1.0 INTRODUCTION

In any organisation either private or public the aim is always to

improve productivity being about effectiveness and efficiency of

service by development and better utilization of talents abilities and

potentials of the manpower (employees) and also to help them

develop their knowledge skills and abilities so that they can be more

relevant.

Therefore manpower development should be seen as a means of

ensuring better job performance which will no doubt increase

productivity in any organisation. Thus human resources development

can be said to embrace which aims at transforming people so that

they can contribute more effectively to social political and economic

development. The manpower development has always been a

primary concern for all organisations be it private or public and the

world at large because of its importance to productions and national

development. In this respect it can be said that a nation is formed by

better medicare nutrient accommodation environment as well as

education and development.

Organisations are subject to dynamic that is ready to change so that

the people who comprised them must change too.

In some ways it is difficult to separate the idea of manpower training

from that of organizational development and production.

Manpower training is necessary because it increases production

quality performance and learning rates. Thus manpower (employee)

can perform their job satisfactorily.

In conclusion manpower training is aimed at enhancing specific skill

for a specific job with a desire to provide new ideas and concepts that

may be useful for present and future jobs. Therefore in any growing

economy where organizational sections are becoming more

competitive the importance of manpower training cannot be

overemphasized.

Organizational sector greatly needs a proper trained manpower in

order to perform efficiently and effectively and also achieve their aims

and objectives.

1.1 Statement of the Problem

The statement of problem of this research work is as follows:

● The inability of the management organizational sector to

consider manpower as their assets often brings less interest by

the manpower (employee).

● Inability to train manpower leads to less productivity in

organizational sector

● The inability of organizational sector to utilize and train

manpower lead to brain wastage

● Absence of manpower training makes organizational sector or

its objective a difficult task to achieve.

1.2 Significant of the Study

The significance of this project lies in the belief that without

manpower (employee) training no organizational sector can achieve it

goal and its product will remain substandard no matter how much its

management plough into the organisation. Therefore this research

work is to draw the attention of the likely users to roles which training

of manpower in any organisation play on productivity.

In view of the foregoing the significance of the study are thus:

● This study will bring out the importance of manpower in an

organisation so that employers of labour will refer to it as a

guide

● It explains the importance of training of manpower in an

organisation

● It helps to remind organizational sector on the need to have well

trained workforce (manpower)

● It ensures that respect for manpower training can guarantee the

organizational sectors goal achievement

● It explains the relationship between manpower training and that

of productivity

● It will also serve as a useful document for Federal Training

Centre Kaduna in particular and other institutions in general.

1.3 Objectives of the Study

The objectives of the study among others are as stated below:

a) To examine the level of effectiveness of manpower training

b) To find out the importance of manpower training in an

organisational sector concerned with productivity

c) To emphasize the danger inherent in lack of manpower training

in an organisation

d) To highlight the effect of training of manpower in an

organisation

e) To serve as a reference point for future researchers in similar

area of study.

1.4 Research Questions

a) Is there any effect of manpower training on organisation?

b) Can organisation function effectively without training of

manpower?

c) Are you in support of the fact that organisational management

should devote more time in training of their manpower?

d) Do you agree that manpower training will lead to the attainment

of organisational goal?

e) Is there need to train both existing and new manpower

(employee) in an organisation?

1.5 Scope and Limitations of Study

As earlier mentioned this study covers the meaning of manpower

training in organisational sector. Therefore every information passed

in this research work is limited to experiences literature books of past

researchers consulted. The study however focuses solely on the

Federal Training Centre Kaduna being the main trainers of

administrators for the public service. Data for the study will be based

only on the responses of respondents from the staff of Federal

Training Centre Kaduna to enable the researchers have an accurate

result from the questionnaire.

1.6 Definitions of Terms

To ensure a proper understanding of this project titled

“SIGNIFICANCE OF MANPOWER TRAINING IN AN

ORGANISATION: A CASE STUDY OF THE FEDERAL TRAINING

CENTRE KADUNA”. It is important to explain the following

terminologies as will be used in this project work.

Significance: Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary New Special

price 6th edition defined significance as “the importance of

something”.

Manpower: A number of workers needed or available to do a

particular job or it is also an act which involves procurement of human

resources in an organisational sector at the right time by selecting the

right person and place him in a particular job.

Training: Is organisational effort aimed at helping an employee to

acquire basic skills required for the efficient execution of the activities

functions for which he is hired.

Organisation: Organisation is the structure and process by which a

cooperative group of human beings allocates its task among its

members identifies relationship and integrates its activities towards

common objectives.