(Docs) The Impact of Training and Development on Employees
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DISSERTATIONTraining and development linked toemployee’s performance - inSainsbury's
ABSTRACTThe following dissertation has shed lights on impact of training and developmentprograms on efficiency of employees in Sainsbury. it has also shown that how employees gainknowledge and skills through various training programs and to what extent their efficiency hasincreased. Moreover, this research will describe how employee performance is linked withtraining and development programs and how their skills are improved. Apart from this, it willhighlight on knowledge and skills of employees that has been gained and how it has allowedthem to work in team and in creative way. It has results in creating a positive organisationalculture in Sainsbury.
TABLE OF CONTENTSRESEARCH TOPIC........................................................................................................................6CHAPTER- 1 INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................6Background of the study.........................................................................................................6Motivation for research..........................................................................................................7Research Aim.........................................................................................................................7Research Objective.................................................................................................................8Research Questions................................................................................................................8Rationale of the Study............................................................................................................8Significance of the study........................................................................................................8Framework and Analysis........................................................................................................9Chapter Structure..................................................................................................................10CHAPTER- 2 LITERATURE REVIEW.......................................................................................11CHAPTER – 3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY.........................................................................22Introduction..........................................................................................................................22Research Philosophy............................................................................................................22Research approach................................................................................................................23Research Design...................................................................................................................24Data collection......................................................................................................................24Sampling...............................................................................................................................26Data Analysis........................................................................................................................27Research Technique..............................................................................................................27Reliability and validity.........................................................................................................29Research Limitation..............................................................................................................29Ethical consideration ...........................................................................................................30CHAPTER 4 DATA ANALYSIS.................................................................................................324.1 Chapter overview............................................................................................................324.2 Testing & theory.............................................................................................................324.3 Descriptive analysis .......................................................................................................32Theme 1 Providing training in regular time period enabled in maintaining efficiency.......33
Theme 2 Training helped in maintaining team work efficiency and achieving goals andobjectives in given time period.............................................................................................34Theme 3 Training at regular interval of time leads to more effective communication betweenteams and managers. ............................................................................................................35Theme 4 Interacting with customers enabled in solving their problems and satisfying them toa great extent.........................................................................................................................37Theme 5 Different training methods and multitasking that leads to the attainment of goalswithin a specific time period................................................................................................38Theme 6 Organising training and development programs is beneficial for improvingperformance..........................................................................................................................39Theme 7 Your knowledge and skills improved after attending the training and developmentprogram to a great extent......................................................................................................41Theme 8 Training and development programs retain employees for long time in organisation..............................................................................................................................................42Theme 9 Training and development motivates personnel for working effectively at workplace..............................................................................................................................................43Regression and correlation ..................................................................................................45Reliability test ......................................................................................................................45CHAPTER- 5 ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION OF RESULTS ................................................46CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS .........................................................................49CONCLUSION ...................................................................................................................49Research Limitation..............................................................................................................49Future research areas ...........................................................................................................50Recommendation..................................................................................................................50REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................53BIBLIOGRAPHY .........................................................................................................................55Appendix 1.....................................................................................................................................56Appendix 2.....................................................................................................................................58Appendix 3.....................................................................................................................................64Appendix 4 and 5...........................................................................................................................65
