CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background to the
Study
Professional
development is the process of developing employee’s, skills and experience so
that the objective of the employment can be achieved (Adams, 1989). A
company can obtain its tasks by developing employee’s profession according to
their field. Professional development is not only beneficial for the
organization but it is also important for the employees (Davenport, 2006).
Professional development is based upon three functions. First one is the
development of knowledge of the employees, second one is the development of the
skills of the employees and the third function is the development of the
employee’s experience. If we take knowledge, how the development of the
knowledge of the employees is possible. This is the main issue for the
employees of the organization. When an employee is selected the employer thinks
that employee is complete by anyway because he has gotten the required
education by the employer. That thinking of the employer is not as accurate as
he thinks because after getting the degree many other improvements remain
incomplete which necessarily enhance the knowledge of employee and without
these extra improvements he is not able to face many flourishing problems due
to the advancement in technology and rapid increase of globalization. The improvement in the
knowledge of employees is necessary to do work productively and efficiently, (Davenport,
2006).
The
fact is that the continuous about his field is successful for any individual
employee and for the benefit of whole organization (Bowling, 2007). If
we take the second function for the development of employees is experience. An
experienced person can solve the problem arising in front of him while working
in the organization. Employees who after getting education directly to the
industry can’t perform well as according to the requirement of the employer, (Bowling,
2007). Inexperienced person can’t
handle the work therefore he can’t satisfy the organization’s required goals.
As experience increases employee is going to be able to make decision as
efficiently and in very short time. We take the third function which has to be
developed by the employer for the improvement of employees is the skills of the
employees. A non skilled person is in difficulty when he leaves a low level
organization and goes to the new high level organization he is not able to
perform well because of advance technology (Gordon , 1977). You can take
the example of software different packages if a person is not able to work out
on new software now employer has needed to develop his skills relevant to his
field.
1.2 Statement of Problem
Inadequate training of workers in an
organization leads to a poor output. Organizations must improve the work performance,
productivity, skills and ability of its employees. The problem is how to
motivate workers to achieving higher productivity.
Based on the above stated specific
objectives of the study, these research questions were raised:-
1. Is professional development necessary
for the effective performance of workers in an organization?
2. To what extent does professional
development beneficial to an organization?
3. To what extent can training reflect
on workers performance?
1.4 Purpose of the Study
1. Is to find out if professional
development is necessary for the effective performance of workers in an
organization.
2. To ascertain if money and time
spent in professional development of workers is wasted effort
3.To find out the extent in which
professional development is beneficial to an organization
1.5 Significance of the Study
The
study brought out a number of important findings which necessitated formulation
of tangible improvement in professional developments that will eventually enhance levels of
training.
It’s
also hoped that the study will serve as a reference source to future
researchers in the area of professional development of organization members of
human resources organization.
1.6 The Scope of the Study
This
study deals with the influence of professional development on workers
performance in an organization (A study of Etsako West Local Government
Council, Auchi Edo State.
1.7 Limitation of the Study
The limitation of the study was time
constrain, financial constrain, and respondents attitude. The timing commences
with second semester examination and also more was put on extra effort on the field,
which include night and weekends.
Department | Public Administration |
Project ID Code | PUB0003 |
Chapters | 5 Chapters |
No of Pages | 55 pages |
Methodology | Null |
Reference | YES |
Format | Microsoft Word |
Price | ₦4000, $15 |
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