PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP IN NIGERIA: THE CHALLENGES OF HUMAN RELATIONS MANAGEMENT

Abstract

Public-Private Partnership in Nigeria and other developing nations in Africa were adopted for developmental purposes and not on ideological ground. For PPP to work out successfully depends on how effective and positively disposed is the work force. Therefore this paper examines the theoretical and conceptual dimensions of human relations management in PPP. Some approaches in the study of organization were critically examined; leadership and motivation were also examined as forces that determine the failure or survival of PPP. An empirical case of a Leader who did not apply sufficient human relations principles in the discharge of his duty in a manufacturing PPP was surveyed and analysis made. The paper therefore concludes that the human side of Public-Private Partnership should be handled with care to ensure organizational goal attainment. Leadership in PPP should adopt contingency model as a leadership style.