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Evaluation Of Human Capital Development As A Strategy For Increasing Productivity In Public Organizations In Nigeria
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1.4 STATEMENT OF HYPOTHESIS
For the purpose of this study, the following hypothesis are formulated:
Ho: Human Capital development does not have significant effect on employees’ productivity.
H1: Human Capital development have significant effect on employees productivity.
1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The
importance of this project cannot be over emphasized because the prison
as stated under the statement of the general problem is an institution
for reformation of the character of in-mates. It was also observed that
the number of these in-mates is growing by day. Going by these
therefore, there is
1. The need for human capital development in the service to be able to face the emerging challenges.
2.
The findings of this research will highlight the strengths and weakness
in the area of human capital development that will be very useful in
making recommendations that will enhance improved performance of the
staff.
3. The findings of this research will give rise to a
reference material for students and other researchers with interest in
human capital development or the prison service in Nigeria.
1.6 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
In
this research, the researcher will focus on evaluation of Human capital
development as a means of increasing productivity in public
organizations for national development using Nigeria Prisons Service as a
case study. It may not be possible to cover the entire organization;
but basically, it is normal to state the nature of the project work and
to guide anybody who might wish to use the work to study an
organization for future use. For that purpose, we are to look at human
capital development as a means of increasing productivity in public
organizations.
1.7 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
The limitations
of this research can be viewed from the fact that the it became
difficult to granted interviews to the researcher by members of staff
of the Nigeria Prisons Service, Kaduna Command. They were so busy that
appointments were booked, changed and new booking obtained before the
conduct of the interviews.
Also some considered the information
required to be official and as such wanted to obtain permission from
their superior before participation.
However, efforts were made to
reduce the limitations to the lowest minimum by proper education of the
interviews that the research is an academic exercise from which findings
could help in improving prison service.
1.8 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF COMMAND PRISON KADUNA
Kaduna
prison camp was established in 1962 when the prison was established. No
missionary ever worked there. It was sullied for by the priest working
in Narayi. It started as a chapel where the in-mates worshiped but
later parishioners around the vicinity came to attend mass there, thus
arose the need for a bigger church. It is the first and only open prison
in Nigeria. Imprisonment is not new as there have always been a means
of isolating the deviants so as to prevent them from causing further
trouble in the society. For example, the Ogboni House was used as prison
by the Yorubas and the existence of prison among the fulanis who used
their buildings to isolate offender as a form of punishment were
recorded. The first prison in Nigeria was established in 1872 located on
Broad street Lagos prison began all over the world not as ultimate
institutions for punishment and correction but initially means for the
custody of persons caught up in the criminal justice systems. Awaiting
trails or the execution of their punishment such as whipping, banishment
and death (Rolhman cited in Alemika, 1987). However, in the
mid-nineteenth century, the function of the prison as short term
custodia facility changed in Europe and North America to institution for
ensuring punishment, penitence and correction of the offender.
Nigeria
had a dual prison system for more than half century until the
consolidation of the federal and local prison in 1965. This
consolidation followed findings from Mr. Garrat’s report in 1960 of the
situation in the prisons which were crowded dirty and under staffed. The
take over of the prisons by the federal government was the greatest
land mark in the history of prison administration in Nigeria. This led
to improved condition of service and recruitment of more educated prison
staff. The Nigeria Prison Service, a department of the Ministry of
Internal Affairs was headquartered in Lagos and headed by a director
responsible for administering nearly 400 facilities including regular
prisons special penal institutions, and lock up.
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