The Impact of Training the ICDL Skills on Staff Performance in Shahroud University of Medical Sciences from the Perspective of Learners

Nowadays, organizations emphasize on IT training courses to their labor in order to adapt them with changing environment and provide updated and quality services. This study aimed to assessment the impact of ICDL training on staff performance in Shahroud University of Medical Sciences.

This applied and cross-sectional study was conducted by collecting data from 300 employees Selected through simple random sampling in year 2014. Required data was collected by the questionnaire consisted of 40 questions and was entered in SPSS 16 and then, was analyzed by chi- square test. Finally, frequency distribution tables displayed the results.

ICDL training courses improved learning by 97/3%, quality of work by 97%, organizing the educational content by 99/3%, reducing infractions by 80/7%, mental recreation by 95%, changing organizational culture by 93/7% and performance by 98% in viewpoint of staff. However, all of them believed that these courses have had little impact on cost reduction. The Chi-Square test showed no relation between staff performance and sex, age, education and Place of service, While the significant relationship was observed between staff performance and kind of Employment by this test(P=0/012).

Results indicated the positive impact of ICDL training on the staff erformance of Shahroud University of Medical Sciences. Considering to lack of providing such courses for about 50% of staff, delivering these courses for all employees can contribute to the improvement of university performance.Keywords: Information Technology, ICDL, Staff, Performance, Training