An Evaluation Into the Effect of Human Resources Development on Organizational Productivity
Chapter One
Objectives of the study
The main objective of this is to find out the effect of human resource training on organizational productivity. Specifically, the study intends to:
- Identify the type of development schemes available to the employees in Gitto Construction Company LTD in Abuja.
- Ascertain how often the development programmes are mounted for employees in this organization.
- Determine the impact of training and development programmes on the employee’s performance in Gitto construction company LTD.
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
Literature Review
Until recently there has been a general resistance to investment of development in the public service because of the believe that “Employees hired under a meut system must be presumed to be qualified, that they were already trained for their jobs and that if this was not so it was evidence that initial selection of personal was at fault.’’(Stahl, 1976). This assumption has been jettisoned as the need for development became obvious both in the private and the public sectors.
Many organizations have come to recognize that development offers a way of developing skills, enhancing productivity and quality of work, and building worker loyalty to the firm (http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos 021.htm). They have seen for themselves that development is where skills are developed, attitudes are changed, ideas evolve and the organization is reinvented. In the course of learning the skills that will increase sales, build effective teams, improve quality standards or meet a wide range of other objectives, employees create a new organizational culture (Babaita, 2010).
Development means investing in people to enable them to perform better and to empower them to make the best use of their natural abilities for overall effectiveness and efficiency of an organization. An organization is seen to be effective and efficient if there is demonstrable increase in productivity (Goldstem and Gillian, 1990; Ranft and Lord, 2000; Daniels, 2003; Babaita, 2010). There is need for continual development and redevelopment especially with the impact of rapid technological changes on existing skills and jobs. From the literature review, the employees are seen as an indispensable group in the entire office in the labor markets; hence the development given to them is such that assists an individual to be occupationally competent by providing him with learning experiences that will help him develop skills and ability for making sound decisions.
There are numerous problems (funding, lack of development facilities, lack of human resource, etc.) which have continued to affect the development of employees thereby hampering their optimal productivity (Iwuoha, 2009). Despite the recognition of importance of development by management experts and government in white papers on various reforms in Nigeria, the experience of human resource (staff) training and development (Okotoni and Erero, 2005) in the Nigerian public service has been more of ruse and waste.
A study carried out by Okotoni and Erero (2005), on the topic titled “Human resource Training and development in the Nigerian Public Service” aimed at identifying the experience of Nigerian public services on human resource training and development with view to understanding the problems being faced. The researchers found out that training and development helps to ensure that organizational members possess the knowledge and skills they needed to perform their job effectively, taken on new responsibilities, and adapt to changing conditions. They also found that the experience of human resource training and development in the Nigerian public service has been more of ruse and waste. They recommended that the government should avoid the use of quack consultants in development the public servants.
In another study carried out by Iwuoha (2009) on the topic titled “Impact of Training and development Programmes on Secretaries Productivity in selected Business Organization in Owerri” aimed at identifying the adequacy of development programme provided to the secretaries in the selected business organizations in Owerri. The researcher employed a survey research design. The population of the study was 50 respondents using simple random sampling technique, while questionnaire was used for data collection and mean scores for data analysis. It was found that development programmes were adequately provided for the secretaries by the management of these organizations in such areas as seminar, conferences, workshops, etc. The researcher recommended that the secretaries should be given periodic leave with full pay to fully acquaint them with the latest skills.
Also, Igwegbe (2009) carried out a study titled “The Role of Management (Employers) in Human Capital Development” focused on the role of management as employers of labor in the development of human capital. Igwegbe found that human capital development is inevitable and the need for the entire work force to be at home with modern information and technology (ICT) in line with global trends if organizations must remain relevant in the world today.
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research Design
In defining design, Odo (1992:43), stated that designing implies out lining the name of equipment and other materials the research intends using, applying some to successfully execute the practical aspect of the research study.
A descriptive survey method was used for this study. It is important to determine the method and procedure adopted in this research report since it gives the reader background information on how to evaluate the findings and conclusion.
Population of the Study
The researcher has chosen Gitto construction company LTD as the studied population in order to find a possible solution to which involve a total of 250 employees including top and junior staff.
