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PRELIMINARY PAGES
INTRODUCTION
LITERATURE REVIEW
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
DATA ANALYSIS, RESULT AND DISCUSSION
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
REFERENCES
APPENDIX A - “QUESTIONNAIRE”
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The study was carried out to examine the Organizational Selection System and Its Impact on the Productivity of Staff. In achieving this aim, the following specific objectives were laid out to discover most policies that pose problem in the operations of the employment process and examine the effects of selection process on organizational effectiveness. Investigation revealed that the effectiveness of an organization's selection system influence bottom-line business outcomes, such as productivity and general performance however this remains like a dream at NNPC because of hiring process being done haphazardly. It is a common practice at NNPC of not to follow a proper recruitment and selection procedure overshadowed by the principle of technical know-who – the well connected. The research design used in this report is descriptive design, utilizing questionnaire method to obtain information from the respondents for this project. A total of 100 (one hundred) respondents were selected for this study to represent the entire population of the study. Primary data were collected from the primary source which questionnaire was used as an instrument of data collection while secondary data were sources from textbooks, journals, newspapers and the internet were employed. The data were presented on a frequency distribution table and analyzed using simple percentage, while hypothesis was tested using chi-square test. This study will help firm managers, scholars and the like, to add to their existing knowledge the positive and negative reactions of the subject matter on the employees and organization. Based on the findings, it is recommended that the management of companies should adapt to the policy guidelines of selection process the company has laid out in its rules and regulations. Also, private and public sector organizations should always consider factors such as educational qualification, experience and location with no iota of bias, discrimination or favouritism during their selection process.
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Staff selection is a screening device designed to scrutinize among those who have applied and who best fits the post so advertised. An effective employee selection process can ensure that an institution hires the right candidate for a particular job or role. However, research has consistently indicated that human resource practitioners do not follow their institution's recruitment and selection processes in the appropriate manner (Aswathappa, 2007). The process of selection entails picking the candidates who are most qualified for a given position inside an organization from a pool of applications. The ability to match the appropriate individual with the right task at the right moment is the key to effective selection (Mondy, 2010). Productivity can be enhanced by a suitable work environment. It can also be a product of effective recruitment and selection process (Catano et al., 2010).
As a prelude to other parts of this study, this chapter will discuss the background upon which this study was initiated, the statement of problems that led to this study, the Aim and Objectives of the study. Others are Significance of the study, Scope of work, Research hypothesis and questions, Limitation of the study and Definition of technical terms.
Selection is a vital process for every successful organization because having the right staff improves and sustains organizational performance. The effectiveness of an organization's selection system influence bottom-line business outcomes, such as productivity and financial performance a dream for any organization like NNPC.
Recruiting is seen as a “positive process of generating a pool of candidates by reaching the ‘right' audience, suitable to fill the vacancy” (Leopold, 2002), On the other hand, he stated that once these candidates are identified, the process of selecting appropriate employees for employment can begin. This means collecting, measuring, and evaluating information about candidates' qualifications for specified positions. Selection therefore, is a process that involves the series of steps by which the candidates are screened for choosing the most suitable persons for vacant posts.
Recruitment of candidates is the function preceding the selection, which helps create a pool of prospective employees for the organization so that management can select the right candidate for the right job from this pool. The main objective of the recruitment process is to expedite the selection process. Therefore, organizations use these practices to increase the likelihood of hiring individuals who have the right skills and abilities to be successful in the target job, and better recruitment and selection strategies result in improved organizational outcomes.
According to Winston (2008), the development of certain qualities in an organization influences the relationship between effective leadership and organizational success. When the right people are selected in a transparent manner it is a success tool for organizational performance. The development of certain qualities in an organization by a leader influences his employees to perform effectively and that contributes to organizational success (Winston, 2008).
