IMPACT OF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT ON INNOVATION: PERCEPTION OF SAUDI MANAGERS

Abstract

Due to globalization and rising competition all around the world, it has become important for different organizations to have right set of employees who would benefit their organization. The organizations know that the employees are important assets to the organization. In order to benefit from them, organizations are spending their revenue on training and developing their employees with newest technology possible. It is seen that training and development has brought innovation in the respective organizations. This study identifies the impact of training and development on innovation through investigating managers in Saudi Arabia. This study was conducted through electronic questionnaire survey among Saudi managers in different private companies regarding the relationship between training and development and innovation. The findings showed that most managers believed that training stimulated innovation in the organizations. The implication of this research is that the innovations should be applied to training and development in organizations in Saudi Arabia.

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