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The Relevance Of Human Resource In Today's Business Environment
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1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY
Modern human resources management as we
know it today is of recent origin. It has emerged from a relatively
obscure and insignificant position in the early decades of this century
to a position of relevance and significance within the purview or scope
of management not only in Nigeria but in the world over.
In the
pre-independent Nigeria for example, activities like production and
marketing were the primary concern of management. The management of
human resources was generally treated as part of general management of
personnel or human resources was generally treated as part of general
management or administration and was usually fully entrusted to more
important and pressing issues.
For many years, the concern of
management was for technical values not human values nor the welfare of
the employees. Workers were considered little more than machines and
were considered less worthy of attention because the machines were more
expensive to replace. No slight thought was given to the welfare or the
development of a human organization.
The development and practice of
personnel management as a profession in Nigeria has been substantially
influenced by host of factors that were world wide in nature. These
include the advent of Europeans, scientific management movement,
development within universities and the rise of organized labour unions
and professional bodies. Human resource management covers a wide variety
of activities. The basic ones include:
Staffing recruitment, selection and placement
Training and development: Determining training needs, selection of people for training course
Wages and salaries administration.
Employee welfare
Performance appraisal
Labour relations
If
the human resource which is a very vital factor of production in any
organization is not well taken care of, all the functions above will be
ineffectively carried out.
The most effective human resource
management that leads to profit in an organization’s efficiency requires
senior management support, not only with fund but also with
psychological support. Once this is done, it will lead to co-operation
between staff and management which will in turn lead to better service
and high productivity in the organization.
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