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.