Career Management and Organisational Performance In Abuja Office of Federal Inland Revenue Service

Abstract

Career management has been acknowledged by both professionals and scholars of management studies and organizational practices to be a harbinger of employees’ performance. Thus, both public and private organization have introduced different career management strategies such as employees training, workshops, seminars education scholarships, skills development and Annual Appraisal Performance geared towards improving its performance. Therefore, this paper explicates career management model, then empirically investigates the effects of career management on organizational performance of Nigeria Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) in Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Using the SPSS 21.0 statistical tool, regression analysis tests the effect of career management on the work performance. The Regression results show career management significantly affected work performance (R²=.463, P=.000) of Federal Inland Revenue Service in Revenue control and collection in FCT.  The study further revealed that career management practices positively influence productivity and job performance in FIRS in tax control and revenue generation which is significant to the socio economic development of the country. Thus, administrative competence is required to achieve optimal success as it is the bedrock of every successful organization. The study recommends that FIRS should improve more on the career programme and policies so as to get the best out of its staff. Policies and programme manual use for training of employees at all levels should be updated, practicable and workable in the country.