THE IMPACT OF LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT ON EMPLOYEES’ PRODUCTIVITY IN ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURING SECTOR AT PENANG, MALAYSIA

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the relationship between learning and development including effective training need analysis (TNA), effective training techniques and effective training contents on employees’ productivity in electrical manufacturing sector at Penang, Malaysia. In order to examine the relationship a sample size of 222 respondents taken from 28 electrical manufacturing sector with 6322 population and 361 samples. A questionnaire was design for data collection to measure learning and development included effective training need analysis (TNA), effective training techniques and effective training contents on employees’ productivity. Stratified sampling method was used to analyze the data used SmartPls 3.7.8. The result of the study shown that effective training need analysis (TNA), effective training techniques and effective training contents have a significant relationship on employees’ productivity. The limitation of this study only covers electrical manufacturing sector. Suggested for future study focus on electronic, plastic and fabricated manufacturing sector in order to be more effective result in improving the learning and development practices in manufacturing sector.