The Impact of Training and Development on Employee Performance and Effectiveness: A Case Study of District Five Administration Office, Bole Sub-City, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Abeba Mitiku Asfaw¹, Mesele Damte Argaw^2*, Lemessa Bayissa³

¹Addis Ababa City Government, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
²Private Health Sector Program, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
³Civil Service University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

DOI: 10.4236/jhrss.2015.34025                

Abstract

The focus of this study was to determine the impact of training and development on the employees’ performance and effectiveness at District Five Administration Office, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In this study we employed cross sectional institutional based quantitative research method. Data were collected using Likert’s scale tool from 100 employees after selecting participants using systematic random sampling technique. Ninety-four complete questionnaires with a response rate of 94% were considered during analysis. Training and development had positively correlated and claimed statistically significant relationship with employee performance and effectiveness. It is recommended that District Five Administration Office shall maintain providing employee training and development activities and ensure the participation of employees in planning, need or skill deficit identification and evaluation of training and development programs.

Keywords

Training, Development, Performance, Effectiveness, Ethiopia

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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