CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Wendel (1973) described human resources in his books as consisting of all individuals engaged in any of the organization's activities regardless of their levels. Human resources from the above simply means, men and women working for an organization, irrespective of the post they are holding.
However, this went further to emphasize that there was no demarcation for men and women working for the organization that belongs or does not belong to the human resources of the organization. Meanwhile, any activity in the organization from the beginning to the end-stage depends on human resources. Therefore, any organization aiming at achieving some of their goals must ensure not only maintaining a constant and adequate supply of human resources but also ensure that they were adequately motivated. This is because the human resources that are motivated will be answering human resources of the organization without putting in their best.
James (1946) stated that the effective use of people is still the key to productivity and your assignment is to motivate people to get the best of their skills and abilities. He affirmed that organization will achieve high productivity more than ever before by motivating their workers and sending them for training.
Morevover, Ubeku (1983) went further to say that although the task of motivating workers is vested on the management team for a while but said that managers have more roles to play. He said that managers can provide the organization continuous day-to-day coaching, appraisal, and encouragement that the employees will need more than ever before. He was of the opinion that managers have the upper hand in motivating workers. He further stated that the supervisor who works with his subordinates on this intimate basis can do much to influence his organization's programme.