Adoption And Application Of Information And Communication Technology In Human Resources Management: The University Of Nigeria Experience

Excellent organizational arrangement single-handedly does not guarantee enhanced performance and increased productivity but with well-managed personnel. Human resource is therefore, a critical factor in the attainment of organizational goals. This is because all the organizational activities are initiated and determined by the persons who make up that institution; as plants, offices, computers, automated equipments and all else that a modern firm uses are unproductive except for human effort and direction. The special abilities, skill and knowledge needed to turn thing around in any organization for good are embedded in human beings and to get things done well in the organization, those latent skills, talents, knowledge, skills abilities and capabilities are harnessed through a process called human resources management. The use of tools and technology has been argued to have helped the harnessing of the potentials of the persons in an organization. However, these abilities and capabilities of these persons to contribute significantly to the attainment of organizational goals have contemporarily, been hindered and hampered by some issues that are solvable by information communication technology (ICT). ICT has been said to have a significant relationship with human resources management. It is on this note that this paper seeks to x-ray the adoption and application of ICT in human resources development, using the University of Nigeria as a study area.