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Productivity In The Nigerian Public Service: Imperative For National Development
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The history of productivity in the modem world dates back to the period of industrial revolution of 1789. This resulted in the mechanization of industry and the consequent changes in the social and economic organization, beginning with British and ultimately the world over. Productivity and sustainability of the public service in Nigeria has become a serious concern to both the private and the public sector ‘ ‘productivity in the Nigerian public service: imperative for national development” has a broad objective: to evaluate the productivity of the Nigerian Public Service and to specifically assess the impact of resources on productivity, sustenance of the service, the contribution of the public service to National development and the effect of management strategies on productivity. The study adopted survey design and content analysis. The major findings of the study showed that: the government is not using a well established criterion for making appointments in the public service; there is undue interference in making appointments inadequate in-service trainings, workshops, resources and poor implementation of government programmes. The position of this paper is that resources impact on productivity and consequently National development and that productivity is a function many variables such as appointments, motivation, resources and management strategies. There is the need to address the problems of the public service including the expansions, rules and reinvigorating service.
