A SURVEY OF THE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT IN SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE INDUSTRIES

                                                                          ABSTRACT
The efficiency and effectiveness of any organization weather small or big depends on the people that manage it. And manning an organization has been a serious problem of small and medium scale companies like Nigeria and because of this, these companies have not been able to achieve their goals. It is against this background that this research work was conducted to investigate such problems as sources of recruitment and selection of workers, human resources development and motivational factors in these companies. The following findings were made after analyzing the data also the research adopted a descriptive method of survey; the sample method used was random sampling method .Both primary and secondary source of data were used to obtain relevant information. The industries have a total population of 80 employees and sample size of 50,which is drawn from the total population using yaro yamani formula.120 questionnaires were distributed,100 were received, and in chapter 4 the data collected were analyzed using the sample percentage technique. The major findings was that the management in small and medium scale industries needs a change to enhance employee performance therefore owners should employee the assistance of consultant firm in recruiting and selecting their workers.