014
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: For employees to perform their duties at high level, the organization needs to put in place, certain incentives that are capable of motivating them. In this regard training appears to be the most important incentives that are capable of spurring workers to put in their best in order to achieve the organizational goals and objectives. Inability of staff to perform their duty effectively and efficiently could be as a result of lack of adequate skill and training. Global trend in modern technology acquisition and development, calls for organizational obligation in training and enhancing staff development in the study place like the University of Benin, being the center of excellence in the field of achievement and in the corridor of education. This study therefore intends to ascertain the extent to which training has result in increased performance, to evaluate workers performance before and after training amongst others. This study was carried out empirically with the use of primary data through the administration of questionnaires to one hundred non-academic staff of the University of Benin. Four hypotheses were formulated and tested for the study. The study reveals a significant relationship between employees that received training and motivation; staff that received training are more dedicated to duty and that training of non-academic staff could lead to increase. In productivity it was recommended that the university should seek for more fund to train their staff and ensure that more staff are considered for training and so on.
Author: Stanley Aibieyi
Institution: University of Benin
Language: English
Subfield: Applied Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2188764632