EEFFECT OF MANPOWER TRAINING

This study was carried out to examine the effect of manpower training and development in employee morale using Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State as a case study. The study was specifically carried out to determine whether there is a significant relationship between manpower training/development and employee morale, ascertain whether the implementation of manpower training/development programme enhances employees’ job satisfaction, ascertain whether the implementation of manpower training/development programme improves employees commitment and productivity, and find whether there is an adequate implementation of manpower training/development programme in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State. The survey design was adopted and the simple random sampling techniques were employed in this study. The population size comprise of civil servant of Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State. In determining the sample size, the researcher conveniently selected 57 respondents and 50 were validated. Self-constructed and validated questionnaire was used for data collection. The collected and validated questionnaires were analyzed using frequency tables and mean scores. While the hypotheses were tested using Pearson correlation square statistical tool, SPSS v23. The result of the findings reveals that the implementation of manpowertraining/development programme improves employees commitment and productivity. The study also revealed that there is no adequate implementation of manpower training/development programme in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State.Therefore, it is recommended that authorities in government should ensure that there is a bearing between manpower training and development with national objectives and policy because this is the only way government could have a pool of competent employees to drive and implement its development policies and programmes. To mention but few