Human Resource Reengineering and Firm Performance in North-Central Nigeria

Abstract

The Nigerian business environment is increasingly becoming more competitive owing to the reality of perpetual dynamics and the economic burden occasioned by the recent fuel subsidy removal and steady increase in exchange rate. Hence, firms in the Nigeria manufacturing sub-sector requires to adopt re-engineering strategies to enable them strive efficiently. This study titled: Human resource re-engineering and Performance of Manufacturing Firms in North-Central Nigeria is written to examine the effect of human resource re-engineering on product quality of manufacturing sub-sector in North-Central Nigeria. the study adopted the Kracie and Morgan sample size statistical formula to reach respondents numbering 302 through a ten items structured questionnaire however only 284 respondents completed and returned their questionnaire given 74% retrieval rate. The research conducted Pilot study using a test re-test method and tested using Cronbach alpha to establish the reliability of the instrument. In addition, survey research design was adopted, and the statistical tools adopted were descriptive and inferential statistics, hypothesis tested using linear regression analysis. Findings revealed that there was a significant positive relationship between human resource Re-engineering and Product Quality (r = .924, p-value <0.05. In view of the finding, the study concluded that there was significant positive relationship between human resource Re-engineering and product quality of manufacturing firms in North-Central Nigeria. Premised on the findings the study therefore recommended that human resource Re-engineering techniques should be improved and periodic review be carried out in order to sustain and improve firms’ performance.