The Impact of Training and Development on the Performance of Academic Staff in Technical Universities in Ghana [A Conceptual Paper

Vivian Louise Akpalu,Mohd Nasir B Markom

doi:10.6007/ijarbss/v12-i1/12115

Abstract

The technical universities in Ghana have metamorphosed through three stages; first as technical institutes to polytechnics and then finally to technical universities. In each of these stages, academic staff members are downgraded, laid off or had to pursue further studies for a secured tenure. The introduction of the Technical University’s (TU’s) Act, 2016 (Act 992) has put a lot of pressure on both government and stakeholders in the educational sector in Ghana. Whilst, the government wants to ensure the recruitment of only qualified academic staff i.e., PhD holders to teach in the technical universities, the academic staff members are also requesting for parity in the benefits and courtesies given to all lecturers in the traditional universities in Ghana. On the other hand, managers of these technical universities also want government to support them with modern infrastructural facilities and higher budgetary allocations to enable them promote technical university education in Ghana. This study therefore intends to examine the effect of recruiting, orientating, and training qualified employees on job performance using stakeholders’ support as a moderator. Mixed method using questionnaire and interview method would be used to collect data. SmartPLS and Nvivo would be used to analyze the data collected.

Highlights

Due to the globalization, the main priority of each organization will be to manage its employees well, both individually and organizationally, to optimize efficiency
The main role of training can be "to ensure that the organization has people with the right mix of attributes, by creating appropriate learning opportunities and motivating people to learn, thereby enabling them to achieve the highest level of quality and service performance." Organizational planning and growth in the have undergone a significant transformation in recent times
This study ventures in to how the technical universities in Ghana commonly referred to as Technical University (TU’s) can embark on vigorous recruitment programs in order to have a high caliber of staff who can undergo training and develop over time to impact greatly on the academic needs of the various students under their jurisdiction theoretically and practically. In view of this a model has been developed to examine the recruitment requirement of academicians at the Technical Universities (TUs)’s, followed by their training and developmental needs and the orientation given to them to determine how that can influence the performance of these academic staff

Summary

Introduction

The main priority of each organization will be to manage its employees well, both individually and organizationally, to optimize efficiency. Training and development is one aspect of the management of human resources that aims to increase employees 'expertise, skills knowledge, abilities and qualification.

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