An Assessment of the Training and Developmental Needs of Employees in Nigerian Local Government

Abstract

Mixed-income developments are becoming a common mechanism to transform public housing in urban communities. Housing authorities use this new form of housing to change the demographic profile of deteriorating inner city neighborhoods. The purpose of this study was to examine the conversion of public housing to mixed-income/mixed-use communities through a case analysis of the Broad Creek Renaissance Plan in Norfolk, Virginia. The researcher analyzed Broad Creek's land-use patterns and socioeconomic factors to determine if the HOPE VI initiative is meeting its goals and objectives. The results of this study revealed that through revitalization the Broad Creek Renaissance neighborhood's demographic profile was slightly changed from the pre-existing community to include individuals of different economic status, age ranges, and ethnic backgrounds.

Training as a Capacity Building Practice and Performance of County Assemblies in Kenya: A Case of Kericho County Assembly

“…The theory argues that via skill and knowledge a worker yields some stock of productive capital. Moreover, this approach views people as an asset which has the ability of adding value to their organizations and also in certain cases ensuring its survival in present competitive environment and not as an expense item on income statements (Osabiya, 2015). Human capital includes intellectual capital (unique skills and knowledge that is possessed by people), social capital (flexible networks between people that enable the organizations to leverage link and embed its different knowledge) and organizational capital (institutionalized knowledge owned by an organization and stored in manuals and databases).…”

“…According to Osabiya (2015) training entails workshops and conferences, seminars and short term courses. Omosa, Onyango and Onditi (2018) indicates that a training workshop refers to the form of interactive training where some of training activities are carried out by participants instead of passively listening to presentation or lecture.…”

“…Nevertheless, they were required to apply certain practices including incentives and compensation resulting from consistent requests by employees as a condition for consistent work. Osabiya (2015) carried out an evaluation of the developmental as well as training needs of staffs in the local government of Nigerian. The researcher employed secondary data which was obtained from various journals, textbooks, periodicals, magazines and newspapers.…”