HUMAN RESOURCE STRATEGY AND PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT: A RESOURCE BASED VIEW APPROACH
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2017-06
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Department of Accountancy Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu State, Nigeria.
Abstract
In view of the present recession around the world, it is important for an organisation to review its human resource strategies and identify how to apply these strategies to production. This research adopted a survey research design. Simple random sampling technique used to select 100 staffs of the production department and human resource department in LUBCOM Nigeria Ltd. Questionnaires were used as the instrument of primary data. Data were analysed using regression analysis and correlation which revealed that job design has a positive impact on the production process with a significance level of 0.00 which is less than 0.05 and R2 value of 0.784, also that there exists a strong relationship between labour planning and production function with a significance level of 0.00 which is also less than 0.05 and finally the study finds out that labour standard has a huge impact on the productivity of employee with a significance level of 0.05 and R2 value of 0.769. The research findings indicated that proper job designs, effective labour planning and labour standard by the strategic human resource manager will improve the various production process, production function and increase employee productivity. Job design, labour planning and labour standard as a dimension of human resource strategy if properly annexed will lead to job enlargement, job enrichment of employees, optimal utilization of their ability among others.
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employee productivity, Job design, labour standard, labour planning, production process