Human Resource Policies, Decision Making and Industrial Harmony in Edo State

This study empirically assessed the relationship between human resource management policies and decision making in promoting industrial harmony in Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Budget/Planning in Benin City, Edo State. The study specifically examined how human resource policies (promotion and transfer policies, leave and time-off policies, employee conduct policies and employee exit policies) influences industrial harmony ad decision making and how decision-making influences industrial harmony in Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Budget/Planning in Benin City, Edo State. Cross-sectional survey research design was utilized in this study. The population of this study consist of all one hundred and seventy-five (175) staff of the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Budget/Planning in Benin City, Edo State. A sample size of 122 respondents from the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Budget/Planning in Benin City, Edo State were administered questionnaire. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics to ascertain the employees' perceptions on the variables of interest while Pearson correlation coefficients and multiple regression analysis were used to analyze the relationships among the research variables. All tests were performed at a 5% level of significance using SMART software. The structural equation modeling (SEM) was used as the estimating technique to analyze the structural relationship between measured variables and latent constructs. The study found that human relations policies positively impact on industrial harmony in an organization. The study found that there is a statistical significance between human resource policies, decision making and industrial harmony. It is recommended that management need to improve the level of job involvement of employees in the decision-making process, especially those human resource policies that affect them as this would eliminate any form of discrimination to a minimum. Keywords: Human resource management policies, Decision making, Industrial harmony, Promotion and transfer policies, Leave and time-off policies, Employee conduct policies and Employee exit policies