Effect Of Training and Development Practices on Organizational Sustainability in :The Case of Zak Ethiopia Manufacturing and Trading P.L.C.
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2024-09
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Addis Ababa University
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Training has long been seen as an integral aspect of human development, while the ideas of sustainable development are the foundation of the notion of sustainability. Training and development are essential for organizational sustainability as it is an integral essence of development meeting the needs of the present while also looking ahead and preparing for the future. With this regard, the study aimed to investigate the effects of training and development on the sustainability at Zak Ethiopia Manufacturing and Trading P.L.C, one of the large manufacturing companies in Ethiopia. The study aimed at assessing the effect of training and development Need Assessment, Training and Development Design/ Plan, On-the-Job Training, Off-the-Job Training, and Training and Development Evaluation on organizational sustainability. An explanatory research design and a quantitative research methodology were used in this study. Using a simple random sampling approach, 159 individuals in total were selected as the sample population for this study based on the distribution of questionnaires. Furthermore, while both primary and secondary sources were consulted, the primary data was gathered through employee surveys and management interviews. Furthermore, descriptive and inferential statistics were employed in the analysis and presentation of the data in order to evaluate the effect of training and development on organizational sustainability. Regards the results of the study, concerning the descriptive statistics of the study, it showed that employees had moderate to positive views towards the questions put forward to them concerning the constructs of training and development, as well as organizational sustainability. When it comes to inferential statistics, the results also showed that all five constructs of training and development had a positive effect on organizational sustainability. However, when conducting regression analysis, only the constructs of off-the-job training and training and development evaluation were seen to have a statistically significant result, while training and development needs assessment, training and development design, and on-the-job training were seen to have statistically insignificant results. Hence, seeing these results, it is imperative that the company under study and other manufacturing companies as a whole should give greater emphasis to training and development constructs, while considering the sustainability of the firm in various ways.
Key Words: Training and Development, Organizational Sustainability, Manufacturing companies