THE IMPACT OF STAFF WELFARE SCHEME ON WORKERS PRODUCTIVITY: A CASE STUDY OF COLBEN

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY

Working with the people to achieve a goal can be one of the most difficult challenges facing an organization or an institute, every aspect of collective life needs the collective efforts of the people concerned in one form or the other to achieve success. An individual input is essential in the attainment of the set goals and objectives by a group it becomes important to understand the place of welfare programme in an organization is indeed one of the key task of management is their bid to achieve most efficiently the organizations goals and objectives. Human resources (workers) are automated equipment etc. to achieve organizational aim and objectives. Other resources are unproductively in the absence of human eort and direction.

According to College of Education (COLBEN) policy on the institute’s of staff development programme, all categories of employees are to benefit from in-service and other productivity in the cast of the junior staff, training in required for skilled and semi-skilled junior to update their competence in their lecturing skills. Furthermore, the senior staffs are trained in order to equip them with managerial posts that may become vacant in the future.

The contract or casual workers are not left out, they too are trained on the job to increase their productivity. To enhance efficiency and productivity in an organization, welfare programme for staff must be taken into consideration with all seriousness, is because it is difficult to forecast how human resource (workers) would respond to a given situation. Sta cannot easily be manipulated like machines or computers, even if you succeed in manipulating them, it will only be for a short time. Hence the need for V and other motivating factors for consistent performance and productivity of staff in an organization system. Despite the merit of welfare programme for improved performance, efficiency and productivity of staff, most institutions or organization do not provide enough welfare programmes for their worker’s/staff. It was for this reason the place of welfare programme on sta productivity was investigated.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

An important input on this part of management is the provision of welfare programme to its work force to ensure their efficient contribution to institutional goals. Welfare programme as the merit of ensuring the comfort, safety and security of the staffs. Also social welfare programme helps to establish retirement and pension plans for employees. These pals are provided for most employees that are unable to save enough for their support when they retire. Welfare programme also helps to improve staff morale and loyalty. To the organization, welfare programme aid more effective recruitment, good human relationship between the management and the staffs, reduced the influence of union and of course increased the revenue of the institution as a result of increased in their skills of lecturing or productivity. Inspite of the merit of welfare programme institution or organization do not provide enough welfare programmes for their staffs. It was for this reason that the place of welfare programme on staff/workers productivity in organization was investigated, using College of Education (COLBEN) as a case study