AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRAINING AND JOB PERFORMANCE IN THE SEMI GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS IN SRI LANKA

Abstract

Modern world organizations pay a great attention to improve the productivity in the organizations to face the competition successfully. Therefore organization need skillful workforce. Hcncc thc managers consider training function as a key requiremcnt to reshape their cmployees to face the competition. The Semi Government Organizations in Sri Lanka are highly concerned in training activities to develop cmployee's ability. The purpose of this research is to identify whether training and development practiccs of Semi Government Organizations in Sri Lanka practically contribute to the improvement of it's cmployce's job performance. The scopc of the research was enlargcd to include identification of contribution of existing programmcs for employee's job performance and find out how the employee's job performancc arc carried out in the Semi Government Organizations of Sri Lanka This study is an analytical or hypotheses tcsting type research. For this study two Semi Government Organizations of Sri Lanka were selected. These organizations were National Water Supply and Drainage Board and Ceylon Electricity Board. Hundred Metcr Rcaders were randomly selected. The data collected through questionnaires and interview. Thc most important results of the study are training practicc directly contribute to improvcmcnt of cmployce's job performance. Thcre are positive rclationship among existing training activities and improvemcnt of employee's job related ability and job related motivation.