IIARD International Institute of Academic Research and Development

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND MANAGEMENT RESEARCH (IJSSMR )

E-ISSN 2545-5303
P-ISSN 2695-2203
VOL. 3 NO. 2 2017

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Effects of Workforce Planning on Organizational Performance A study of selected media houses in Imo state

Ikechukwu Dialoke (PhD) & Duru Maxwell Ifeanyichukwu

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Abstract

Research design adopted for this study is a cross-sectional survey. Target population is media houses operating in Imo State. Accessible population is two radio stations and one television stations situated at Owerri the capital of Imo State. 100 staffs constitute the sample frame. Sample size for the study is 80. After distributing the questionnaire only 65 were completely filled and returned. Spearman’s Rank Order Correlation Coefficient is used for data analysis. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to execute the data analysis. From the test results, the study found that workforce planning is significantly associated with organisational performance. This means that effective workforce supply and workforce demand will enhance organisational performance. The study concluded that workforce planning as a human resource management function measured in terms of workforce supply and workforce demand has the capability of improving the performance of media houses in Imo State. The study recommended that human resource managers in the media houses should ensure that the right skill, right number of human capital needed in the workplace corresponds with their demands.

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