ONE of the factors that have been identified to be the cause of slow growth in certain business concerns is the absence of training.
The majority of Ghanaian companies, both state-owned and private, have over the years not experienced any real growth in their operations as expected because they have failed to invest in modern technology.
Most of them have relied on old ideas, skills and technology without bothering to keep pace with the changing trends in modern business technology.
Aside this there is also the issue of managements not offering their personnel the opportunity to upgrade themselves. There is the fact that most courses being offered by the various institutions are not job-specific. The course contents are irrelevant to the participants’ workplace schedule or the scope limited. In such a case, it has very little or no effect on the fortunes of the organization.
It is in this light that the Times views the recent six-day capacity-building training programme on Policy Development and Analysis Training for civil servants in administrative class and the Policy Planning Monitoring and Evaluation Divisions as most appropriate.
The policy development and analysis is an invaluable intervention which enables the civil service to play its cardinal role of developing policy options for the government of the day to achieve its objectives.
Opening the course, Mrs. Dora Dei Tumi, principal of the Civil Service Training Centre, underscored the importance of training for civil servants in policy development and other key areas, adding that the government depends on civil servants for its operation.
The civil service is the engine of growth of the government machinery.
For the government to achieve the desired results in its economic performance, the civil service needs to function effectively.
Over the years, the service has generally been considered inefficient, corrupt, non-performing and in some cases, a drain on the resources of the state.
Therefore, training and retraining of workers at all levels on continuous basis will be a major incentive to achieving productivity within the service.
We, therefore, urge the Head of Civil Service to organise more of such training programmes and refresher courses for civil servants to improve their capacity.
The majority of Ghanaian companies, both state-owned and private, have over the years not experienced any real growth in their operations as expected because they have failed to invest in modern technology.
Most of them have relied on old ideas, skills and technology without bothering to keep pace with the changing trends in modern business technology.
Aside this there is also the issue of managements not offering their personnel the opportunity to upgrade themselves. There is the fact that most courses being offered by the various institutions are not job-specific. The course contents are irrelevant to the participants’ workplace schedule or the scope limited. In such a case, it has very little or no effect on the fortunes of the organization.
It is in this light that the Times views the recent six-day capacity-building training programme on Policy Development and Analysis Training for civil servants in administrative class and the Policy Planning Monitoring and Evaluation Divisions as most appropriate.
The policy development and analysis is an invaluable intervention which enables the civil service to play its cardinal role of developing policy options for the government of the day to achieve its objectives.
Opening the course, Mrs. Dora Dei Tumi, principal of the Civil Service Training Centre, underscored the importance of training for civil servants in policy development and other key areas, adding that the government depends on civil servants for its operation.
The civil service is the engine of growth of the government machinery.
For the government to achieve the desired results in its economic performance, the civil service needs to function effectively.
Over the years, the service has generally been considered inefficient, corrupt, non-performing and in some cases, a drain on the resources of the state.
Therefore, training and retraining of workers at all levels on continuous basis will be a major incentive to achieving productivity within the service.
We, therefore, urge the Head of Civil Service to organise more of such training programmes and refresher courses for civil servants to improve their capacity.
