Training and development and organisational performance of Bolgatanga Municipal Assembly

Abstract

Effective training and development has a positive impact on competent and committed employees. Studies in the training and development literatures show that organisational performance is a factor for the nation’s economic development. The study set out to establish the relationship between training and development and performance of the Bolgatanga Metropolitan Assembly. Thus, using quantitative approach and correlation as the study design, census sampling method in sampling the population, questionnaire for data collection, multiple linear regression to run and test hypotheses and Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) 20.0 for data transformation and analysis. The study revealed that job orientation; job rotation, workshop/conference and classroom lecture had significant influence on performance of organisation. It was discovered that job orientation, workshop/conference and classroom lecture significantly influence organisations’ output. Job rotation, group training/seminar and classroom lectures significantly influence quality of work delivery. Also, job rotation and workshop/conference influence employees’ commitment. The study recommends that managers and supervisors should consider using training and development methods with stronger predictions to drive organisational performance. It also recommends that managers and supervisors should consider job orientation, workshop/conference and classroom lecture to drive organisations’ output and job rotation, group training/ seminar and classroom lecture to improve quality work delivery. It also recommends that job rotation and workshop/conference should be taken seriously to ensure employee commitment.