RELEVANCE OF MANPOWER TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT ON ORGANIZATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY: A GENERALIZED PERSPECTIVE
The study aimed to see how manpower training and development serve as a turn-around process for attaining organizational productivity in the general view of organizational growth and development. It examined the concepts of manpower, training and development, and organizational productivity; identified and discussed aptly the various factors responsible for training and development for organizational productivity; and, assessed how effective training and development serve as yardsticks for organizational productivity. The study adopted the review of relevant literature on manpower, training and development and organizational performance. Effective training and development could lead to retention benefits, effective leadership development, increased productivity, attracting highly skilled employees, increasing consistency, team spirit, cross-training, innovation, and building sought-after skills. It was recommended among others that, organizations must be flexible and adaptable to change to stay relevant in a changing world. To ensure success, organizations must make training and development mandatory, tailor career, skills, learning, and development experiences to employees' goals and interests, and place skills at the center of the training strategy.
Relevance, Manpower, Training and Development, Organizational Productivity.