The effective management of human resources is critical to organizational success in the public sector as the country seeks to achieve a competitive advantage into the upcoming decades.
Organizations can only improve productivity, efficiency and effectiveness through the efforts of their employees. Decisions that affect the well-being of employees are therefore very
important in the daily management of organizational life. These decisions must involve the application of coherent, systematic, modern, progressive human resource practices.
All managers, through their daily activities, are engaged in the business of getting the best efforts from their support staff. Supervisors, Personnel Officers and Training Officers should
all be versed in human resource management practices.