the
history of planning is old as man himself planning had started from the ancient
era during the primitive period when there were no industries or firms.
planning is a basic function of management thus therefore means that planning
pervades all the functional area of management which include personnel,
production, research and development, marketing and finance.

through
planning organization goals and objective are determined; the resources
available must be strategies to achieve the goals and objectives. planning
provide answers to what? how? when? and their relationship to organization
activities.

in
personnel management function, human resources panel is a basic function. human
resources planning is sometime referred to as workforce planning, which is
defined as the process of the right number of qualified people into the right
job at the right time. to ensure adequate workforce in the organization,
management must plan properly, proper planning in this respect involves
accurate projection of the future, taking inventory of existing workforce,
comparing the force with the existing one and take corrective measure.

productivity
means rate of output, degree of result and success which is directly related to
profitability and turnover. this research study concentrates on the possible
impact of human resources planning on workers productivity.

the
human resources means the human that are in the organization. without them
there cannot be production. so there is need for the organization to plan well
for its human resource. proper planning enhances the productivity of an
organization. how?

·                   
planning helps to resolve problem of
shortage of staff in organization

·                   
it also helps in determining and
planning whatever capital, material, equipment and personnel required in an
organization in order to achieve organization objectives

·                   
human resource management defining the
duties and responsibilities of the personnel employed and determining the
manner in which their activities are to be interrelated

·                   
human resource use planning to assess
external forces to help the firm deal with environmental uncertainty by
mobilizing scare or limited resources to neutralize potential threats.

·                   
planning make control possible, which
is, comparing actual outcome with performance standards and taking corrective
action if variance exists

·                   
human resource management management
development by helping managers to take proactive role in moving the
organization toward a future desired state.

lastly,
human resource management function include staffing, that is acquiring
qualified and appropriate number of workers for an organization, to determining
and acquiring other resources and proper allocation of these resources. in
addition, co-ordination of activities of all members and parts of an
organization is another major purpose of human resource management in order to
boost production.

1.2   statement
of the problem