ABSTRACT

The study investigated the effect of human resources and planning on employees Performance: A study of Michael Okpara University ofAgriculture Umudike, Abia State, i Nigeria. The study specifically Ascertain how human resources are structured andplanned in MOUAU; Determine the factors affecting human resource planning in MOUAU; Ascertain the perception of workers on how human resource planning influences operational efficiency ofMOUAU; Evaluate the extent human resource planning influences the performance of MOUAU employees in executing their functions; Determine the extent to which human resource planning ofacademic employees in MOUAU help them to coordinate and teach students. Data for the study was gathered through primary and secondary sources. Data were obtainedfrom 317 staffofMOUAU using a well-structured . questionnaire.Descriptive statistics like mean scores and inferential statistic like Anova F-test were used to analyze the data gathered for the study. The finding showed that human resources are structured or planned in MOUAU in such a manner that commands are well understood by staff Staffs are regularly promoted due to good structure of the university, the structure takes care of the welfare of the staff, structural process in the university influences performance of the employees; commands distributed through the structure are easily processed by staff and that performance of staff reduces cost of operations in the organization due to favourable structure system in MOUAU. Factors such as business environment, technology state of MOUAU, individuals within MOUAU, geographical spreading of MOUAU, staff and students, leadership style in MOUAU, hierarchy of commands in MOUAU, economic factors, socioeconomic factors, etc, affected human resources and planning in MOUAU. The study shows that human resources and planning influenced operational efficiency ofstaffofMOUA U. The studyfound out that to a high extent human resource planning influence the performance ofMOUAU employees in executing their functions. The study pointed out that satisfying students with the teaching services provided by lecturer to them, mandating when lectures should end, exams taken and results submittedfor release to students, encouraging excellent lecturers services that retains their students, ensuring that lecturer maintaining good public relations with their students that gives confidence to students etc were ways by which human resources and planning helped academic employees in MOUAU to coordinate and teach students.The hypotheses tested in the study were done at 5% significance level. The result showed that Factors as business strategy, business environment, size of the university, age of the university, technology state ofthe university etc significantly affect human resources and planning in MOUAU.Human resources and planning significantly influenced the operational  efficiency ofMOUAU staff. There is significant influence ofhuman resource planning on the performance of MOUAU employees in executing their functions.Human resources and planning ofsignificantly help academic employees in MOUAU to coordinate and teach students.This study concluded that human resource planning affects the performance of MOUAU employees. The study recommends that management of MOUAU should ensure that its workers welfare is caredfor and adequatelyplannedfor as this willpromote workers dailyfunctions within the university.

Keywords: Human Resources, Planning, Employees performance