Meaning:- Traditionally, the concept
of labour productivity is associated with visible, tangible outputs, Olaiyan
(1999), an economist; fore restance define productivity as the ratio of firms’
total out put to total input. This definition presents some difficulties when
such service organization as considered.
This is because whereas the output of
manufacturing concern tangible and measurable, those of service organization are
not, thus making it difficult to measure. In view of this limitation, a broad
concept of productivity that incorporates all segments of work life is
therefore necessary for our propose. Mali’s definition seems to provide this.
Mahi (1998:58) defines productivity as the measure of how well resources are
been brought together in an organization and utilized for accomplishing self of
results. It is reaching the highest level of performance with the least
expenditure of resources”. These resources may be money, land materials,
plants, machine, or tools and the services of man (labour) it is interesting to
remark here that increase production does not only by itself indicate an
increase productivity. Higher productivity means that more is produced with the
same cost expenditure of resources ie at the same cost in terms land, material,
machine, time or labour.
On the other hand, productivity
according Ogebre (1992:9) Nwachukwu (1998:66), refers to achievement,
accomplishment, result, performance obtained by person, group and organization.
The concept of productivity
according to Koontz (1988:367) is very much related to overall performance of
an individual or an organization. Performance refers to how well a worker,
manufacturer or organization is doing in relating intending purposes,
objectives, targets and intended accomplishments. It relates to whether the
target problem has been resolved, whether the destined needs have been
satisfactorily provided in terms of quality, quantity and frequency.
NATURE
OF PRODUCTIVITY IN NIGERIA PUBLIC SERVICE
The nature of productivity in
Nigeria pubic service entails the efficient and effective
mobilization/utilization of resources at the disposed of government.
Efficiency means that the operation,
activities and resources are so structured and managed such that output or
achievement is maximized or optimized while effectives on the other hand refers
to the level of attainment or realization of goals and objectives. It answers
the question of whether male, sated intentions planed or projected output and
objectives are realized or not.
Thus, the immediate past democratic
government led by Olusegun Obasanjo has since the assumption political power in
May 1999 put in place certain policy measures to revamp the national economy.
The policies, which will enhance higher productivity when efficiently and
effectively mobilized monetization policy, privatization, tax reforms and local
government reforms. These reforms are being introduced to take Nigeria into a
class of middle income earning nation and to increase her gross national
product from its present level to a higher one (Faloseyi 2003)
In addition, the achievement of
these laudable objectives mapped out by the government is dependent on the
employees, the infrastructure and the work environment. It is in the light of
the above that government employed the use of incentives and fringe benefits to
solicit for desired behaviour from the employees thereby increasing their
performance, which will at the long-run, promote higher productivity.
Finally, to achieve higher
productivity in public service, the objective above which are quite laudable
can be attained if appropriate machinery of public implementation, monitoring,
and strategy is put in place.
GAP
IN LITERATURE
The researcher having looked at the aims and
objectives of monetization as enumerated by Aluko (2003), observed and wants to
argue that equitable provision of amenities as one of the aims should not be
inclusive as an aim to be pursued as those amenities were actually what
monetized and given to our civil and public servant in money form.
The researcher also deem it
necessary to add that monetization was not only aimed at cutting down cost and
wastages as declared by Njoku (2003), but also geared towards motivating
workers to achieve efficiency and effectiveness, which was not noted by the
different scholars.
Finally, the researcher observed
that different scholars aimed their views on what monetization is all about,
its aims and objectives, and its effects, but failed to acknowledge the fact
that it has some accompanied problems.
These problems as observed by the
researcher includes that, monetization brought about a situation of infernality
complex, where the low cadre officers who could not benefit well from the
policy, look down to themselves, thereby performing very little in the field of
civil service. The researcher also observed that through the policy of
monetization some workers were retrenched from the down for monetization.
It is also observed that one of the
main reasons of monetization policy was to help the workers to prepare for life
after retirement through encouragement of a saving and investment culture; them
the higher cadre officers having bought those government houses, after
renovation will increases there rent which will be hardly to afford by the
lower cadre officers talk more of saving and investing for life after
retirement.
Generally, monetization creates a
situation where government will further enrich those that were already rich in
the service; thereby widening the gap between the rich and the poor.
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