Implications of Traning and Development Programmes on Accountants Productivity in Selected Business Organizations in Onitsha, Anambra State, Nigeria

This study titled “Implications of Training and Development Programmes on Accountants productivity in selected Business organizations in Onitsha” is aimed at finding out the adequacy of training and development programme provided to the accountants in selected Business organizations in Onitsha, Nigeria. The success of any organization is not only determined by the quality of personnel available, but how adequate these human resources are harnessed and co-ordinate towards achieving the goal of the organization. The importance of training and development is more obvious given the growing complexity of the work environment, the rapid change in organizations and advancement in technology. Training and development assist the organizational members to posses the knowledge and skills they need to perform their job effectively, take a new responsibilities and adapt to ever changing conditions. The study is a descriptive research and adopted the system theory. To guide the study, three research questions and hypotheses were posed. The researcher employed a survey design and a simple random sampling technique. Questionnaire was instrument used for data collection. The data collected was analyzed using mean scores and standard deviation for the research questions while the hypotheses were analyzed using the t-test statistics. The researcher made the following findings; induction or orientation, foundation, refresher, in-house, off-the-job pupilage, workshops seminar, etc are the most common development programmes available to accountants in these business organizations. It was also found that these development programmes were adequately provided for the accountants by the employers of these organizations. Still from the findings, very few organizations do not meet up with the training demands probably because of its cost effectiveness. Based on the findings made, it was recommended that the organization should be effective in integration of resources, physical and human will to yield high output or productivity.