THE IMPACT OF MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE

THE IMPACT OF MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE
 
ABSTRACT
Manpower development is receiving broader consideration with the emergent of current globalization and unstable job market due to the present economic recession in Nigeria. Developed and developing countries in the world have placed emphases on manpower development as instrument geared towards improving employees’ performance by devoting necessary organization resources towards manpower training and knowledge transfer. Although there is a broad assumption that manpower has positive effects on organization’s productivity, yet there is paucity empirical data on how manpower development impact on SMEs in Nigeria federal capital territory, Abuja coupled with the dwindling productivity fortune of SMEs in these past years as reported by Abuja chambers of commerce and industry.
 
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1    Background of the Study
The role and importance of human resources in the long term in ability of any business or non-profit making enterprises cannot be overemphasized. Although other resources such as financial information physical are also essential but human resource are virtually boundless in the potential impact of the organization.
Manpower is the basis of all resources use and it is the indispensable means of converting other resources to man kind’s use and benefits. So how well we develop and employ human resources skills in fundamental in deciding how much will accomplish as a nation man power is plot of every human institution. Even in he develops and industrial nation of the world where the use of machines and