The purpose of/his study was to asses the practices and problems o.ltraining and developmentrnfactors in South Wollo administrative zonal organizations. A descriptive survey Inethod wasrnemployed. For this study a smnple o.l13 zonal OIganizations were selected ji'om among 25rnorganizations o.l the zone by using simple random sampling techniques .In selecting thernrespondents ji'01ll the sample organizations a purposive sampling technique was employed asrnit was suitable 10 take the required numbers ji'om the sample organizations having differentrnpopulation numbers. However. ji'om those organizations having 10 or less population therngiven numbers were directly taken. Based on this, 200 employees including managers werernselected, and ji'om those employees 20 managers or organizational heads were selected asrn.focus group discussants on the basic questions to back up the gaps as the sources olrnin/ormation in the study. Questionnaires, document analysis, and focus group discussion werernutilized to collect the necesswy in/ormation and the results obtained were ilttelpreted andrnanal),zed by usillg percentages and Mann-Whitney U test analysis. The results o.l this studyrnhave revealed that the training and development offered by the zonal olganizations were donernin haphazard manner and a disorderly way. In 1Il0st organizations, training needs assessmentrnIVas lIot conducted and passed through effective designing, and the results were not evaluated.rnSome o.lthe recommendations made to address which in elude setting training and developmelltrnpolic)I ill which on-the-job and o.frthe-job training and development has to be clearly stated;rnconducting needs assessment in light of organization's strategy, resources, managementrnsupport and peljormance standards ;choosing one or a mix of training methods based onrnpurpose, cost level of trainees, and media considerations; adopting e-training in eachrnolganizations : adopting systematic training and development approaches ; evaluation o.lrntraining and development before, during and a/ter trainings; and establishing training andrndevelopment department or unit or sectionfor each organization.