An Assessment of the Training and Developmental Needs of Employees in Nigerian Local Government

Joseph, Osabiya Babatunde

doi:10.4172/2315-7844.1000152

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“…This can be done via radio, television jingles, billboards, fliers, and all social media platforms to draw Lagos State residents’ attention to the danger of the pandemic. This practice of education and awareness can enhance the development of beneficial values from impart, process and possibly trigger the enactment of an effective relief programme in times of emergencies, such as COVID-19 lockdown in Lagos State (Asaju & Adagba, 2014 ; Barreteau, et al, 2013 ; Joseph, 2015 ; Olujobi, 2017 ). Lagos State government’s success in combating COVID-19 depends on its residents’ health education practices (Olujuwon, 2015 ).…”

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Re-Strategising Government Palliative Support Systems in Tackling the Challenges of COVID-19 Lockdown in Lagos State, Nigeria

Ufua

Osabuohien

Ogbari

et al. 2021

Glob J Flex Syst Manag

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This research covered the palliative material distribution project in Lagos State, Nigeria, during the lockdown and restriction on movement because of COVID-19 pandemic. The study engaged reports from extant literature and tertiary data sources such as the newspapers, the Internet, and website source. Relevant data gathered from these sources were conceptually analysed and discussed along with extant literature. The research also adopted the use of rich pictures for further presentation of the research. A key finding from the research is the need to redesign the distribution process and consider proper structuring of the project. And further engagement with the affected stakeholders to address crucial issues such as marginalisation that can defeat the purpose, which is to emancipate the affected indigents of the State from the harrowing effects of COVID-19 lockdown and other emergencies-related critical incidences such as starvation and criminalities. The study proposed a model for a resilience approach to effectively address the current palliative distribution process challenges in Lagos State, the epicentre of COVID-19 in Nigeria. Keywords COVID-19 pandemic Á Lagos State Á Nigeria Á Palliative material distribution Á State interventions Á Stakeholder involvement JEL Classifications O17 Á O38 Á O31 Á A20 K2 Á K42 Á K1

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Section: Further Discussion On the Identified Issues In The Palliativmentioning

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Re-Strategising Government Palliative Support Systems in Tackling the Challenges of COVID-19 Lockdown in Lagos State, Nigeria

Ufua

Osabuohien

Ogbari

et al. 2021

Glob J Flex Syst Manag

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“…Denby (2010) opined that a lot of organisations face the possibility of wasting valuable training budget because they do not know how to identify what are internal training needs and cannot design training programmes that address the gap. Contrary to that, Joseph (2015) referred to a personnel management theorist Ubeku A stating that "Money spent on training and development of staff is money well invested. However, staffs, who has not received adequate training before being assigned responsibility, lacks necessary confidence with which to carryout assigned tasks (Santos et al, 2010;Adhikari, 2010).…”

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Empowering Rural Women with Socio-Economic Skills for Poverty Alleviation and Sustainable Development

Ojogbane¹

2022

AJRBSS

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Poverty is deadly and should be handled with almost seriousness. This is what the rural women go through from this research. The rural women who are the target of this paper suffer a lot of socio-economic and political setback as a result of poverty. Poverty is seen as when an individual or a household is unable to meet what is considered as minimum requirement to sustain livelihood in a given society. Sustainable development which is a panacea for poverty alleviation is the development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generation to meet their needs. Poverty alleviation programme is a task that must rigorously pursued in order to make the rural women live a better life. This call for socio-economic skill, such as functional literacy, entrepreneur training etc. of bringing the rural women out of this condition are recommended, such as elimination of discrimination against rural women, ensure equal right of rural women to own land and inherit property. Finally conclusion to drawn thus, the rural women make serous and reasonable contributions to the economy of the nation and so every effort to liberate them from the scourge of poverty is a welcome idea. Keywords: Women Empowerment: Rural Poverty: Socio-Economic Skills: National Development: Sustainable Development.

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“…Dabor et al (2015) stated that in spite of the large number of research on the relationship between training and employee performance, there appears to be a gap concerning the study of the effect of training on employee performance. Joseph (2015) argued that there is a need for training and development of employees in any organization including local government councils to ensure better performance and achievement of organisational goals. Ajila et al (2012) stated that a resource-based approach is one of the latest approaches to strategic human resource management, which perceived the value of human capital as highly essential to organizational performance.…”

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“…Although, female students were underrepresented, there are few of them who are engaged in trades skills such as fashion design, dress making and handcrafts (Poell, 2015;Shreve et al, 2012;Ajagbe, 2014). Joseph (2015) reported that in order to provide a framework for the implementation of the workplace skills plan that is in line with the skills development authority act (Act No. 97 of 1998), the objectives of the agency was to create an understanding of how the WSP should function.…”

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“…Skills that could be offered would include verbal and non -verbal communication skills, networking skills and ethics. Joseph (2015) mentioned that effective training of personnel means an improvement in their knowledge, skills, change of behaviour and techniques of problem-solving. Training of new employees sets a tone for the worker's impression of an organisation's culture.…”

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Workplace Skills Plan, Human Capital Development and Organizational Performance at Ethekwini Municipality

2021

AJMRA

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Human capital development in the eThekwini municipality raises the knowledge, skills and behavioural competencies of employees to the level required to achieve and exceed the organisational requirements contained in the integrated development plan of the municipality. As stated in the integrated development plan, the municipality aims to train its staffs and improve their skills so that the services they provide are sustainable, efficient, and effective. Hence, the overall aim of this study is to establish the influence of work place skills plan on human capital development amongst the employees of eThekwini municipal councils in South Africa. The study used a quantitative research method through a structured self administered questionnaire as the proper instrument for data collection. With non -probability and convenience sampling technique the researchers selected respondents who completed, signed and returned 2018-2019 work place skills plan forms during consultation and meeting with their managers. In this study, 279 respondents completed and returned the questionnaire. The study used a data analysis instrument called Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS version 20) and AMOS version 20. Results from data analysis showed that workplace skills plan is useful in boosting the overall human capital development in the workplace and therefore can be used as a tool for human capital development. Workplace skills plans assist companies to adjust to labour market flexibility and train for what the market requires and to maximise the returns from the large investment in skills and tertiary qualifications. The findings of this study indicated that training and development have a direct and indirect positive influence on human capital development. The recommended that local municipalities should maximise investments in development of human capital initiatives to sustain effective organisational performance, improve employee performance, productivity, employee competencies, efficiency, effectiveness, and long -term organisational prosperity. Keywords: Training Needs Analysis, Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Structural Equation Modelling, Reliability Analysis, Validity Analysis, Return on Investments, Employee Productivity, South Africa.

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An Assessment of the Training and Developmental Needs of Employees in Nigerian Local Government

Cited by 5 publications

References 9 publications

Re-Strategising Government Palliative Support Systems in Tackling the Challenges of COVID-19 Lockdown in Lagos State, Nigeria

Re-Strategising Government Palliative Support Systems in Tackling the Challenges of COVID-19 Lockdown in Lagos State, Nigeria

Empowering Rural Women with Socio-Economic Skills for Poverty Alleviation and Sustainable Development

Workplace Skills Plan, Human Capital Development and Organizational Performance at Ethekwini Municipality

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