CAPACITY BUILDING- A TOOL FOR INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY IN NIGERIA PUBLIC SECTOR ORGANIZATION (Published)
This article examines that in every organization, the aim of every manager is to see that productivity is enhanced and efficiency attained. The means of achieving this goal hinges on many factors but for the purpose of this study we will look into capacity building as a tool for increase in productivity in the public sector organisation in Nigeria. It cannot be over emphasized in these modern management system where there are changes in information system and globalization. This trend has made the public sector organizations realize the very importance of human capital development these days. The origin of training and staff development in Nigeria dated back to 1970. Before this time, training and development had been going on in Nigeria without notice. It has brought to limelight at the 14th Annual General Meeting of Nigeria Employer Consultative Association (NECA) in December, 1970. When Chief Anthony Enahoro, the then federal commissioner for labour and productivity commented on the importance of role of employers in training their employees.
Keywords: Development, Efficiency and Public Sector, Employee Productivity, Management, Training
THE EFFECT OF HUMAN RESOURCE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT ON THE ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS OF FEDERAL POLYTHECNIC IDAH- NIGERIA (2008-2013). (Review Completed - Accepted)
This research titled “the effect of human resource training and development on organizational effectiveness” is written to explore the extent to which training and development has enhanced organizational effectiveness considering the pivotality of the tool and consequences of its grave neglect by most organizations in recent time. The researcher elicits data from both primary and secondary sources and the method of data collection were questionnaire, interview and observation. The data were analyzed using simple percentages, mean score, standard deviation and coefficient of variation respectively. The paper concludes that human resource training and development is pivotal to enhancing organizational effectiveness thus recommend that: for the nation to achieve improved productivity and efficient service delivery, funding of technical and vocational education should be encouraged and its employees should be constantly trained to compete and achieve the global quest for skillful and motivated manpower with an articulated training and development manuals towards a virile nation.
Keywords: Development, Human resource, Productivity, Training