CHAPTER FOUR
DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION
Bio-Data of Respondents
The presentation of data shall begin with the demographic variables of respondents as depicted in table 4.1 to table 4.4.
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Summary
The aim of this study is to determine whether motivation is effective in achieving higher productivity among workers in Gitto construction company LTD, other relevant areas which the study highlighted are: the reaction of the workers towards their duties when motivation is employed by the employer and how the managers can apply motivational theories of management in their attempt to direct the job behaviour of employees towards the goals of their establishment.
The general description of the area of study, which depicted the inevitability of motivation in achieving higher productivity in an organization, was stated. In the course of the study, statement of problem such as; workers leaving the organization due to poor motivation, their unwillingness to perform their duties well and how to motivate them to achieving desired productivity level were pointed out. To ascertain the application of the motivational techniques by the organization concerned and to know the problem inhibiting the success of the employees’ motivation in the organization forms essential part of the objectives of the study. Questions relating to the objectives and problems were also looked at.
The study looked into some review literatures that covered different models and theories on motivation by different scholars, various definitions given by several management scholars, different means of motivating workers or simply type of motivation and the importance of motivation. Various textbooks, journals, articles and other scholarly materials were used to get terms, ideas, concepts and academic as well as professional viewpoints.
The management team of Gitto construction company LTD, together with important officers of the organization were selected as the study population with the use of simple random sampling. Both primary and secondary data were also used for this research work. The primary data was based on questionnaire while the secondary data was based on published and unpublished works. The data collected were processed and analyzed through the use of t-test statistics.
Conclusion
Human resources (personnel) in any organization remain the most invaluable asset for growth and development, hence development and redevelopment is essential components of human resource development. Development and personnel development is a mixture of activities aimed at improving the performance of personnel in organizations for the attainment of continuous improvement in productivity. Development and human development assists employees to learn how to use the resources in an approve way that allows organization to meet its desired output. Staff are required to perform varied competences in their profession that will make then saleable in the labor market. It is the possession of these skills needed by the labour market that will enable them contribute maximally to organizations and national development of the Nigerian nation. However, for the organization and government to make development and personnel development to become effective in the service cycle, they have to tackle the challenges of introducing new orientations on development contents, development evaluation, attitudes to training and development utilization.
Recommendations
The essence of training and development in organization cannot be over emphasized. It has been observed that development is very important in every aspect of an organization. It enhances the efficiency of staff, increases output and motivates employees for better performance.
It has been discovered that development and human development are not isolated from human resources. Even in the advanced countries and in most computerized organization, training and development cannot be overlooked because; human are the ones to operate this equipment.
From the findings, the following recommendations were made:
Organization is seen to be effective and efficient if there is demonstrable increase in productivity, therefore, any development and personnel development must be based on proper analysis of its contribution to the effectiveness and efficiency of an organization. Staff should be expose to regular professional development areas such as foundation, career or development, preservice and off-the-job-pupilage development as to enhance their productivity in the organization. It is also necessary for the staff to be exposed to seminars, conferences and workshops to enable them keep abreast with the challenges posed by modern business offices.
The development programmes of managers should be done on yearly or regular basis; hence development involves systematic, professional and development of skills, knowledge and attitude necessary for performing specific schedule of duties. There should be free flow of information to enable all the staff aware of the training and development programme available both internally and externally.
There should be effective utilization of integration of resources, physical and human will to yield high output or performance. Also, on-the-job and in-house methods of development should be used extensively by organizations and government, especially in the development of junior staff as they tend to be cheaper and more effective.
GITTO Construction Company LTD should also introduce reward system for outstanding performance so as to motivate employees to always put in their best during each development period. This will assist them in identifying those staff that has special skills and talents. GITTO Construction Company LTD should expose all their staff to development at least once in every year. This will make the employees to meet up with the changes in their services and work processes as may be driven by the competitive environment.
Instead of downsizing those employees with years of experience and recruiting new ones, organization should rather invest in (committed to) training and development of their experienced staff. This will help them to reduce the cost of frequent recruitment and selection.
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