THE IMPACT OF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT OF EMPLOYEES PERFORMANCE A CASE STUDY OF STERLING BANK PLC KADUNA

ABSTRACT The research work title “The Impact of Training and Development on Employee Performance. A case study of Sterling Bank Plc Kaduna. Problems of the research is lack of adequate skilled and knowledge of a personnel limited resources for updating workers at the work place, objectives includes to examine how training and development affect staff performance and to find out if there is adequate provision for training and development in Sterling Bank Plc Kaduna. While the hypothesis Ho training and development has no significance impact on employee performance in Sterling Bank Plc Kaduna, H1 training and development has impact on employee performance in Sterling Bank Nigeria Plc Kaduna. The research design includes survey method, method of data collection and primary and secondary sources, tabulation, chi-square finding include that there is a significant impact of training and development on employee performance while recommendation, the importance of man power development in Sterling Bank Plc should be stressed by the man power development and resources training unit. In this respect the unit should therefore be expanded to reflect its importance and staffed with skilled and dedicates staffs that are prepared to accept changes and make careers in the unit of existing man power development and training policy should be reexamined and reviewed in the light of experience administrative economic, social and educational changes that have taken place since the inception of the policy. A programme could be geared towards meeting the needs of the services since the heads are dynamic, policies should also be dynamic and progressive.