Impact Of Human Resources Planning On The Actualization Of Organizational Goal

INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Human resources and work force is the most valuable resources in an organization. This talk about people who work for the organization, therefore managers need to give careful thought to the needs of the employees.
An organization can have all the latest technology, and the best physical resources, but unless it looks after its manpower, it will never achieve their optimum results.
According to Vetter (2001) human resources or manpower planning is a technique for predicting how many and what type of staff will be required at specific times in the future.
It ensures the right type of people, in the right number, at the right time and place, who are trained and motivated to do the right kind of work at the right time, there is generally a shortage of suitable persons.
This study introduced important aspect of human resources management people are often the most expensive because other factors of production are human creations. This planning is expected to cover both the short and long term plans.
It is against this background that the researcher wants to study the role of human resources planning on the actualization of organizational goal, using Nigeria Breweries Plc and Guinness Nigeria Plc both in Enugu, Enugu State as the comparative study.

1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEMS
The goal or objective of an organizational depends on several factors, but the most important is the employees or human resources.
Since human or manpower is very vital in achieving organizational goal. It then follows that there is every need to plan it well, if the aim of achieving organizational goal is to be attained, an organization that does not plan its manpower needs, will at last find out that it is neither meeting its personnel requirement and its overall goals efficiently.
This study is therefore designed to ascertain the role played by human resources planning as it pertained to the goal of the organization.
Therefore the problems of these organizations are exemplified as follows:
Lack of manpower planning needs
Decreased skilled labour and dedicated workers hamper increase in productivity of the organization.
Excessive wastage of resources is being witnessed in the organization as a result of non usage of result oriented staff. High rate of labour turnover witnessed as a result of under employment.

1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The major objective of this study is to determine the role of human resources planning on the actualization of organizational goals.
The study is to assess the extent to which poor human resources planning has hindered the achievement of organizational goal.
To determine the extent to which lack of planning has contributed to idle capacity that’s not fully utilized.
To examine if there are inadequacy in human resources planning in the organizations.

1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
The research questions on the impact of human resources planning on the actualization of organizational goals are as follows:
1. Does lack of human resources planning hinder the achievement of organizational goals?
2. Does lack of human resources planning lead to under utilization of labour?
3. Is high rate of labour turnover witness as a result of under employment?
4. Does poor resource planning bring about efficiency in utilization of manpower planning?

1.5 RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS
The following hypotheses were formulated for the study to be tested at 0.5 level of significance.
Ho1: Human resources planning have no positive effect on the achievement of organizational goal.
Hi1: Human resources planning have positive effect on the achievement of organizational goal.
Ho2: Production level is independent on proper human resources planning.
Hi2: Production level is dependent on proper human resources planning.

1.6 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
This study is on the impact of human resource planning in the growth of an organization. It is narrowed down in Enugu State and is further named to Guinness Nigeria Plc and Nigerian Breweries Plc, Enugu.

1.7 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
This study was limited by a number of factors limited resources and time constituted constraints to the research work. The researcher did not have adequate fund at her disposal for logistics, researcher materials and literature, during the time of the research. However, the work was carried out successfully.

1.8 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The findings of this study will significantly contribute to the appreciation of the role of human resources planning on the organizational goal. This project work will be specifically relevant in these various ways:
The outcome of the work will be useful for the human resources managers of organization for proper administration of the workforce. The employees of various organizations, the work shall also serve as a reference material for further research in this area.
1.9 DEFINITION OF TERMS
Human Resources Planning: This has been defined as having right number and the right kind of people, at the right place and time.
On the other hand, it is the process by which manager ensure that they have the right staff at the right time who are capable of effectively and efficiently completing those tasks that will help the organization achieve its overall objectives.
Organization: An organization is a combination of people or individual effort working together in pursuit of certain common purpose known as organizational goals.
Planning: Planning specifies what is to be done, how it is be done, when it is to be done, and who is to do it in the organization, it is said to be a leading function and in practice proceeds and transcends all the other functions.
Goal: Simply means a result an organization is attempting to achieve.
Management: It can be described as the act of working particularly through people for the achievement of the broad goals of an organization.

1.10 BRIEF HISTORY OF GUINNESS NIGERIA LTD
Guinness Nigeria, a subsidiary of Diageo Plc of the United Kingdom, was incorporated in 1962 with the building of a brewery in Ikeja, the heart of Lagos. The brewery was the first outside of Ireland and Great Britain. Other breweries have been opened overtime – Benin City brewery in 1974 and Ogba Brewery in 1982.

Guinness Nigeria has since transformed itself into a manufacturing operation, whose principal activities continue to be brewing packaging, marketing and selling of Guinness foreign extra stout, Guinness extra smooth, Harp lager, Satzenbrau, Gordon’s spark, Smileoff ice, top malt, Armstrong Dark Ale and Malta Guinness. Guinness stock, Harp larger and Malta Guinness strong demand in market.
In 2011, the capital employed by Guinness was financed by a mix of equity and long-term liabilities in the proportion of 72.40% and 27.60% respectively.