The Impact of Employee Training and Development on the Performance of ESUT

¹Anikeze Nnaemeka Hillary, ¹Ugwunwangwu Maria Gloria Chinyereugo and ²Abonyi Jonas Uchenna

¹Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Management Science Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu State, Nigeria

²Department of Public Administration, School of Business Studies, Institute of Management and Technology (IMT), Enugu

Email: nnaemeka.anikeze@esut.edu.ng; gloria.ugwunwangwu@esut.edu.ng

ABSTRACT

This study investigated The Impact of Employee Training and Development on the Performance of ESUT, from 2015 – 2020.  Specifically the study seek to; examine the extent which mentorship has helped to improve the quality of Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) graduates, determine the effect of employee participation on quality and timely decisions in Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), ascertain the extent to which staff training has improved the contributions of Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) on the development of Science and Technology The study adopted survey research design, while 172 staff of the Faculty of Management, Enugu State University of Science and Technology served as the population for the study. A sample of  120 respondents were drawn using Taro Yamane sampling techniques, a structured questionnaire designed by the researcher served as the instrument for data collection. Data elicited from the respondents were analyzed using simple percentage while the test of the hypothesis was done using chi-square (X²) at 0.0 5level of significance and 2 Degree of freedom. The findings of the study revealed that: mentorship has helped to improve the quality of Enugu state university of science and technology (ESUT) graduates; employee participation has positive effect on quality and time decision in Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), staff training has positive significant effect to the contribution of Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) on the development of Science and Technology. Based on the findings; the following recommendation were made; mentorship should be used for employee training to improve the quality of Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) graduates, ESUT as an organization should allow employee to participate on decision making in order to enhance performance, ESUT should provide platform and incentive for staff training so as to have a workforce that will be relevant in this era of science and technology

Keywords: Employee Training, Development, Performance

CITE AS: Anikeze Nnaemeka Hillary, Ugwunwangwu Maria Gloria Chinyereugo and Abonyi Jonas Uchenna (2024). The Impact of Employee Training and Development on the Performance of ESUT. RESEARCH INVENTION JOURNAL OF CURRENT ISSUES IN ARTS AND MANAGEMENT 3(3):50-57.