Reforms and Innovations in the Public Workplace

OBJECTIVE:
• Reforms of labour administration
• Information and communication technologies: Benefits, challenges and applications in labour administration
• Performance management in labour administration
• Tools for technical cooperation

CONTENT:
Reforms of labour administration
• Implementation of the statutory minimum wage and measures
• Strategic change and reform management
• Restructuring of government departments and public agencies in Nigeria
• Administrative reforms in Nigeria: Recent evolution of labour inspection structures
• Restructuring of the public employment services in Nigeria
• Reforms in Nigeria: Challenges of coordination between the central and state governments

Benefits, challenges and applications in Labour administration
• Benefits, challenges and policy lessons of effective use of new technologies
• Mobile devices in labour inspection
• IT tools used in investigation of social fraud
• Protection of wages and other IT applications

Strategic Planning and Performance Management
• Setting and communicating performance objectives
• Identifying core behaviours that drive high performance
• Reviewing and assessing performance
• Reviewing different levels of performance
• Objectively assessing and rating performance
• Giving constructive and motivational feedback

Wrap-Up
• Labour administration as a sub-discipline of public administration
• Labour administration challenges and innovations in developing countries
• Creating a collaborative network
• Measures to extend labour administration to cover informal economy workers
• Legal framework and practical measures towards informal economy workers

Methodology
The training methodology integrates lectures, interactive discussions, collaborative group exercises, and illustrative examples. Participants will acquire a blend of theoretical insights and hands-on practical experience, emphasizing the application of learned techniques. This approach ensures that attendees return to their professional environments equipped with both the competence and self-assurance to effectively implement the acquired skills in their responsibilities.

DATE:
1ST BATCH:        8th – 11th Apr,                  2025      

2ND BATCH:       12th – 15th Aug,               2025
3RDBATCH:        2nd – 5th Dec,                    2025