Beyene, Abeba (PhD)Lemma, Haymanot2018-07-232023-11-042018-07-232023-11-042016-06http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/9764The study aims at assessment of training and development practices in Commercial Bank of Ethiopia with due emphasis on practices of TD, analyzing training and development need, Designing TD program ,Developing TD program, Implementing TD program and evaluation of TD effectiveness. Accordingly, all the necessary data has been gathered from primary sources using questionnaires and interviews and secondary data such as source manuals of the CBE. Stratified sampling technique was used and the number of participants was 192 manager and non-manager employees. I used descriptive analysis with the help of tables and percentages to analyze the data. The study revealed that the major weaknesses of the company in training and development practices being lack of periodical and balanced method of TD needs assessment, imbalance between TD method of trainings, absence of trainees’ evaluation practice at different phases, and absence of evaluating the effectiveness of TD activities. The identified strengths include being practicality of technical trainings, suitable training facility, and belief of top level management on the importance of TD to organizational performance. Hence, the Company needs to keep up with its strengths and alleviate its weaknesses by adopting a systematic approach of TD practices. Key Words: Training and development, commercial bank of Ethiopia and assessment of TD Practice.enTraining and developmentcommercial bank of Ethiopiaassessment of TD PracticeThesis