ABSTRACT
Most banks in Ikeja in Nigeria, in recent years are facing the challenges of labour turn over due to lack of job training of their employees. More so, most banks in Ikeja keep downsizing their employees and recruiting new ones as a result of changes in their services and work processes driven by technological trends and competitive environment. Therefore, it is logical for employees to keep changing their methodologies, thus giving room for continuous training and development. The objective of this study was to examine whether employees’ training and development enhances work efficiency in Zenith bank in Ikeja and aimed at finding out the adequacy of training and development programme provided to the staff of Zenith bank. Primary data were used for the study, which were generated through the use of questionnaires. The study is a descriptive research method and adopted the system theory. To guide the study, three research questions and hypotheses were posed. The study took a sample of 154 respondents from a population of 250 from the total population of staff in Zenith bank, Ikeja, used as case study. The study also reveals that inadequate skilled personnel, equipment and gross corruption especially on the part of health workers gravely affect the performance of Zenith bank. The study therefore concluded that for training and development to have significant impact on organizational performance, employees need to be motivated during training programs. It was recommended that organization should introduce reward system for outstanding performance so as to motivate employees to always put in their best during each training session.
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study
Training refers to the teaching or learning activity carried on for the primary purpose of helping members of an organization acquired and apply the knowledge, ability, skill and attitude needed by the organization.
Training and Development of an employee cannot be overlooked especially in the bank sector as it forms the umbilical cord of proficiency and greater efficiency which remain the trademark of any organization. Broadly speaking, training is the act of increasing knowledge and skill of an employee in doing a particular job.
According to M.C. Far Land (2006) training is the term used to describe the process through which organization build the skill and abilities of non-managerial employee. Development on the other hand includes the process by which manager and executives acquire not only the skill but competence in their present job but also capacity for future managerial task increasing scope.
Development is not as specific that, it is more general in application. In this context, it is used in the relation to the process of helping management improve the managerial administrative skills and decision-making process, qualities, competencies and achieving motivational and consequently productivity of employer, by wing training to motivate employees, it will definitely result in increase in productivity. Training tends to be connected with non-managerial employee while development refers to managerial staff.
1.2 Statement of the Problem
Competition has affected employees effective and efficient performance hence they are not having required needed skills, knowledge, attitude and the teller know-how to enhance their professional performance at their job level.
The level of performance of most staff has been very low and discouraging thereby having negative effect on the overall performance of corporate objective of the bank. These are the problems that prompted this research work:
Low level of performance in service delivery Competition in the banking sector.
1.3 Research Questions
- What type of training programmes is available to employees in selected banks in Ikeja?
- How often is development programmes mounted for employees in selected banks in Ikeja?
- What are the impacts of training and development programmes on the productivity of the employees in banks in Ikeja?
1.4 Objectives of the study
The main objective of this is to find out the adequacy of training and development programme provided to the employees in selected banks in Ikeja, Lagos State of Nigeria. Specifically, the study intends to:
- Identify the type of training schemes available to the employees in selected banks in Ikeja in Lagos.
- Ascertain how often the development programmes are mounted for
employees in these banks in Ikeja.
- Determine the impact of training and development programmes on the employee’s performance in the selected banks in Ikeja.
1.5 Statement of Hypotheses
The under listed null hypotheses were tested in this study at 0.05 level of significance.
H01: There is no significance difference between the mean ratings of senior and junior employers regarding the type of training schemes available to employees in banks in Ikeja.
H02: There is no significance difference between the mean ratings of experience and inexperience employers in respect of how often the development programmes are mounted for employees in selected banks in Ikeja.
1.6 Significance of the Study
In Nigeria today, the desire of rapid economic development and technological advancement make this study a subject of significance. To this end, various debates, researches, Conferences and Seminars have been conducted by workers.
This study will be of invaluable assistance to Management Development Institutes, employers of labour, the government, policy makers, politician, administrators, human resources personnel, researchers, students and future administrative leaders.
It is expected that the study will inform the heads of organizations that to increase workers performance, there is the need to have and retain well trained and motivated employees.
It is also to help develop and maintain a quality work life, which will provide an opportunity for employee’s ‟ job satisfaction and self- actualization”.
Nonetheless, it will help managers of various organizations to generate ideas and solution to problems based on the best way to run training in their organization in order to achieve desired goals and objectives. Finally, the study will aid management to introduce modern schemes for training and development; to be able to meet the challenges of change in the future.
1.7 Scope and Limitation of the Study
The study centers on workers in the banking sector in Ikeja, Lagos state, focusing mainly on Zenith bank, Ikeja branch. Workers who have at one time or the other been a part of the training conducted by the bank’s training school. This study is limited to Zenith bank, Ikeja, because; it cannot cover all the branches across Nigeria. The scope of this study covers the period of 2007 – 2011
It is a big branch, with a considerable staff strength that could facilitate adequate reliability and validity of the study. Moreover, accessibility and/or availability of data to the researcher coupled with time and financial constraints can limit the scope.
1.8 Definition of Concepts
Effects were made at defining the following terminologies used in this study to avoid ambiguity and elicit proper understanding.
Human resource management: This is the way organizations manage their staff and help them to develop (McCourt & Eldridge 2003, 2) in order to be able to execute organizations’ missions and goals successfully.
Human resource development: This is the integration of individual, career and organization development roles in order to achieve maximum productivity, quality, opportunity and fulfillment of organizations members as they work to accomplish the goals of the organization (Pace, Smith & Mills 1991, 6).
Training: This is a type of activity which is planned, systematic and it results in enhanced level of skill, knowledge and competency that are necessary to perform work effectively (Gordon 1992).
Development: This is a broad ongoing multi-faceted set of activities (training activities among them) aimed at bringing someone or an organization up to another threshold of performance, often to perform some job or a new role in the future (McNamara 2008).
Manpower: Total supply of personnel available or engaged for a specific job or task (Business Dictionary)
Planning: This is an act of formulating a program for a definite course of action (Financial Dictionary)
Employee performance: This is defined as the outcome or contribution of employees to make them attain goals (Herbert, John & Lee 2000) while performance may be used to define what an organization has accomplished with respect to the process, results, relevance and success Uganda National Development Program (1995). Afshan et al. (2020) define performance as the achievement of specific tasks measured against predetermined or identified standards of accuracy, completeness, cost and speed. Employee performance can be manifested in improvement in production, easiness in using the new technology, highly motivated workers.
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