The Responsibility of Human Resource Management and Development Professionals in the Development of Low-Skilled Workers in the Nigeria Public Sector

Stephen Talabi Aroge,Moshood Ayinde Hassan

doi:10.5539/ijbm.v6n11p227

Abstract

The need for making human asset of an economy, public and private, relevant and adequately responsive to thegrowth and development of the nation is stressed in this paper. Public sector is owned and controlled by thegovernment. This makes government to be the largest employer of labour. The onus of developing humanresources largely devolves on employers of labour. Human resources are relevant in organization for they makethings happen. The paper critically examined the concept of human resource, human resource management andworkers development and training as well as the relevance of human resource and the need for employeedevelopment in an organization. This paper submits that training and re-training of workers is needed, especiallyfor low-skilled workers for any organization to survive and realize its goals in this era of globalization andcompetitive economy.

Highlights

(iii) examine the issue of professional human developers and their contributions to the development of low-skilled workers;
The thrust of this paper is to examine the responsibilities of both the internal human resources development and outsourced professional development bodies in the development of low – skilled workers in the public sector, Nigeria
Effort is made to, among others: (i) give a cursory look at what constitute public sector in the Nigerian context; (ii) explain the terms of “human resource management” and its roles in employee development efforts; (iii) examine the issue of professional human developers and their contributions to the development of low-skilled workers; (iv) give a brief explanation of human resource development in the public sector of the Nigerian economy as compared to the private sector; and (v) explore the processes and who should shoulder the responsibility of developing low-skilled workers in Nigeria as well as the discussion of the concept of human capital development

Summary

Introduction

(iii) examine the issue of professional human developers and their contributions to the development of low-skilled workers;. The thrust of this paper is to examine the responsibilities of both the internal human resources development and outsourced professional development bodies in the development of low – skilled workers in the public sector, Nigeria. As opined by Otobo and Omole (1987), the Nigerian Public Service Sector, when compared to the private sector of the economy, constitutes various categories of employees requiring varying skills in level and content as regards their job holding.

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