The Impact of Kenya Railways' Supervisory Training Programme on the Supervisors' Managerial Skills
Abstract
This project is on Kenya Railway Supervisors'
Management Training, its purpose is to examine the
impact of the current training programme on those who
participate in it.
The evaluation of the programme lS carried out by
analysing
(i) The context of the programme
(ii) The supervisors' attitude towards their
training
(iii) The supervisors' performance during the
training
(iv) The supervisors' performance on the job after
training.
Chapter one, apart from providing the theoretical
framework, also gives a brief description of the
development of Managerial role among the indegenous people
of Kenya.
Chapter two includes the data collection methods and
the analytical toolsused. Chapter three contains the
information collected from the field and the analysis
of this information.Coclusion and recommendations
are tobe found in the fourth and final chapter, that the
programme has onthe whole a positive impact on those
supervisOrs who undergo through it. But,the curriculum
need some revision so that it contains only subjects that
are of relevance to supervisory duties. More effective
results could also be achieved if considerations were made
to factors such as age, education and experience of those
who are to be selected to participate in the training
programme.
The author also emphasizes the importance of a constant
evaluation scheme In a training programme such as this.
Citation
Mudhune SO,1999;The Impact Of Kenya Railways' Supervisory Training Programme On The Supervisors' Managerial Skills.Publisher
University of Nairobi Faculty of commerce