THE ROLE OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES IN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. A STUDY OF SELECTED MINISTRY IN EBONYI STATE

THE ROLE OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES IN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. A STUDY OF SELECTED MINISTRY IN EBONYI STATE.

1.1  Background To The Study

According to the  World Book Encyclopedia (2004), Civil Service is viewed as those people employed by the state to manage the activity of the  public service of a country .The civil service is bureaucratic in nature and overseed by a commission  referred to as the civil service commission. The civil service commission serves as a regulatory body to the civil service which handles the human resource management function. Human resources management involves the   planning, managing and implementation of all recruitmentment selection, training, development and maintenance of the personnel of the civil service of the state. (Shumen, 2009). The objective of HRM is to effective deploy and utilize the human resource to meet the organizational strategy as well meet the needs of its personnel (Shumen, 2009). Therefore the research seeks to investigate the role of the state civil service commission in the management of human resources in government agencies with a case study of selected ministry in ebonyi state.

Statement of the Problem The civil service commission serves as a regulatory body to the civil service which handles the human resource management function. Human resources management involves the   planning, managing and implementation of all recruitmentment selection, training, development and maintenance of the personnel of the civil service of the state. (Shumen, 2009) The evolution of HRM in the civil service implies the application of a more flexible pattern of human resources management center on individual competence and strategic relevance to the goal and objective of the service. Consequently many state civil service have undergone reform geared at eliminating the strict bureaucratic nature of the civil service which however has suffered many setbacks. (Anazodo, Okoye & Chukwuemek, 2012)

1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

The civil service commission serves as a regulatory body to the civil service which handles the human resource management function. Human resources management involves the   planning, managing and implementation of all recruitmentment selection, training, development and maintenance of the personnel of the civil service of the state. (Shumen, 2009) The evolution of HRM in the civil service implies the application of a more flexible pattern of human resources management centered on individual competence and strategic relevance to the goal and objective of the service. Consequently many state civil service have undergone reform geared at eliminating the strict bureaucratic nature of the civil service which however has suffered many setbacks. (Anazodo, Okoye & Chukwuemek, 2012).

THE ROLE OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES IN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. A STUDY OF SELECTED MINISTRY IN EBONYI STATE.