ROLE OF STRATEGIC HR IN ENHANCING GOOD GOVERNANCE AND EFFECTIVE PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT FOR IN NIGERIA
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Good government and effective public sector management by means of strategic and critical
official human resources and practices are major requirements for overcoming economic
recession and relighting sustainable national development. The study examined the role
strategic human resource management could play in the actualization of good governance and ..
public management: especially under economic recession in Nigeria. The study adopted a
descriptive and theoretical approach by reviewing studies and propositions in comparative
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public administration and management across· nation -states. The· study showed· that good · ·.
governance and public management, overcoming recession and running with sustainable
national development correlate the strong institutionalization of strategic human resource
practices in the Nigerian federal,.stat'e and local go~ernmental systems and processes. That is, for the achievement of optimum public service delivery, productivity, popular
involvement, and corresponding political power and legitimacy, transformative of general
standard of living of Nigeria. The study also showed that to adequately improve on the decision
processes outcomes, there is the urgent need for the application of international best practices,
highly institutionalized differentiated, achievement oriented, perfmmance centric, specialized
and professionalized government staff, systems institutions and processes. The study
recommended that the country invest in and step up strategic human capital management and
development of public administrators, managers and officials, who are professional.ized, honest
and transparent, candid innovative with high and competences and highly capable of critical
thinking (out of box). These are the major ways of launching the country out of economic
recession and on the path of rapid and sustainable growth and development.
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H Social Sciences (General), HF Commerce