Effect of Personnel Administration of Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on Workforce Productivity

The research was carried out to ascertain the extent personnel administration practice affects productivity rate of NCDMB staff. The study was anchored on equity theory as envisioned by John Stacy Adams in 1963. The study adopted a survey research design and major source of data was primary source, achieved through drafting and distribution of copies of structured questionnaire to the select respondents. Analysis was done with the aid of tables and figures generated from the responses based on the questionnaire. Besides, analysis of the primary data was done through the use of analytical tools like tabulation and simple percentage in a tabular form. Furthermore, the chi-square (X2) tool was used to test the hypothesis on the relationship between personnel administration and staff productivity at the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board. Findings revealed inter alia: there is positive significant relationship between motivation-armed personnel administration and staff productivity in an organization; there is also a significant relationship between challenges to personnel administration of an organization and the extent of productivity of the staff. The study recommended periodic review of personnel administration of the agency to nip possible challenges that can negatively affect staff productivity in the bud. It is expected that the staff should reciprocate extant motivational benevolence of the personnel administration by increasing productivity.