ASSESSING HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE IN ORGANISATIONS

Abstract

The study focused on human capital development and employee performance The aim of the study was to investigate the influence of human capital development on employee performance in organization. The study concludes that human capital development is a veritable means of achieving employee performance in terms of waste minimization, cost minimization, on-time delivery and output quality. Thus, committing resources in educating employees; investment in employee mentoring programmes; and empowering employees to perform their assigned jobs will enable employees to perform their jobs to achieve waste minimization, cost minimization, on-time delivery and output quality. Also, the performance of the employees will be enhanced organisations, give support to the employees by caring for employees’ socio-emotional needs and well-being, rewarding excellence and providing conducive work environment. Therefore, the study recommends that organizations should commit resources in educating the employees, invest in employee mentoring programmes; and empower employees in order to enhance employee performance on assigned jobs.