1.0 Introduction
1.1 Background Of The Study
A grass root governance reguires that the rural populace are represented in administration and in fact, all decision concerning their well being are made by them.
A smooth management of the economic, social and political welfare of rural area people promotes understanding among them and helps in the general development of a nation.
Local government administration is a grossroots administration set-up required to bring about these function and draw communities closer to the central government. This tier of government remains the simplest government which functions drew personnel from the various communities, that constitudes it. Its simplicity is further demonstrated on its adequate role of linking the rural community to the large nation, which would have posed a serious impossibility if it were not there.
Since the government is run by a group of personnel drawn from thee various communities, a commonest interest of development is achieved when the staff welfare is properly organized. The staffs of local government according to betts (1977) include all employees of the government included in its payroll except those engaged on manual occupation or hawking around the premises.
local government staff thus include clerical and professional staff engaged in such business as disseminating and collection of information, that concerns their communities people and staff welfare, staffing therefore imply the function carried out by the member of personnel which are necessary for special advice and idea lined up for executive for efficient and effective management. Staffing in a local government therefore requires specialised individual having relevant skills and appropriate technical competence whose advice and ideas are communicated to actual executive of the organisation
The Ngor-Okpala local government was instituted by a full fledge third-tier of the Ngor-movement system. The local government is blessed with some cultural heritage which include their women cultural dance and traditional festivals the area has much natural endowment and widely distribution trade channels, which supports its income base.
Suffice to say that Ngor-okpala local government area required a critical survey since all these favourable natural and cultural endowment could not bring an outstanding development to the area despite all effort to afford the people good social and economic livelihood by the central government. Part of the blame has been on the staff management and control.
This study wants to bring out the best staff management strategy that can carry along the administrative network using the available natural and cultural endowment of the area to foster repid development in the area.
1.2 Statement Of The Problem
Many individuals have criticized local government council. Some criticisms were base on the fact that they cannot manage their resources efficiently due to low skilled personnel, while others blamed their inefficiencies on corruption among staff.
The major issue here is that the administration is run by the people themselves and they could not be properly accounted for because the executives as well as the administrators always feel that the council though a public property, is their indigenous property, which they can handle without a check and balance by any other individual . No wonder the public fund allocated for productive activities in the local government over the years could not be properly accounted for.
However, a general conception by the inability to build up an independent local government through appropriate staff management are;
- Poor condition of service which include poor motivation
- Workers not satisfied with their job
- Unconducive working environment when compared with other types of job such as banking manufacturing and oil servant.
- Poor salary or underemployment characterizing the civil service commission
1.3 Objective Of The Study
The main objective of this study is to critically survey the staff management of Ngor-okpala local government area through the following objectives
- To determine the technique and strategies, adopted by the management for smooth running of activities
- To isolate the best strategies that enhances staff productive efficiency in the council
- To show the association of the strategies and out of the staff in the area;
- To identify the factors that limits the staff productivity in the area.
1.4 Research Questions
Staff management in local government of nigeria is vital to every organisation and often times, mangers are heard saying, our employee are our greatest asset;
As a matter of fact, the organization that have really understood the truth and validity of this statement and uphold it, have remained the pace setters both in effectiveness and efficiency as of organization efficiency and objective s.
In the course of the research work, the following central shall be addressed.
- How appropriate staff employment planning are carried out?
- What are the procedure and the basic of recruitment and selection of new employees in the organisation?
- Is there any need for socializing or orientating the new employees with the culture of the organisation?
- What are the types of training and development used in ngor-okpala in imo state?
- Has such training and development any effect on the workers performance?
- What are the types of motivation use i9n the organisation?
- How is the reward linked with the performance of the employees in the organisation?
- What are the compensations available to employees in organisation?
1.5 Significance Of The Study
Local government staff management describes the level of organization, direction and conducting the activities of various classea of personnel in the third-tier of government for the purpose of efficient leadership. This study will focus on the qualitative tools that will enhance staff growth for efficient leadership at this very level of government.
