EXAMINATION OF THE EFFECT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATION PRACTICE ON ORGANIZATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR

INTRODUCTION: Industrial relation has become formalized in the form of  employment contract between the workers and the employers. The parties are seen as equal, who have invested their capital and aim at maximizing profit. The workers on the other hand contribute his  services, which if not remunerated falls into abject poverty and dies.   An industrial or labour management relation is a strategic aspect of human resources management and can be defined in several ways.  Anugwom (20020 defines industrial relation: As the network of social relationship between the employees and their union, employers and the association, and the government and the numerous agencies in their attempts to regulate terms and conditions of employment and person other function that directly concern the initiation and substance of peaceful and purposeful labour management relation which involve applying machinery dealing with complaint, grievance and disputes in an organization.
CHAPTER ONE 1.1BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY 1.2STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM  1.3OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY  1.4RESEARCH QUESTIONS  1.5STATEMENT OF HYPOTHESIS  1.6SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDY  1.7SCOPE OF THE STUDY  1.8LIMITATION OF THE STUDY  1.9DEFINITION OF TERMS 
CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW  2.1HISTORICAL OVERVIEW  2.2THE ACTORS IN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS AND THEIR AREAS OF INTEREST  2.3PROBLEMS OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS  2.4MANIFESTATION OF DISPUTES  2.5PROCEDURE FOR SETTING INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE  2.6ENVIRONMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATION 2.7THE IMPORTANCE AND OBJECTIVES OF SOUND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS  2.8LEVEL OF INDUSTRIAL RELATION  2.9ELEMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS  REFERENCES
CHAPTER THREE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 3.0INTRODUCTION 3.1STUDY AREA  3.2STUDY POPULATION  3.3SAMPLING FRAME  3.4SAMPLING SIZE AND SAMPLING TECHNIQUE  3.5 SOURCE OF DATA  3.6DATA COLLECTION INSTRUMENT 3.6.1 ADMINISTRATION OF RESEARCH INSTRUMENT  3.7METHOD OF DATA ANALYSIS 
CHAPTER FOUR DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS 4.1DATA PRESENTATION AND TABULATION  4.2ANALYSIS OF DATA ACCORDING TO QUESTION ASKED  4.3TEST OF HYPOTHESIS  4.4DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS 
CHAPTER FIVE SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION 5.1SUMMARY OF THE STUDY  5.2CONCLUSION  5.3RECOMMENDATION  BIBLIOGRAPHY APPENDIX I