HUMAN CAPITAL PLANNING AND ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE IN THE NIGERIA PUBLIC SECTOR

Wurim, Ben Pam

National Directorate of Employment, Plateau State

ABSTRACT

Human capital is one of the most critical of all resources at the disposal of any organisation, whether, public or private. The right quality and quantity of human capital (employed) is a measure of an organisation’s strength, health, success and security. The main thrust of this paper is to critically assess the prospects of human capital planning in the achievement of organizational performance. A hypothesis in line with this objective is drawn and tested based on the data generated through a questionnaire. The survey investigation method was used in collecting the primary data for the study. The sample consisted of 349 top, middle and low levels management staff of five public sector organisations in Nigeria. The result shows that adherence to human capital planning in Nigerian public sector organisations significantly impact organizational performance. Based on the aforementioned, the paper concluded that Human capital planning significantly accounts for improvements in organizational effectiveness in Nigerian public organisations. The paper recommends that human capital planners in the public sector of Nigeria should be properly educated and trained in scientific human capital planning if organizational performance must be increased; and advocacy should be adopted by public sector organisations to influence the enactment of detrimental laws and legislations that have direct bearing on the human capital planning processes of their organisations.