CHAPTER ONE

 INTRODUCTION

1.0 THE EVOLUTION OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

The present day, personnel administration movement dates back, approximately to the period just before World War I, in the your 1914.

  The ancient was at first on Employment management but it soon began to include many personnel problem in manufacturing.

  During the World War I, the United States Army, created a psychological examines police at a trade test section and a moral section. These police came out and devoted themselves to the pro blem at many man trained in these practices by the army. They later become personnel managers in industries applying the experience and knowledge gained during the war.

  In the preceding decades, due to wars, economic and social pressure, further enlightment on the parts of managers, government regulations and other influences, the scope of personnel management has expanded to this day. In fact, it has become difficult to distinguish clearly between personnel administration and the administration process of all management.

  The principles or philosophies, which guide management in caring on their activities pretty with the sane principles or philosophies, which guide personnel administration. In another dimension, the reasons for the great change that have accused personnel administration had been ably expressed by ALEXANDER R. HERON in his book “Reasonable goals in industrial relations”. He said that the things that has been the emergence of something in the mind and soul of a worker.

These things makes him unwilling to continue for the rest of his life in a relationship which is perhaps ideal in al its material aspects, but in which the decision are well made and the guidance all given by the employer.

  This problem of social consciousness or part of forces too the changes in personnel administration increases demand on the personnel department and as a result levels to necessary demand on qualifications of the personnel manager.

These managers have come together to from a professional association, which serve as an exchange point of view and eventually where they strive to attain professional status. This has level to increased salaries paid to competent personnel managers and in addition many personnel managers have been made vice president in the responsive companies.

1.1 PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT OF NIGERIA BREWERIES 

        PLC ENUGU.

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

The Nigerian Breweries Plc, Enugu, a private limited liability company was incorporated on December &, 1978, when the first bottle of large beer rolled off its bottling plant. It was during the 10th anniversary of the company’s production existence, which gave a unique opportunity to trace a brief history of the company, particularly its establishments.

The administration of the company took off with the employment of a general manager in 1978. the affairs of the company was under the care of general manager till the year 1979 when a personnel office under the supervision of the finance and administration manger was engaged. The first administration manager was employed in 1980.

The need arose for changing the company’s policy for new administration due to the expending function of larder organization this brought about the recruitment of personnel manager with good industrial management background in November 1983.

This lead to the formation of a sound personnel department with staff strength of about eight hundred and fifty up to date.