ABSTRACT

The study focused on the effect of Human Capital Management on Organizational Effectiveness (A Study of Selected Manufacturing Firms in Akwa Ibom State). The specific objectives sought were to: determine the relationship between human capital development and organizational performance in selected Manufacturing firms in Akwa ibom State, ascertain the extent on-boarding enhance organizational efficiency in selected Manufacturing firms in Akwa ibom State, determine the relationship between empowerment and employee performance in selected Manufacturing firms in Akwa ibom State and assess the effect of benefits administration on organizational growth in selected Manufacturing firms in Akwa ibom State. The study had a population size of 3000, out of which a sample size of 353 was using the finite population formula of Godden (2004) the sample size. Instrument used for data collection was primarily questionnaire and interview. Thus out of 352 copies of the questionnaire that were distributed, 312 copies were returned while 41 were not returned. The hypotheses were tested using Chi-square and Z test with the aid of SPSS window 17.0. The results revealed that there is significant relationship between human capital development and organizational performance in selected Manufacturing firms in Akwa ibom State (X2c = 247.519 > X2t = 11.143, p = 0.00 < α = 0.05) and Onbarding to a greater extent enhance organizational efficiency in selected Manufacturing firms in Akwa ibom State (X2C = 298.054 > X2t = 9.348). Also that There is significant relationship between empowerment and employee performance in selected Manufacturing firms in Akwa ibom State (Zc = 6.487 > Zt = 1.96, p = 0.00 < α = 0.05) and there is significant effect of benefits administration on organizational growth in selected Manufacturing firms in Akwa ibom State (Zc =5.657 > Zt = 1.96, p = 0.00 < α = 0.05). The study recommended that manufacturing firms must concentrate on improving their performance by continuous human capital development because the customer expectations and the competition among the manufacturing firms increase with the passage of time.