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Human Resource Development And Productivity In The Civil Service
[AN APPRAISAL OF KOGI STATE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION]
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1.5 Significance of the Study
The study is
significant from the point of view that no available literature or study
so far his specifically focused on human resource development and
productivity in Kogi State civil service, none has examined the extent
to which the civil service as an agent of government has contributed to
the development and training of civil servants in Kogi State.
Thus,
it is going to add to existing body of literature and extend the
frontiers of knowledge practically. This research work will be a guide
to scholars, policy makers, policy implementers and researchers and
evidently serve as a guide to the government on how to promote effective
human resource development and productivity in the civil service
particularly Kogi State civil service.
1.6 Theoretical Framework
This
work adopts the systems theory as the theoretical framework of analysis
because the systems theory considers all elements and views the
organization as constituting of many parts, furthermore, system theorist
see an organization and its environment as inter-dependent; each
depending on the other for sustenance.
A system is a set of elements
of units which interact in some way and are supported from their
environment by some land of boundaries (Young 1960, Eminue 2001:98).
Scholars of system see it as the most popular concept that applies to
systems regulation and maintenance, system equilibrium or homeostasis
which is the ability of system to maintain its internal balance even
while undergoing a process of change.
The development of the systems
theory as a method of political analysis is traced to David Easton and
Gabriel Almond. The mustered seed was sewn when the view originated that
in the study of a given social and political system, at was not so
important to try to find out how a pattern of behavior had originated as
to find out the part it played in maintaining the system as a whole.
The system theory is a derivative of behaviorism, based on the
assumption that everything must be just as it is for the total society
to be just as it is.
Thus a person may be considered a system of
organizations, a molecule may be thought of as a system of individuals,
implicit in this concept as a degree of totality of wholeness that makes
something different from another (Tilles, 1965).
According to Hicks
(1972) the system theory of an organization has been defined as a
structured process in which individuals interest for objectives.
Idemudia
(1990) defined the two terms “system†and “theory†separately in order
to elucidate the implication of their meaning. To him, a system is an
entity made up of a separate but inter-dependent part with set goals and
functions while a theory on the other hand is an abstract generalized
statement, summarizing or linking together a number of propositions into
a unified logical structure. Put together, system theory means how
inter-related social entity is organized into testable propositions.
The
systems theory is an integrative theory that attempts to present an
organization as a unified purposeful system composed of inter-dependent
parts. It also consist of inter-dependent parts with distinct boundaries
which interacts with the environment by importing inputs, while it
exports output in order to maintain itself in a permanent state of
equilibrium.
A special feature of the system approach is the fact
that arising from the outputs some new imputs are generated, which are
once again fed into the system for processing and conversion.
The basic concept developed under the broad framework of the general systems theory can be divided into three categories;
1. Concepts which are of a descriptive nature
2. Concepts which try to highlight the factors responsible for regulating and maintaining the system.
3.
Concepts which focus on dynamics of, or change in the system. Under the
first category we have open and closed systems. Systems can also be
defined under this category in terms of hierarchy of subsystems and
their order of interactions. The working of the internal organization of
the system and the interaction of the system with its environment also
come within this category and in this case we find that some systems
follow a pattern of development as determined by themselves and others
have to depend upon external factors.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The Civil Service as the machinery of Government performs the unique role of governance and National development as such government everywhere in the world have come to terms with the need to train and re-train it’s human resource for them to be better equipped to maximize productivity levels and meet the challenges of governance and management.This work makes use of the system theory as the theoretical framework and data gathered from secondary sources. My chapter one began with the gene ... Continue reading---