RESEARCH TOPIC“To study the impact of training and development on performance of employee's in the retailsector: A case study on Sainsbury's”.CHAPTER- 1 INTRODUCTIONBackground of the studyIn an organisation, human resources play a very crucial role in recruiting, selecting,training and in learning of manpower for conducting smooth business operations. In the absenceof human resource, it is impossible to conduct business activities and to achieve determinedbusiness objective. In order to attain business objective, it is very important for the managementto focus on the employee's requirement and needs in order to keep them motivated and retainwithin company for long time. Management of organisation should focus on the employeesneeds like effective working condition, salary, incentives, fringe benefits, etc. (Jiang & et.al.,2012). With help of skilled personnel’s, corporation can improve the performance andproductivity of business. At the time of recruitment and selection, company focuses on thequality of candidate and hire skilled and talented employees. With the help of talentedworkforce, it is easy to accomplish desired target. Thus, it can be said that for achieve the highestlevel of outcome and make effective profitability of business, company need to focus onemployee's performance. Organisation should make arrangement through which personnel’s canimprove their skill, ability of working. Human resources are major assets of company that helpsin achieve organisational objective within specific time period. In addition to this, company caneasily gain desired outcome and produce high quality of product and services if organisationhave skilled employees.Training and development is one of the most significant aspect for improvingperformance of workforce (Manuti, & et.al., 2015). It is a systematic procedure and activity thathelps individual in improving their skill, ability, knowledge, capability regarding working withinthe organisation. In a corporation there is a huge significance of training and developmentprogram that can assist personnel’s in improving their personality and professionalism atworkplace. Training and development is a subsystem of a firm which emphasis on theimprovement of the performance of individuals and groups. It is one of opportunity that providedby business enterprise to its employees for improve their existing performance. It is an education
procedure that includes the sharpening of skills, concepts, changing of attitude and gaining moreknowledge to enhance the performance of personnel’s (Hendry, 2012). Training anddevelopment is directly linked with employee’s performance at workplace. In an organisation,management have to understand performance and need of improvement among workforce so asthey can be organised training program accordingly. Thus, it can be said that it is very importantfor company to understand requirement of improvement and area that needed to improve amongemployees so as they can deliver appropriate training to them. The current dissertation aims toanalyse the impact of training and development on the performance of employees in theSainsbury's. It is the second largest chain of supermarket in the UK which have approximate16.9% of the share of supermarket sector in the UK. The management of organisation needed toimprove the performance and capability of workforce for which investigation has beenconducted (Motivating and engaging employees for better business.2016). In this research,scholar have focused on the strategies and methods to improve employees performance by use oftraining and development. Thus, to investigate information about this subject, researcher haveapplied qualitative research technique and used SPSS analysis for interpret information. Motivation for researchAs per the study it has been found that Sainsbury's operates in retail sector and isamongst the largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom. Its main aim is to providehigh quality of product and services to customers and earn maximum profitability (Richardson,2015). The major issue faced by the Sainsbury's is related to the poor quality of services andineffective execution of business due to absence of skilled employees and poor workingperformance of personnel. Due to this issue, company is facing issue related to decreasedprofitability and market share. In order to solve this issue, company should focus on theemployee's training and development. Corporation should provide opportunity of training anddevelopment to employees so as they can learn effective criteria of working, skills, ability,knowledge and improve their performance at workplace. With help of training and developmentorganisation can decrease issue regarding low profitability and market share.Research Aim“To study the effect of training and development on employee's performance in retail sector:Sainsbury's”.
Research ObjectiveTo understand the concept of training and development acknowledging its significance.To determine approaches of training and development.To analyse the impact of training and development on employee’s performance.To recommend strategies for enhancing workforce performance by implement trainingand development methods.Research QuestionsWhat is the concept of training and development in the organisation?What are the methods and approaches of training and development in the corporation?How training and development helps to improve employee’s performance?What is significance of training and development within organisation?What are strategies to improve employee’s performance by implement training anddevelopment approaches?Rationale of the StudyAt the time of selection of research topic, there are several kinds of factors that affectresearcher choice and mind regarding research subject. In the present study, a scholar hasselected the training and development topic regarding employee’s performance within retailsector. The main reason for selection of this subject is scholar interest and curiosity to analysethe effective of training and development. Scholar desires to acknowledge the informationregarding the impact and significance of training and development on employee's performance.Another major reason for selection of this subject is enough information related to subject. Asthe scholar has sufficient data that is primary and secondary about training and development.Researcher have conducted survey for gather information regarding training and developmentand its impact on employee's performance within Sainsbury's. On the other hand, for collectsecondary information scholar have used books, journals, online articles, blogs, newspaper,magazines etc. Significance of the studyThe current investigation is based on the effect of training and development on theemployee's performance within an organisation. With the help of this study, researcher cancollect effective information related to concept of training and development, advantages anddisadvantages, several approaches and techniques within company. Its impact on the workforce
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