AN EVALUATION OF MOTIVATION AS A TOOL FOR ENHANCING PRODUCTIVITY IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE. (A CASE STUDY OF MINISTRY OF FINANCE ZAMFARA STATE)

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2005-10
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SANUSI, Abubakar
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Employees constitute the living system that makes up an organization. The success of an establishment whether private or public is largely dependent on the quality of people in existence, their level of motivation and the extent to which organizational objectives are attainable. The employees therefore, form the bedrock of any organization. This research work is an attempt to lay emphasis on the Evaluation of employee motivation for enhancing productivity in the public service, since it serves as the central force in determining the well being of an organization. If performance and productivity is to be achieved in the public service, it is of necessity to know the factors that would influence behaviour. An organizations ability to provide most of those incentives would have a better chance of moving it along with the employees towards the attainment of the organization’s objectives. The study has shown that the problem faced by the staff of ministry of finance, Zamfara state ranges from uncertainty regarding promotion, insufficient training opportunities, low level of relationship between employees and the management and the non participatory attitude of management. Further, the study reveled that most of the problems arose due to the non importance the management attaches to motivating employees. The factors of motivation are seen more as favours granted to individuals rather than factors to be employed in enhancing efficiency and productivity of employees. Recommendations offered include the need to have qualitative and responsive leadership which will carry the staff along in order to obtain consistently higher performance, leading to a better management of productivity. Likewise it in the need for management to take interest in the workforce their needs and aspirations, improvement of employee annual increment in compensation package and finally the need to enrich employee’s job from time to time to ensure job satisfaction. However, it is important to mention that issues raised may not be peculiar to the ministry of finance, Zamfara state but also common to many organizations in the public service.
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A PROJECT SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL OF AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA. IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA) DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, FACULTY OF ADMINISTRATION AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY
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EVALUATION,, MOTIVATION,, TOOL,, ENHANCING,, PRODUCTIVITY,, PUBLIC,, SERVICE,, CASE STUDY,, MINISTRY,, FINANCE,, ZAMFARA STATE
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