The Effects of Manpower Planning and Crises Management in Public Sector: A Case Study of Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Research in Edo State

This paper examines the Effects of Manpower Planning and Crises Management in Public Sector: A Case Study of Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Research (NIFOR) in Nigeria as a democratic sustainability. It evaluates how effective the organization policy have been able to restructure the political economy of Nigeria by training of its manpower and being able to resolve crises in the system. Since the early 1990s, the issue of Good Governance has become an important concept in the International Development debates and Policy discourse. Over the last decade however, Public Sector, especially Nigerian NIFOR has not adequate avail their workers opportunity to attend short-term courses if they cannot be released for training courses of between 1 to 3 years. This has led to several crises in the organization which would have been avoided, if adequate crises management techniques were put in place. The Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Research (NIFOR) has not also imbibe the policy of inclusiveness. In the course of this study, the Effects of Manpower Planning and Crises Management in Public Sector: A Case Study of Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Research (NIFOR), Edo State were brought to the fore while the objectives of the study are well spelt out. Hypotheses were postulated and the Scientific Management Theory was used to explicate the works. Data were obtained from both primary and secondary sources. From the primary sources, the survey method, that is, the use of questionnaire designed and adopted. Data obtained from this method were analyzed with the aid of Simple Percentage. Thereafter, the five researchable hypotheses were tested and accepted while the null hypotheses were rejected. The implication is that there was relationship between the dependent and independent variables. Generally, the paper brought to focus that the Effects of Manpower Planning and Crises Management is a collective effort in reaching a compromise in the management of Public Sector in Nigeria and it has contributed immensely to the growth and development of public enterprise elsewhere. Finally, it suggests policy and crises management techniques and recommendation which are aimed at repositioning Public Sector like NIFOR not only in Edo State in particular, but also in Nigeria in general. Keywords: Crises, Management, Resolution, Effects, Public, Manpower DOI: 10.7176/DCS/12-2-03 Publication date: February 28th 202