ABSTRACT

 This research study assesses empirically the effect of work force management on organizational growth using non-academic staff of college of management sciences(COLMAS), college of veterinary medicine(CVM), college of engineering and engineering technology(CEET), college of natural sciences(COLNAS) and college of physical and applied sciences(COLPAS) in michael okpara university of agriculture umudike, Abia state. The general objective of this study is to investigate the contribution of workforce management to organizational growth .lnorder to achieve the above objective, the following research questions were asked: to what extent does workforce planning affect labour productivity? And is there any relationship between employee diversity management and labour productivity? Two hypothesis were advanced i) workforce planning does not improve labour productivity. ii) there are no relationships between employee diversity management and labour productivity. The study uses survey research method and the chi-square technique was used for data analysis. A total of 204 questionnaires were administered out of which 181(88.7%) were returned and 23(11.3%) were unreturned The findings of this study are that majority of the staff strongly agree that workforce planning affects labour productivity, majority of the respondents affirmed that labour productivity can be improved when diversities among employees are properly managed, the study also revealed that majority of the respondents revealed that workforce management leads to improved organizational performance. Therefore, the study recommends that the management should make .frantic effort to effectively and efficiently manage its workforce because they are the main determiners of the success of the organization.

 Keywords: workforce management, employee, organizational growth.