THE IMPACT OF MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT IN EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF GOVERNMENT PARASTATALS (A STUDY OF NIGER STATE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION)

The study is anchored on manpower training and development as a critical tool in enhancing effective management of government parastatals within the context of achieving and sustaining competitive advantage using Niger State Ministry of Education Minna, Niger State as a case study. It assesses the relevance of manpwer training and development in addressing the issues and also present techniques that may be applied by decision makers for the effective utilization of their human resources in an organization. This is very necessary considering the pace with which the business environment and individual value system are changing. The researcher gave a theoretical framework and reviewed some related literatures that are in line with staff training and development. The responses from the questionnaire were analyzed using simple percentage and frequency tables for proper clarifications. The findings revealed that many problems exist in the organizations such as underutilization of human resources: unbalanced investment on material resources than on the development of employees, knowledge gap among employers, unethical practices, and inadequate provisions for training and development by human resource unit of the organization. Based on the findings, the researcher made some recommendations on the best way to handle the training and development of their employees for effectiveness and efficiency in the organization which includes training and retraining of their employees, and investing more on human resources.