TAMUNOSIKI-AMADI Jasmine Okponanabofa
Department of Management
Faculty of Management Sciences
Niger Delta University Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State, Nigeria
jassy.tammy@yahoo.com
SIMEON Baratuaipere
Department of Marketing
Faculty of Management Sciences
Niger Delta University Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State, Nigeria
ABSTRACT
This study examined at the link between employee competence management and innovativeness of deposit money banks in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. One hundred and fifty-nine 159 tenured employees made up the study’s population.
Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the data, and SPSS version 25 was utilised for this purpose. The results of the data analysis show that innovativeness of deposit money banks in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State is significantly determined by employee competence management in the form of competence planning, competence development and competence monitoring. The study conclude that organisations can foster a creative atmosphere that leads to increased innovation, which informs the growth and success by emphasising the significance of competency planning, competence development and competence monitoring. Thus, the study recommends that management of deposit money banks should institute employee competence management models that emphasize competence planning, competence development and competence monitoring.
Keywords: Competence development, competence monitoring, competence planning, employee competence
management, organisational innovativeness.