MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT: A KEY TO SUCCESSFUL ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT

MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT: A KEY TO SUCCESSFUL ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT

ABSTRACT

It has been ascertained that human resources are the most vital key to successful organizational development. Therefore, the main objective of this study is to ascertain how manpower development can be used to raise the level of staff competence, morale, efficiency and productivity in an organization. It also aims at highlighting the basic necessity needed to accomplish viable training activity within an organization. The procedure applied in this research work include: a systematic review of related literature, the uses of questionnaire to gather the necessary information and subsequent analysis presented in tabular form. This research work revealed that manpower training is the key to the enhancement of organizational development and performance. Therefore, from the above mentioned facts, it recommended that manpower development activities should be recorded adequate planning in the area of finance, nature, duration and possible placement and responsibility after the exercise for successful organizational development.

CHAPTER ONE

1.0     INTRODUCTION

1.1     BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Manpower development is an organizational effort aimed at helping an employee to acquire basic skills for efficient execution of function for which he was employed. Manpower development should be comprehensive to allow an employee to understand the nature of the work he is to perform.

Manpower training has always been recognized as an important factor that contributes to the improved performance of staff and ultimately the organization. Manpower development is being concerned with increasing knowledge and skill in doing or performing a particular job. Manpower development (training and development) has been an agent of change. This shows that it is intended to change positively the knowledge, skills and attitude of the recipient.

It`s a known fact that the success of the organization depend on the caliber of its manpower.

By the promulgation of the enabling decree 1974 all land in the new FCT was vested in the federal government and the inhabitants were then to be resettled.

The FCDA was the set up among other things to select a site within the FCT for the new capital city to regulate land use and establish infrastructure for Abuja.

The FCDA took off with supporting staff from the federal ministry of works and housing and finance and economic development, others were seconded from the cabinet office at least at the senior technical and managerial levels.

The total staff strength in 1977-1979 was placed at 874 for all categories. This number increase to 3,214 by 1980-1981 as a result of serious intention to make Abuja a reality and benefiting federal seat of government the FCDA employed additional staff for the particular department.

Thus, raising the staff strength to 13000 by 1993-1994. Until when the mass retirement of 1995 reduce the pay roll to 12000 plus. However, the recent national mass retirement of staff from the public services which also affected FCDA reduced its staff by 1900.

1.2     STATEMENT OF PROBLEM

Emphasis is placed on manpower development in any organization because of the productivity that accompanies that. Thus, any organization that does not place emphasis on the development of its manpower is encouraging failure. Without adequate training, the employee skills and innovation decline and the whole organization suffer.

It has been observed that the major problems affecting organizational growth in recent time are not only the lack of manpower, but absences of the right caliber of qualified manpower. This has restricted the successful development of many organizations in Nigeria. Therefore, it is the quality and not quantity of manpower that brings success in an organizational development.

1.3     THE OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

The objectives of this research work are:

                               i.            To identified the role played by manpower development programs and the benefit derived by employee (if any).

                             ii.            To examine the importance of manpower development in organizational setup.

                          iii.            To examine manpower utilization after training.

                          iv.            To evaluate manpower planning and its importance to the organization.

1.4     THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

The significance of this study is to show how:

                               i.            Training can raise levels of staffs in the organization under the study and other organizational setup.

                             ii.            Training can burst the moral of the staff and rise productivity of relevant organization.

                          iii.            Organization can benefit generally with well trained and motivated employees, several public etc.

1.5     SCOPE OF THE STUDY

This research work is intended to cover federal capital development authority (FCDA) Abuja with a view to find out the impact of manpower development on the development of FCDA.

1.6     LIMITATION OF THE STUDY

Due to financial and time constraint, this research work is limited to FCDA close swill be taken in order to obtain and develop facts on manpower development a key to organizational development.

1.7     STATEMENT OF HYPOTHESIS

For the purpose of direction and explain some crucial questions raised in this work, the following hypothesis shall be tested for in the course of this research work. These are the assumption;

1.     H0: Manpower development is not a problem to successful organizational development.

H1: Manpower development is a problem to successful organizational development.

2.     H0: The absence of manpower development in organization is not responsible for high rate failure of manpower contribution.

H1: The absence of manpower development in organization is responsible for high rate failure of manpower contribution.

1.8     DEFINITION OF TERMS

MANPOWER: This means the amount of human resources (employee) in a given organization. It is the total number of employees that undertook different tasks in the organizational setup.

TRAINING: This is an act, event in which people engage to improve their performance in a specific job related to tasks. It`s also the process of learning or increasing knowledge to the employee in an organization.

MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT: According to Ascon (1992) manpower development is a process which enables an organization to meet its current and projected manpower requirements. It`s also the process of producing or creating something new that will enable organization meet its target.

 

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