Manpower Training and Development in Nigeria Public Organisations: A Study of Abia State Civil Service.

Manpower training and development is essential to the success and productivity of every organization. Although technology and the internet have enabled global collaboration and competition, employees are still the organization’s competitive advantage. Manpower training and development enables employees to develop skills and competence necessary to enhance bottom-line results for their organizations.

Legal Framework on the Implementation of the Human Resource Management Reforms in the Philippines After the Marcos Era Up to the Duterte Administration

This study is aimed at filling the gap and will discuss the overview of both the legal reform processes happening in the public sector of the Philippine government and of recent developments and challenges initiated by the Civil Service Commission of the Philippine government as its Central Personnel Agency. This chapter will cover the years commencing 1986 up to the present dispensation of the Duterte administration where the primary goal is to study and suggest the approaches to reforming the Civil Service system and its decision-making process. It also outlines the discourses on the reform of public service among educators and public officials in the Philippines. Then, it elaborates on the laws and institutional measures introduced for an effective public personnel administration system in the country. A documentary analysis on the successful practices of public personnel administration will be used to evolve on the possible steps/strategies to further enhance the delivery of personnel services of the government sector workforce in the Philippines.

The Impact of Overseas Training on the Performance of Bangladesh Civil Service: The Case of AIT Extension Training, Thailand

Public administration has to compete with private sectors in terms of quality service delivery to citizens. In this context, civil service training, especially overseas training, has been considered the most significant requirement to increase the performance of the Bangladesh Civil Service. This article tries to explore the impact of overseas training on the performance of the Bangladesh Civil Service. To achieve this objective, this study interviewed Bangladesh Civil Servants who participated Asian Institute Training (AIT) Extension training programme from 2016 to 2018. A mixed-method was applied to analyse the collected data. It found that Bangladesh Civil Servants, who have received AIT Extension training, were satisfied with the training management of AIT. Participants believed that such overseas training positively contributes to enhancing the performance of the Bangladesh Civil Service. However, this study also disclosed that fewer overseas training opportunities for young civil servants, lack of need-based training, and poor management of overseas training policy are the main obstacles in Bangladesh Civil service management. This article strongly recommends that there must be a detailed overseas training policy management and more collaboration with international training institutes to get better performance from the government officers in Bangladesh.

Submission of Copy of Determination Order Regarding The Provisional Discontinuation of Civil Servants

Law Number 5 of 2014 concerning State Civil Apparatus stipulates that Civil Servants (PNS) who are detained because they are designated as criminal suspects are temporarily dismissed as PNS, but Law Number 8 of 1981 concerning the Criminal Procedure Code (KUHAP) only requires that a copy of the warrant for further detention or detention or a judge's decision be given to the family of the suspect. This study aims to determine and explain the impact of the absence of provisions in the Criminal Procedure Code regarding copies of detention orders to the Civil Service Supervisory Officer on the temporary dismissal of Civil Servants who are detained because they are designated as suspects. The approach method used in this research is normative juridical. The results of this study indicate that the absence of provisions in the Criminal Procedure Code regarding copies of detention warrants to Civil Service Supervisors related to Civil Servants who are detained because they are designated as suspects causes the issuance of Temporary Dismissal Decrees is often late.

Usefulness of Internal Business Process (IBP) Perspective in Performance Appraisal using Balanced Scorecard of Objective (BSCO) As An Alternative To Staff Performance Appraisal and Development (SPADEV) Reporting System in the Civil Service of Lagos State, Nigeria

Appraising employee performance from the perspective of Internal Business Process (IBP) perspective is a dimension of performance appraisal exercise that is not only misunderstood but neglected or given little or no attention. Evaluating performance based on IBP benchmarks and established milestones using the Staff Performance Appraisal and Development (SPADEV) reporting system in the Civil Service of Lagos State, Nigeria is counter-productive. Lack of unambiguous rules and unwritten codes of conduct in basic organizational operating environments give rise to vague performance appraisal mechanisms, processes and outcomes. These reasons contributed to the inadequacies of the Annual Performance Evaluation and Reporting (APER) system previously used in the Civil Service of Lagos State, Nigeria and also constitutes a threat to the effectiveness of the Staff Performance Appraisal and Development (SPADEV) Reporting System. This comparative study examined the Effect of Internal Business Process (IBP) perspective on Performance Appraisal using The Balanced Scorecard of Objective (BSCO) Method or The Staff Performance Appraisal and Development (SPADEV) Reporting Method in the Civil Service of Lagos State, Nigeria. Descriptive survey design was adopted for this study with Key Informant Interviews (KII). The population comprised fourteen Ministries, the Civil Service Commission (CSC), and the Office of Transformation, Creativity and Innovation (OTCI) with total staff strength of 7,555 in the Lagos State Civil Service. Utilizing Taro Yamane’s sampling technique, a sample size of 380 participants was arrived at, with a thirty percent (30%) addition (to enhance the confidence level and response rate). A self-developed structured questionnaire was used to collect information about variables that formed the basis for assessing the appraisal instruments, BSCO and SPADEV; from the perspective of the level of appropriateness (App). The questionnaire was validated, yielding a Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of 0.830. A total of 494 copies of the questionnaire documents were distributed, with a response rate of about 75%. In addition, two Commissioners and a Director General were interviewed, using interview-guide. Data from the questionnaire were analyzed using descriptive and inferential analyses (p=0.05) while data from the interview were content- analyzed. Findings revealed that there was significant difference (p<0.003) between BSCO (IBP: = 7.20) and SPADEV (IBP: = 2.84) for criterion variables assessing the appraisal instruments. Furthermore, analysis of KII revealed BSCO appraisal method to be superior to SPADEV method of appraisal. The study concluded that evaluating employee performance from the Internal Business Process perspective (IBP) using the BSCO is more viable than SPADEV with consistently significant difference for all variables used in assessing the appraisal instruments. It is therefore clear from the study that there is a significantly positive effect of the Internal Business Process (IBP) perspective in BSCO as an alternative to SPADEV. It therefore recommended that the IBPP should be used in BSCO as an alternative performance appraisal instrument in the Lagos State Civil Service.