The Effectiveness Of Recruitment, Selection And Placement Policies Of Organizations In Nigeria

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Abstract

Recruitments selection and placement function is an important task of personnel management. It is a function that determines who is employed and filled vacant position for the smooth running of the organization.

In Nigeria the recruitment, selection and placement function is not justly done because of the complex nature of the society. It is being influenced by such factors as tribalism, nepotism, favoritism etc. The employee of every organization serve as the engine that regulate the activities of such organization and the quality personal is such organization determine the effectiveness of the organization. However, with poor recruitment, selection and placement of workers, most organizations are not performing up to expectation.

The research work has identified such factors e.g. religious factors, personal values, first impression, tribalism, nepotism etc. The influenced the recruitment, selection and placement functions and what management should do to dominate them if the organization interest will be considered first.

Chapter One

Introduction

1.1 Background Of The Study

Organization is a group of people with different roles that are co-ordinate to achieve its overall goal and objectives.

Organization try to seek for people whose skills, talents, experiences and abilities meet their requirement in terms of the job. However, this can only by ensured through recruitment exercise selection and placement policies. The recruitments, selection and placement policies must be objective. Objectivity is a good issue but is hardly achieved in the ordinary course of discharging our daily duties because of so many factors ranging from nepotism, tribalism, favoritism etc.

The greatest asset to any organization is its human resources since it determine the output of the organization in relation to quality. Ideology success in any organization is determined by how well the human resource fits in their various positions. Organization is like a human being that has various parts that are interrelated and the mal functioning of one part affects the well being of the other parts. So, when the ineffectiveness of a policy on say recruitment is not corrected in good time, then the whole system will be rendered useless.

1.1 Statement Of Research Problem

The effectiveness of the recruitment selection and placement policies of organization plays a vital role in promoting and supporting its growth and development this is because of clear cases in dailies posters etc and announcement we hear in Radio and Television seeking for applicants to apply for job vacancy. However, therefore clear cases where applicants complain of not been successful in recruitments exercise because they lack what Nigerians term as “God Fatherism” and other factors that are negative to rational behavior. The some factor is also affecting the selection and placement policies of organization as the three concepts are well interrelated.

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