As the level of government relatively gets closer to the rural populace or the common class, this study wants to point out and enhance measures of recruitment tool and strategies that could be adopted by the leader in ensuring that every group in the communities are recognised doing this through the study will ensure that every individual is represented in this level of government.
Again productivity in terms of staff support out-put within this level of government is an area this study will make effort to address as this can be used estimate efficiency of staff. The staff strength and the quality as well a quality of work they are able to cover without a limited time period will give the staff efficiency per unit time.
1.6 Scope Of The Study
The study wants to cover the staff management in ngor-okpala local government. It covers only the management of study although it includes staff productivity and efficency in the council. The study will therefore want to point out the staff socio-economic characteristic, staff motivation, staff strength and out-put per staff.
1.7 Limitation Of The Study
The limitation of the resreach work certain constaints were encountered during the duration of this project.
Some of the restraints experience are given below
Time
This was a major constraint on the research during the period of the work, considering the limited time given for this research the needed attention due to academic work that faced the researcher being an N.D finalist
Financial
Owing to the financial difficultly prevalent in the country and its resultant increase in the prices, of commodities, transportation fares, research material etc. I did not find it aesy meeting all my financial obligation school as a result of which the work waqs restricted to the much affordable
Information Constraint
generally, nigeria researchers have never had it easy when it come to obtaining necessary information relevant to their area of study from private business organisationn and even government agencies.
In staff management ngor-okpala in imo state disclosing information about its internal operation was a difficult task in the published materials on this topic meat going from one library to the other which was not easy.
1.8 Definition Of Terms
Staffing:
This involves recruitment of qualified workers to do necessary duties in an establishment these duties set out to work on are based on some objectives of the establishment, and this attracts a reward called wage or salary.
Management:
This involves organisation, direction, coordination and control of staff and duties in an organization to achieve ban objective.
Integration:
In an attempt to reconcile different individual and society with an organisational interest integration of staff or the society with the establishment is required (fliippo, 1981)
Staff Management:
According to p.w betts staff management is locating, employing and full utilization of staff resource in the interest of the organisation objective. It involves seeking for staff maintaining staff welfare as an incentive for staff efficency.
Training:
Training is internally defined as the process of equipping a staff for a particular job.
It involves skills acquisition through practical teaching. It can imply breaking the vicious cycle of a particular set of people in an organisation.
Efficiency:
Efficiency is determined from input out radio; effort and result obtain from human or material activity (encyclopedia of social science). It may imply the ability to use a limited resource input to accomplish to particular follow. It can mean the maximization of staff out-put at a very low cost of human resources or staff resources use.
Local Government:
this is an institution established to promote local plities. It involved established to promote local polities. It involved political activities, information and awareness are carried to the grossroots.
It implies in a federal system of government for instance, an area which is constituted by law to have substanitial control for local affair including power to impose taxes and to extract labour for prescribed purpose.
Development:
Development involves change in a society or is the manifestation of postitive changes in the economics industrial, political socio-cultural and administrative life of a country or organistion.
Promotion:
This is advancement in staff status or postion deu to his contribution to status or position due to his contribution to the organisation promotion goes with increase in responisibilties that match with the staff neo status.it is an agent of motivation to the affected staff.
Compensation:
This is a package given to a staff for a job he did that needed commendation.
It may mean a package to a staff that pays him for a loss encouraged in doing a job for the organisation. It is also an incentive to staff to encourage them to work even when job will cause them a loss.
Recruitment:
This involves seeking and attracting applications from unemployment people it involved searching and employing prospective staff of an organisation. Which followed by induction that brings the staff closer to the job.
Motivation:
This involves an inducement a staff or group of people obtain while working for his personal need.
It is that which cause an individual to change his or her behaviour toward productivity.
Employee Discipline:
This is a measure listed out for earring employees to keep them off from acts capable of jeopardizing their future in the organisation or else where
Interview:
These are set of question presented to prospective employee at the point of recruitment, which gears towards eliciting information from both inter and the employee. It tells about both parties.
