A study on decision making on training needs : the application of political consideration among managers in public sector in selecting employee for training / Hamidah Laudin and Faezah Norazilawati Md Faizal

• Main Authors: Laudin, Hamidah, Md Faizal, Faezah Norazilawati
• Format: Student Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Decision making; Problem solving; Training of employees. Employer-supported education; Malaysia
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/50387/1/50387.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/50387/

Training in public sector gives the opportunity for the employees to increase their knowledge and skill. The selection of employee for training by the top manager plays an important element in the organization. This study wants to see the correlation among seniority, environment, and position with political consideration. Moreover, the study also conducted to examine the application of political consideration in selecting employees in the public sectors among public managers. 100 respondents were involved in this study which came from three different public sector organization which includes Immigration Department of Sabah, Ministry of Domestic Trade, Co-Operatives and Consumerism of Sabah and Royal Customs Malaysia Sabah. The result shows that there is a relationship between seniority, environment, and position with political consideration. The study also found that there is differences political consideration and genders. Some recommendation also includes in this report for the used in future study.