One of topical issues of discussion these day in most organization is manpower development and its retention to increased productivity. This project is geared towards studying manpower development and productivity in tertiary institutions using the federal polytechnic oko as a case study. The research exhaustively explained the concept of manpower development and it’s application to any organization. However in the course of this study, it was discovered that one of the major reasons on low performance on the part of many employees in the higher institutions is that most of them in key areas have not been well equipped with proper skills or knowledge to enable them effectively handle the responsibility assigned to them. Also discovered as hindering to increased productivity is the inability of the institution to retain the staff already equipped with specialized skills, therefore, this research report stands to recommend ways through which manpower development and its eventual productivity should be given serious attention they deserve. The literature review and the theoretical framework provided in this study only served as an ideal against which the overall manpower development effort and all other process that go with it in any organization and federal polytechnic oko, to be specific can be assessed. Information and other materials therein were obtained directly through documentary source, personal interview and questionnaires for originality for adequacy, which formed the based for the findings and recommendations therein

TABLE OF CONTENT
Title page                                    i
Approval page                                ii
Dedication                                iii
Acknowledgements                            iv
Abstract                                    vii
Table of content                             xi

CHAPTER ONE
1.0    INTRODUCTION                        1
1.1    Background of the study                    3
1.2    Statement of the problems                5
1.3    Purpose of the study                        5
1.4    Significance of the study                    6    
1.5    Research Questions                        7
1.6    Scope of the study                        8
1.7    Definition of terms                        8

CHAPTER TWO
    Literature Review                        10
2.0    Introduction                             10
2.1    The concept and definition of manpower
    development                             12
2.2    Objectives of manpower development         15    
2.3    Usefulness of manpower development         21
2.4    Types of manpower development            22
2.5    Summary of literature review                 23      
 
CHAPTER THREE
3.0    Methodology                            24
3.1    Brief Outline of the Study                    24
3.2    Design of the Study                        25
3.3    Area of the Study                        25
3.4    The Population of the Study                26
3.5    Sample size                            26
3.6    Instrument for Data Collection                28
3.7    Validation of the Instrument                29
3.8    Distribution and Retrieval of the Instrument    29
3.9    Method of Data Analysis.                    30

CHAPTER FOUR
4.0    Data Presentation and Analysis                31

CHAPTER FIVE
5.1    Summary of Findings                    38
5.2    Conclusion                            40
5.3    Recommendations                         41
5.4    Limitations of the Study                    46
5.1    Suggestion for Further Study                47
Appendix                                 48    
Questionnaire                            49
References                            51