Investigating the Role of Human Resource Development (HRD) Policy Formulation, Implementation and Regulation of Academic Staff I
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Investigating the role of Human Resource Development (HRD) policy formulation, implementation and regulation of academic staff in two case study Nigerian Polytechnic institutions Stephen, Makoji Robert Salford Business School College of Business and Law University of Salford, Salford, UK Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirement of the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, May 2016 Table of Contents List of Tables.............................................................................................................................................. vii List of Figures .......................................................................................................................................... viii Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations .............................................................................................. ix Dedication..................................................................................................................................................... x Acknowledgements .................................................................................................................................. xi Abstract ..................................................................................................................................................... xiii CHAPTER ONE ............................................................................................................................................ 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................. 1 1.1Research background.................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Problems and issues to be investigated ................................................................................ 3 1.3 The need for this research ......................................................................................................... 4 1.3.1 Poor quality of the Nigerian educational system .......................................................... 4 1.3.2 The relevance of Polytechnic education .......................................................................... 6 1.3.3 Government policy ................................................................................................................. 7 1.3.4 The dearth of research on HRD policy in the Polytechnic education sub-sector . 8 1.3.5 The industrial dispute in Nigerian higher education system ...................................... 8 1.4.1 Aim of research ........................................................................................................................ 9 1.4.2 Research objectives ................................................................................................................ 9 1.4.3 Research questions ............................................................................................................ 10 1.4.4 Research hypothesis ............................................................................................................ 10 1.5 Expected contribution to knowledge .................................................................................. 11 1.6 Research methodology ............................................................................................................... 12 1.6.1 Literature review .................................................................................................................. 12 1.6.2 Case study organisations ................................................................................................... 12 1.7 Structure of the research ...................................................................................................... 12 1.8 Summary ........................................................................................................................................ 14 The Study Context .................................................................................................................................. 15 2.0 Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 15 2.1 Historical Background of Nigeria ......................................................................................... 15 2.2 The Geography of Nigeria ........................................................................................................ 16 i 2.3 An overview of the Nigerian Economy and Higher Education ................................. 17 2.4 Politics and the Higher Education System in Nigeria ................................................... 18 2.5 Nigeria Higher Education System ........................................................................................ 20 2.6 The Management of the Nigerian Higher Education system .......................................... 22 2.7 History of Nigeria Polytechnics ............................................................................................. 24 2.8 Yaba College of Technology, Lagos ...................................................................................... 27 2.9 The Federal Polytechnic Idah, Kogi State, Nigeria ......................................................... 28 2.9.1 Administrative and Academic Arrangement of the Yaba College of Technology Lagos state and the Federal Polytechnic Idah, Kogi State .................................................. 29 2.10 Staff Development Policy for Nigeria Polytechnics .................................................... 30 2.10.1 Study Leave .......................................................................................................................... 31 2.10.2 Study Fellowship ................................................................................................................ 32 2.10.3 Sabbatical Leave ................................................................................................................. 33 2.11 Staff Development Interventions in Polytechnics ....................................................... 34 2.12 Challenges of HRD Development in Nigerian Polytechnics ..................................... 36 2.13 Summary ..................................................................................................................................... 45 CHAPTER THREE .................................................................................................................................... 46 Literature Review and Theoretical Framework ......................................................................... 46 3.0 introduction .................................................................................................................................. 46 3.1 Definition, scope and place of HRD in organizational management ....................... 46 3.2 Scope of HRD ................................................................................................................................ 50 3.3 Human Resource Development Policy ............................................................................... 51 3.4 Human Resource Development Strategy .......................................................................... 53 3.5 The Need for Academic Staff Development in Higher Education Institutions .... 60 3.6 Current debates on HRD and its implications for Human Resource development in Nigerian Polytechnics ................................................................................................................. 63 3.7 Theoretical Framework ........................................................................................................... 75 3.8 Justifications for using both a top-down and bottom-up approach ........................ 76 3.9 Van Meter and Van Horn’s Theory of Implementation ................................................ 77 3.10 Operationalization of the Van Horn and Van Meter’s Theory of Policy Implementation in this research .................................................................................................. 78 3.10.1 Policy Standards and Objectives ................................................................................... 79 3.10.2 Policy Resources ................................................................................................................. 80 ii 3.10.3 Inter-organisational communication and enforcement activities ...................... 81 3.10.4 Characteristics of the implementing agencies .......................................................... 82 3.10.5 The economic, social and political environment ...................................................... 82 3.10.6 The disposition or response of the implementers ................................................... 83 3.11 The Concept of Street-Level Bureaucracy ...................................................................... 83 3.12 Placing Lipsky’s Street-Level Bureaucracy Approach in a Higher Education Context ................................................................................................................................................................... 85 3.13 Summary ..................................................................................................................................... 86 CHAPTER FOUR 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