HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. A TOOL TOWARDS EFFECTIVE PRODUCTIVITY OF THE HOSPITAL. A CASE STUDY OF GENERAL HOSPITAL, CALABAR

The study examines the "Human Resource Management. A tool towards effective productivity of the hospital. A case study of General Hospital, Calabar". The sample for the study consisted of 110 respondents which were randomly selected from 40 Health Information Managers, 20 Doctors, 30 Nurses and 20 Laboratory Scientist respectively via male and female using purposive sampling technique. Four specific objectives were developed as follows: (1) Determine how recruitment as a form of human resource management affect the productivity of General Hospital, Calabar. (ii) Examine the influence of training on the productivity of General hospital, Calabar as a form of human resource management in General Hospital, Calabar (in) Determine the influence of deployment practices on the productivity of General hospital, Calabar as a form of human resource management. (iv) Determine the influence of motivation on the productivity of the General hospital, Calabar, as a form of human resource management in General Hospital, Calabar. The results show That, recruitment significantly affect the productivity of General Hospital, Calabar, as a form of human resource management as proved in hypothesis 1. It was affirmed that training significantly influence the productivity of General Hospital, Calabar, as a form of human resource management.as proved in hypothesis 2. It was equally revealed That deployment practices significantly influence the productivity of General Hospital, Calabar, as a form of human resource management as proved in hypothesis 3. Lastly That motivation significantly influence the productivity of General Hospital, Calabar, as a form of human resource management as approved in Hypothesis 4. It was recommended that: (i) The devolved county government of the Hospital should hire more health professional to ease the workload of existing workforce brought about by staff shortages. This can be done by hiring health professional on contracts in the affected departments. In addition, the health ministry should diversify recruitment, selection and orientation approaches and techniques so as to get a diversity of skills among staff for better service delivery. (ii) Training programs in the health sector should be reviewed in order to employ more techniques in the training of health professional. Health professional should also be involved in the training programs whereby they should identify arcas where they feel they need more information. In addition, the count government in conjunction with institutions of higher learning should come up with a program to enable nurses further their education especially because the vast majority of health professional are diploma holders.