Abstract
The study examined effects of manpower planning and development in Lagos state civil service performance. Lagos state civil service is the greatest asset of the state in its quest for socio-economic development. The primary question that was explored is whether the nature of manpower planning and development curriculum in Lagos state civil service has effect on the service performance and the attainment of state objective. The study relied on primary and secondary data, and multiple stage sampling technique was used to select the sample population. The data collected was presented in frequency bar chart and simple percentage. Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (PPMC) statistical tool was used to test the hypotheses. Findings of the study show that the nature of manpower planning and development curriculum has a positive effect on the Lagos state civil performance. It also reveals that the manpower planning and development has a positive effect on the attainment of Lagos state objective. To achieve better performance in the service, it should among others, improve on the current manpower planning strategy and continue to update its manpower development curriculum in line with the global best practices. Given the pivotal role that technology plays in the 21st century, the service should avail itself the windows of opportunities that information technology provides in its drive to enhance employees’ skills, knowledge and abilities that will invariably improve the service performance. Yet, the service should imbibe the prescripts of New PublicManagement theory (NPM), and that goals and targets should be defined and measurable as indicators of organizational performance.
Highlights
In the Western countries, manpower planning and development as a human resource management (HRM) practice has witnessed a paradigm shift from a micro-analytical approach to macro-strategic approach but in a developing country like Nigeria, micro level perspective is yet to be fully explored and analyzed
The main objective of this study is to examine the effect of manpower planning and development in the Lagos state civil service performance
A cursory look at the above bar chart indicate that 226 or 75.3 percent of the respondents agreed that there is a significant relationship between the nature of manpower planning and manpower development curriculum in Lagos state civil service while 27 or 9.0 percent disagreed with the proposition
Summary
In the Western countries, manpower planning and development as a human resource management (HRM) practice has witnessed a paradigm shift from a micro-analytical approach to macro-strategic approach but in a developing country like Nigeria, micro level perspective is yet to be fully explored and analyzed. It should be noted that it is the function of the personnel to combine the various resources in an appropriate manner in order to actualize the objectives of the organization. In this globalized era, there are increasing claims that the route to competitive advantage is achieved through people. The calibre of the human resources in an organization determine the success or failure of an organization, justify the rationale to plan for, and develop the personnel in various units of the organization in order to achieve the stated goals
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