Training and Development's Impact on Employee Engagement in Google

Research Project
“Are training and development connected to
employee engagement in Google
organisation?"
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TABLE OF CONTENT
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................5
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY....................................................................................................8
RESEARCH AND FINDINGS.....................................................................................................10
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS..........................................................................14
Limitations.....................................................................................................................................15
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................16
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INTRODUCTION
Overview of the topic
Human resource management introduces the process of hiring, selecting, imparting
training and development, motivating employees, engaging and maintaining proper relations
with employees etc. This process is important in attracting and retaining talented employees
within a working environment (Nankervis and et. al., 2019). There are two effective practices of
HR i.e. training and development and employee engagement. These practices help an
organisation in retaining employees for a longer time period. Main purpose of this report is to
recognise the significance of training and development in employee engagement (Carbery and
Cross, 2018).
Background of the company
Google is a chosen organisation for this research project. It is an American multinational
technology company that was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Google is
specialising in producing internet services and products that include search engine, online
advertising technologies, cloud computing, hardware and software. Company wants to improve
their business performance and reputation that is only possible with the use of HR practices. This
is important for Google to increase employee engagement by organising training and
development events. Therefore, employee engagement is important in increasing employee
retention that results in improved business reputation and performance.
Importance of the topic
Current research topic is important for each and every organisation because this will
helps them in increasing their understanding about the importance of engaged employees at
workplace. Engaged employees are more capable to help an organisation to mitigate sudden
changes within the wave of an economy with their effective performance, ability and
innovativeness to change crisis into opportunity.
Problem statement
Today it is the biggest challenge for human resource management to retain quality
employees at the workplace. This challenge has a negative impact on business by reducing their
organisational performance and growth. In order to overcome this challenge, HR practices are
important because these help in increasing employee performance, engagement and retention.
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These are effective for Google in successfully retention of highly experienced employees at the
workplace.
Research aim and objectives
Research aim: Main aim of this research project is “To identify the effectiveness of training and
development in increasing employee engagement within a workplace of an organisation: A study
on Google
Research objectives:
 To evaluate about the importance and value of training and development inside Google
organisation
 To analyse about the impact of training and development on the performance and
organisation reputation
 To determine if men and women are trained differently in Google in order to take upper
management
 To investigate about some strategic ways of training & development that can be adopted
by Google to increase efficiency and performance
Research questions
 How important is training and development in a large organisation like Google?
 Are men versus women trained equally to become managers in Google?
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