EFFECT OF TRAINING ON FIRMS PRODUCTIVITY IN MANUFACTURING ORGANIZATION: A STUDY OF LAFARGE CEMENT COMPANY CALABAR BRANCH

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to investigate and examine the impact of employees training and development, in enhancing organizational performance and it indentify the research problems, test of hypotheses, research methodology and design used for data analysis and hypotheses testing, findings and conclusion. The research methodology and design are both the survey and descriptive design which are appropriate for the study. Nevertheless, they help in assessing large and small populations. The method used for data analysis and hypotheses testing is simple percentage for data analysis and the chi-square (X2) method for hypotheses testing. The hypotheses tested supported the alternative hypothesis (HI) and rejected the null hypothesis (Ho). In the course of studying the impact of training and development of employees, the findings are in great support of training and development. The findings are in great support of training and development in all kinds of organization, but the most important thing is to get the employees trained if you want to achieve organizational goals or objectives. In conclusion however. Man cannot meet up with the constant change in the activities of the world if he or she does not get trained for the changes.