A Study of Issues & Challenges of Staff Training and Development in MNCs

Abstract

This paper evaluates issues and challenges that concern employee training and development in multinational enterprises. The article emphasizes the role of training and development practice in enterprise sustainability in a multicultural environment. The article further describes training and development activities, its select evaluation approaches. Quantitative data were collected using a well - structured questionnaire and thereafter organized and analysed by applying means and descriptive statistics. The study reveals that the majority of MNCs hold a centralized training and development approach. The study revealed that to a large extent organizational objectives and goals serves as a source of training need analysis. Majority of MNCs embrace four levels of training evaluation. The study confirms the significance of internet in the dissemination of T&D information between the head office and subsidiaries of MNCs. The study indicates that the majority of MNCs face the challenge of retraining their employees after training.