The Effect of Learning and Development Program on employees Competency Development in Key Leadership positions the case of Commercial Bank of Ethiopia
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2018-05-02
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Addis Ababa University
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The Main objective of this study is to explore the effect of learning and development on leadership competency development of key leaders in Commercial Bank of Ethiopia. The study covers different middle level managers at Head office, grade III and IV managers at branches, District operation managers and credit appraisal managers. Leadership competency is the dependent variable in the study, while, Training, coaching and mentoring are the independent variables in the study. The methodology employed in this research was explanatory type research on which the effect and relation of factors were tested trough regression and correlation analysis. A total of 126 Questionnaires were distributed to managers at different processes and sub processes across the bank which were categorized under pool two of the career succession management program in CBE. 104 Questionnaires were returned and the response rate is 82.5% .The correlation analysis in the study show that there is a positive relation among variables. The independent variable training is moderately and positively correlated and accounts for (r=.557, P <.01), similarly coaching and mentoring was strongly and positively related with the independent variable leadership competency and accounted for (r=.584, P <.01). As a result we can found that training interventions had strong relation as well moderately and positively affect leadership competency, in the same way coaching and mentoring also had strong relation, and strongly and positively affect leadership competency development of middle level managers in CBE. The researcher recommends that the bank should farther strengthen and increase the level of learning and development
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intervention in order to attain the strategic objectives as well as competitive edge of the firm
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Competency, Leadership Competency, Competency moderl