As much as selection is the first step towards creating the competitive strength the organization, NNPC doesn't accord it the attention it deserves. Since selection process involves a systematic procedure from sourcing the candidates to arranging and conducting the interviews, at Spedag Uganda is always done irregularly. Instead of first identifying vacancy, preparing job description and person specification, advertising the vacancy, managing the response, short-listing, arranging interviews, and conducting interview and decision making as it would be, the practice at NNPC is different. What normally happens at NNPC is that you only see people hired in positions without going through the formal selection procedures.
The basic purpose of selection is to create a talent pool of candidates to enable the selection of best candidates for the organisation, by attracting more and more employees to apply in the organisation as well as to choose the right candidate to fill the various positions in the organization which process must be based on merit or technical knowhow but at NNPC the practice is technical know who.
Those who are well known to the bosses are the main beneficiaries in this recruitment and selection process. Also to the fact that most of them don't go through the proper recruitment and selection procedures, the hired are not always the best suited for most jobs at NNPC, which has created a number of cost implications for the company and negatively affected its effectiveness and profitability.
Therefore, in Nigeria where the research was carried out, the activities that was conducted is to know the Organizational Selection System and Its Impact on the Productivity of Staff.
Investigation revealed that the effectiveness of an organization's selection system influence bottom-line business outcomes, such as productivity and general performance however this remains like a dream at NNPC because of hiring process being done haphazardly. It is a common practice at NNPC of not to follow a proper recruitment and selection procedure overshadowed by the principle of technical know-who – the well connected. Consequently, this has led human resources' problems and cost implications for NNPC like ineffective staff performance, employees' low morale and lost business opportunities because of the incompetent staff and corruption.
Also, there is conflicts and corruption among NNPC staff is a common practise as well as higher levels of labour turnover rates that has seen oil production declining steadily, a trend that must urgently be reversed.
The aim of the study is to examine the Organizational Selection System and Its Impact on the Productivity of Staff. In achieving this aim, the following specific objectives were laid out as follows:
The study came up with research questions so as to be able to ascertain the above stated objectives. The specific research questions for the study are stated below as follows:
In order to pursue the objective of this study, the following generalized statements have been designed to guide and aids in obtaining the result for the experiment to be conducted. For this work, the null hypothesis will be represented with H0 while the alternative hypothesis will be represented with hypothesis H1.
Hypothesis One
This study is intended to throw more light on the controversial issue of whether organizational selection system can influence the productivity of staff. These effects can be deduced from knowing the various policies on selection process, sources of applicant’s developments, methods of selection, evaluation of selection, problems associated with selection exercise selection process, steps in selection process and properly placement.
This study will also help firm managers, scholars and the like, to add to their existing knowledge the positive and negative reactions of the subject matter on the employees and organization.
Moreso, this study will help us to be conversant with the impact of some employment policies. This will help in circumventing some hurdles at the initial stage. This is true because, there are no apparent devices to disclose the traits of am employee. But to achieve a predicted success in personnel department, we can only use our accumulated knowledge based on the study of the impacts of recruitment selection and placement to attain our targeted objectives.
Therefore, this study will help in developing the intellectual vigour of the researcher and as well add more personnel knowledge to the existing one. It will also enlighten any reader who picks on this work and will aid the readers understanding on how organizational selection system can influence the productivity of staff.
The scope of the research is focused on the Organizational Selection System and Its Impact on the Productivity of Staff using NNPC in Port-Harcourt as a case study.
During the course of this study, many things militated against its completion, some of which are:
Selection: This is a screening device designed to scrutinize among those who have applied and who best fits the post so advertised.
Placement: this involves matching accurately the different job vacancies with the employee, which centers primarily on placement policy.
Staff: All the workers employed in an organization considered as a group.
Productivity: The rate at which a worker, a company or a country produces goods, and the amount produced, compared with how much time, work and money is needed to produce them.
This chapter focuses on the review of related literature. A literature review includes the current knowledge as well as theoretical and methodological contributions to a particular topic. It documents the state of the art with respect to the topic you are writing. It surveys the literature in the topic selected. In this research work the literature review includes the …