training needs assessment of barangay secretaries in Binangonan, Rizal calendar year 2016 Jenes Margareth C. Aralar, Rochell A. Darasin, Rheeza Anne Jae L. Nati

Thesis BSOA- Office Management University of Rizal System, Binangonan 2017

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The study primarily aimed to assess the training needs of Barangay Secretaries in Binangonan, Rizal for the Calendar Year 2016. The researchers considered the forty (40) or 100 percent Barangay Secretaries from Binangonan, Rizal who are members of Association of Barangay Secretaries. Seventeen (17) or 42.5 percent secretaries from Island part of Binangonan while 23 or 57.5 percent from Mainland. It sought to find out the profile of the respondents in terms of age, sex, civil status, and highest educational attainment and length of service as barangay secretary, and to determine the training needs in terms of Office Management/Procedures, Managerial Skills and Computer Application. The researchers utilized the descriptive method of research. The personal profile of the respondents was determined using the frequency, percentage, and rank distribution, and weighted mean for the training programs/training topics for Barangay Secretaries. The findings of the study showed that some of the Barangay Secretaries were belonged to 30-35 and 41-45 Years old, a great majority are female, most were married and attained college graduate of education and have been serving the barangay for 11-20 Years. In terms of training topics for Office Management/Procedures, Records Management ranked first with a mean of 3.32, verbally interpreted as very much needed. In Managerial Skills, Work Ethics ranked first with a weighted mean of 3.6 and verbally interpreted as very much needed, and for Computer Application, Microsoft Excel ranked 1 with a mean of 2.35 and verbally interpreted as very much needed. In terms of their convenient time and day, 8:00am-12:00pm and Monday were ranked first with a mean of 1.68 and 2.8, verbally interpreted as very much preferred. In terms of method of training, seminar would be the most effective method with a mean of 2.58, verbally interpreted as very much preferred. The proposed training program will cover one Year period. January 2017 will be the planning with the Association of Barangay Secretaries (ABS) while the training program will start on from February to November 2017, and will commence on December 2017.