EFFECTS OF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT ON WORKERS PRODUCTIVITY (A STUDY OF THE SEVEN UP BOTTLING COMPANY)

Abstract

Training is the acquisition of appropriate skills or the providing of necessary knowledge for personnel to do specified activities in order to accomplish a common objective .The aim of this study is to ascertain the effect of Training and Development on Workers’ Productivity in Seven-Up Bottling Company Limited. The study adopted a survey method to generate data from 228 staff of Seven-Up Bottling Nigeria Plc. through self-administered questionnaires. Data collected were analysed with SPSS-version 23 and subjected to both descriptive and inferential analysis. The finding of the study revealed positive significant relationship between training and development and workers’ productivity (P<0.001, R=0.379). The study also found a substantial significant positive relationship between employee’s perception of training and productivity (p=0.001, r=0.221), and that employees’ training has substantial effect on productivity (p=0.001, r=0.294) at Seven-Up Bottling Company. The study concludes that if the appropriate individuals are sent on training through a systematic process of identifying and selecting employees for training, workers’ productivity would improve significantly. The study recommends that management should prohibit managers from recommending employees for training based on favoritism and that seminars on the necessity of a systematic approach to training and the right method to follow in detecting skill gaps in various departments should be held for the Human Resource Department.