AN ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTS OF TRAINING ON ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE

Abstract

Training is the engine that can propel people and organisations to achieve the best organisational performance. The main objective of the study was to determine the relationship between training and the performance of the Forestry Commission. The study employed a quantitative approach as a methodology for the study. The population of this study were 35 at the Ashanti region office of the Commission. A sample size of 10 was selected from using the simple random sampling technique. The instrument used for the study was questionnaires. The data were organised into frequency tables, with percentages and means. The main findings of the study were that the company organised training programmes for its staff using criteria including the mission of the business, and the availability of funds, the equipment and materials necessary to undertake the training. The study also revealed that the Commission faced such challenges to effective training such as the colossal amount of money, the fear of workers leaving the organisation after the training, the lack of specific goals and the lack of evaluation methods. Furthermore, it was shown that training helped the workers to improve their knowledge, skills and experiences and the business to accomplish its mission and vision, among others. The study concluded that training had a significant impact on the organisational performance of the Forestry Commission. It was recommended among others that the human resource managers and the training officers should consider the mission of the business , the availability of funds and the equipment and materials necessary to undertake the training in coming out with training schedules for workers. They should not let the fear of the colossal amount of money, and of workers leaving the organisation after the training scare them from organising training programmes for their staff and also develop effective training and evaluation methods for the training programmes they organise for workers.