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At present, human resources are considered the most valuable corporate resource, which help to achieve corporate objectives. Many employers are aware that only an employee who has the necessary skills and knowledge is a real asset to the company. This leads organizations to implement training & development activities for their staff. The paper deals with training & devel- opment as one of the important HRM activities that may affect the perfor- mance of the organization. It introduces the results of research conducted in Slovakia, aimed to verify the statistical relationship between training & de- velopment and organizational performance, as expressed by financial situa- tion and labor productivity.