A Study on Training Effectiveness in Private Hospitals of Odisha

Training is a learning process that involves acquisition of knowledge, sharpening of skills, concepts competencies and bringing change in attitudes and behaviour of employees. This enhances their overall performance on the job. With the increasing trend of globalizations organizations have started competing on competencies i.e. the core sets of knowledge and expertise that give them an edge over their competitors. Training plays a central role in strengthening these competencies and becomes the backbone of organizational growth and sustainability. During the last two decades many service organizations like Banks, Hospitals etc have become commercial and lot of private players are encouraged by central and state governments to operate and provide health care facilities to people. Number of private medical college, hospitals, nursing homes and clinics have opened in metros and all the leading cities of India. This has resulted in shortage of trained and skilled manpower which has been a major concern for all private hospitals and the hospitals in Odisha are not exception to these phenomena. Numerous research works have been carried out in the field of training and development to assess its impact on organizational performance. Based on these findings, an attempt has been made to study the role of training and development in private hospitals of Odisha. This paper presents the perception of hospital staff regarding the usefulness of training and brings out some suggestions for improving the system.