Effect of Personnel Policies on Organizational Effectiveness
CHAPTER ONE
OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
The major objectives of the study are:
- To ascertain the effect of personnel policies on organizational effectiveness
- To ascertain if personnel policies have any significant impact on organizational profitability.
- To determine the efficiency of personnel policies and development in organizational growth.
- To determine the extent at which effective personnel policies can enhance productivity in order to reduce poor performance in organization
CHAPTER TWO
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
INTRODUCTION
A review of some of the related literature on the best way to manager organization and human resources through a set of policies will help us to make influence and draw up conclusion and come out with zeal oriented. It is important to note the fact that the extent to which a policy is designed is to determine a workers performance. Motivations policy, for instance helps to show how workers react when an incentives is gives. This why motivation can be defined as a set of those thing which helps to satisfy a subordinates desire, need, wishes and induce him to act in a desired manner. Therefore policy is a plan of action or statements which is set to achieve a given objectives. Organizational policy tends to identify the needs and people culture and individual differences of he members of the work force. In this case therefore the idea of what people is used to influence managerial behaviour. The personnel policy is also the only instrument needed in an organization to formulate and implement policies. It also helps the organizations in the recruitment of few and their training staff. The review of some related literature on the best way to manage organizational and human resources through a set of policies will help us to make inference and draw conclusion there upon. Some of the people that contribute in this school of thought brought upon to discuss. Taylore (1963) in his scientific approach to the best way to manage in order to stimulate increased productivity or effectiveness has the following contentions to make. The use of science, creating group harmony and co-operation, achieving maximum output and developing workers is the sure way to achieve increased productivity through greater efficiency and increased productivity through greater efficiency and increase payment of workers. Cantr (1901) stressed the need for training and development of workers as a way to increase efficiency. He emphasized scientific selection of workers and “Harmonious cooperation between lectures (workers and management. Gilberth (1900) knows primarily for “time and motion studies” focused on human aspect of worth. The contention was the need to understand workers personality and need incorporate them while formulating policies. Mayo (1933) in his “Human Relations movement” stressed that man as economic animals cannot only be motivated by financial incentives. He contended after undergoing on his “Hathorn experiment” that social and psychological factors were responsible for the behaviour of attitudes and relationship of workers in Western Electric Company.
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research design
The researcher used descriptive research survey design in building up this project work the choice of this research design was considered appropriate because of its advantages of identifying attributes of a large population from a group of individuals. The design was suitable for the study as the study sought to effect of personnel policies on organizational effectiveness.
CHAPTER FOUR
PRESENTATION ANALYSIS INTERPRETATION OF DATA
Introduction
Efforts will be made at this stage to present, analyze and interpret the data collected during the field survey. This presentation will be based on the responses from the completed questionnaires. The result of this exercise will be summarized in tabular forms for easy references and analysis. It will also show answers to questions relating to the research questions for this research study. The researcher employed simple percentage in the analysis.
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
Introduction
It is important to ascertain that the objective of this study was to ascertain effect of personnel policies on organizational effectiveness
In the preceding chapter, the relevant data collected for this study were presented, critically analyzed and appropriate interpretation given. In this chapter, certain recommendations made which in the opinion of the researcher will be of benefits in addressing the challenges of personnel policies on organizational effectiveness
Summary
This study was on effect of personnel policies on organizational effectiveness. Four objectives were raised which included: To ascertain the effect of personnel policies on organizational effectiveness, to ascertain if personnel policies have any significant impact on organizational profitability, to determine the efficiency of personnel policies and development in organizational growth, to determine the extent at which effective personnel policies can enhance productivity in order to reduce poor performance in organization. In line with these objectives, two research hypotheses were formulated and two null hypotheses were posited. The total population for the study is 200 staff of Dangote group of company, Lagos State. The researcher used questionnaires as the instrument for the data collection. Descriptive Survey research design was adopted for this study. A total of 133 respondents made up production managers, supervisors, batching plant operators and stock controllers were used for the study. The data collected were presented in tables and analyzed using simple percentages and frequencies
Conclusion
Considering all that has been discussed, the review of related literature and research findings obtained in this study, it has been established beyond every reasonable doubt that personnel management, motivational tools, training etc. make workers to be more effective to their various job. Though the analysis of the subject matter centers on private enterprises, the need for the study is in recognition of the fact that in all aspects of human endeavors is it private or public companies. It is no longer necessary to lay undue emphasis on what effective human resources development can do to any organization that imbibes the practice.
Recommendation
As a result of the various finding emanating from the study, the following recommendations which the research work is hereby suggested:
1) The management having seen human resource exercise as a vital aspect in organization, should be encouraged to finance it, seeing that the company is one that makes use of highly trained personnel, lack of funds as a problem should not be allowed to hinder effective implementations development.
2) Educational qualifications, more especially of technical qualifications should be a pre-requisite for recruitment, dilution, placement, promotion appraisal and lay off of workers. This means that the company under study should adjust their work/responsibility by engaging more qualified staff so as to help utilize other resources well for their effective productivity.
3) Organizations ought to inculcate the habit of attending seminars, and conference. These are avenues where new skills are developed and discovered. It not only helps to train and develop the worker but also offers powerful labor force that help to the organizational growth in sales and profitability.
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