CAPACITY BUILDING STRATEGIES AND EMPLOYEE PRODUCTIVITY OF PAINT MANUFACTURING FIRMS IN RIVERS STATE

Abstract

The study examined the relationship between capacity building strategies and employee productivity of Paint Manufacturing Firms in Rivers State. The specific objectives of the study was to investigate the dimensions of capacity building strategies as: capacity Acquisition, capacity sharing and training and the measures of employee productivity (waste minimization). Four research questions, and hypotheses were formulated for this study. The study employed cross-sectional survey design. The population of the study was (700) employee drawn from the entire staff of the nineteen  paint manufacturing firms, with a sample size of two hundred and fifty five  (255) obtained using Taro Yemene to determine it. Structured Questionnaire was the only source of data collection. Spearman Rank Order Correlation statistical tools was used to analyze the data with the aid of statistical package of social sciences (SPSS) Version 20.0. The results covered that capacity acquisition, capacity sharing and training was highly positive and statistically significant with the criterion measure of such waste minimization. The study concluded that capacity building strategies has a significant impact on employee productivity. The study recommended among others that management should develop procedures for assessing and handling human capacity building. The employees’ main areas of responsibility must be structured according to their training, skills, expertise, experience and field of interest.