Influence of Human Resource Planning on Organizational Performance: A Quantitative Study of the Federal Ministry of Education, Nigeria

Abstract

The study examines the impact of human resource planning like training and recruitment on organizational performance in Nigeria Federal Ministry of Education. The research design was the quantitative approach where statistical analysis was employed to examine research questions, test hypotheses and establish relationships between the variables of interest. One research question and hypotheses guided the study, seven hundred and seventy-four (774) employees of the federal ministry of education, in Nigeria were randomly selected from the various departments in the organization. The reliability of the research instrument was tested using the Cronbach Alpha technique, and a coefficient of 0.93 was obtained. Scores generated from the research instrument with Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 27 and analyzed using the weighted mean score and simple linear regression statistical technique. The study results indicated human resource planning with the parameters (β = 1.425, tcal = 17.1, R = 0.55, R2 = 0.30, Adj. R2 = 0.30, Fcal = 159.7, P = 0.00 < 0.05) had a positive and significant influence on the organizational performance at the federal ministry of education in Nigeria. It was also discovered that, there exist a moderate positive and significant relationship between human resource planning and organizational performance at the federal ministry of education, Abuja, which implies that an improvement in human resource planning will lead to an increase in organizational performance by 55%.