DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPUTERIZED STAFF RECORD SYSTEM
ABSTRACT
This project was centered on the computerized staff record system. The current process of keeping of staff records is being operated manually and due to this procedure numerous problem are been encountered. A design was taken to computerized the manual process in order to check this problem. The problems were identified after series of interviews and examination of documents after which analysis was made and a computerized procedure recommended. This project will also suggest how to successfully implement the computerized procedure and to overcome the obstacle that would hinder the successful implementation of the system. The new system was designed using Microsoft visual basic 6.0 programming language. This language was chosen because of its easy syntax and features for developing windows based applications.
TABLE OF CONTENT
CHAPTER ONE                                                                    
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
SCOPE OF THE STUDY
DEFINITION OF TERMS
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW                                          
CHAPTER THREE
SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
3.0 INTRODUCTION
3.1 SYSTEM ANALYSIS
METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION
3.3.   PROBLEMS OF THE CURRENT SYSTEM
3.4   OBJECTIVE OF THE NEW SYSTEM          
3.5.   MAIN MENU SPECIFICATION        
3.6.   OVERVIEW OF THE SYSTEMS FLOWCHART
3.7 SYSTEMS DESIGN
3.8 PROCEDURAL FLOWCHART                     
CHAPTER FOUR
SYSTEM IMPLEMENTAION
4.1. INTRODUCTION
4.2    JUSTIFICATION OF THE PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE USED
4.3 SYSTEM REQUIREMENT
4.4 SYSTEM TESTING  
4.5 TRAINING AND RETRAINING OF STAFF
4.6 CHANGEOVER PROCEDURE
4.7 USER MANUALS
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION  
5.1    SUMMARY                                                         
5.2.   RECOMMENDATIONS
5.3 CONCLUSION
References
Appendixes                                
CHAPTER ONE
1.1   INTRODUCTION
Staff records department in a firm or in an organization like ours is a department that gathers information regarding staff statistics and condition of service. This information is obtained continually to ensure continuity in staff management.
The conversional methods of keeping the 0se records are basically the same in higher institutions.
With so much importance attached to the provision of quality records in this   information age, then the need to follow the trend of information technology (I.T) to speed up and reduce the stress in manual method of keeping records. To achieve this, an object oriented programming language like visual basic 6.0 is used to develop the software.
1.2    BACKGROUND OF STUDY
The federal polytechnic Nekede Owerri was initially established as a college of technology Owerri by edict No.16 dated 1st April, 1978. In 1987 it was renamed, the polytechnic by the Imo state government.
The institution was taken over by the federal government in April 1993 and is now governed by the federal polytechnic act to perform the following functions:
  a)  To provide full- time or part –time courses of instruction and         training:
On such other fields of applied science, commerce   and management, and
On such other fields of applied learning relevant to the needs of the development of Nigeria in the area of industrial and agricultural
production and distribution and for research in the development and adaptation of techniques as the council may from time to time determine:
b)    To arrange conference, seminars and study groups relative to the   fields of learning specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection (1):
c)       To perform such function as in the opinion of the council may serve to promote the objectives of the polytechnic.
At the early stage of this institution staff was few, therefore making the retrieval of information from files very easy. At this early stage, updating staff files was an easy task.  The management on any of the department could go through all folders to make out staff list, compile all the staff salary for a given period of time and it was very easy to monitor the efficiency of each staff.
Today the numbers of staff have increased tremendously which makes it a bit difficult to update the records of staff. Because of this constrain the reason for user application software that could implement all these at the click of a button.
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
Institutions, organizations and banks in Nigeria at the earlier stages of their inception have been manually operated. That is, records are organized, accessed, and retrieved by human beings manually. This manual method made the whole thing very difficult to handle.
With the increase in staff in our institution, the above method has been proven very difficult and tedious to work upon. The problems faced here are:
Poor statistics about a particular staff: this may be as a result of lost or misplaced staff files
Longer Waiting Time: The record clerk wastes so much time in bringing a staff folders. In case the management needs the record for a particular staff, it takes the clerk time to manually organize the data and bring it to the destination where it is needed. Thereby contributing to time wastage.
Inaccurate Staff Report: Sometimes staff report are not properly stated and reported. This results to questionable report being sent to management for planning.
Mishandling of Staff Folders: Staff folders are often handled with little or no regard. This leads to detaching and tearing away of some of the staff important documents.
Unrestricted Access To Staff Records: Due to poor security checks in most institutions, staff records which are main to be confidential are exposed to unauthorized persons.
These and more contribute to inefficient records keeping.
OBJECTIVE OF STUDY
The purpose of this project work is to develop an automated staff record system that could speed up records job efficiently and effectively, and also reduce the cost of labour.
Up-To-Date RECORDS OF STAFF ARE KEPT: This allows for easy retrieval of staff files when the need arises. Staff data are kept up-to-date so as to enhance the assessment of the staff both for future, present and past records.
This can also be used for staff appraisal and also help to monitor the conduct of the staff at a glance through the records. By viewing the database, vital information for planning, staff equipment and the welfare of the institution is obtained thus improving resources allocation.
Staff records are stored by the system: This will eliminate the problem of lost files thereby improving record services tendered   by the records department.
In a networked environment, terminals or workstation should be present only at the records room and the personnel or administration manager’s office. The software should include security checks to prevent unauthorized access to confidential records of a staff stored in the system’s database. The software would be menu-driven to provide a user-friendly environment
1.5   SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDY
This work serves as a launching pad for federal polytechnic Nekede Owerri to enhance the recording system by computerization of their record system.
This project work is breaking new grounds in the area of computerization of staff record system; it will serve as a stepping-stone for student researchers and her interested explorer in this field.
Though this software is designed using Federal Polytechnic Owerri as a case study any other institution or firm can use the software with just a little modification.
1.6   SCOPE OF STUDY
The extent to be covered in this project work is, this work creates a database for the staff record system for federal polytechnic Nekede. This project work is going to cover the staff form, arrival report form and annual leave form. With the system on the network the personnel director can view the staff record at a glance, which will help him to know the number of work force he has. It will help him know the number of staff in each department and the department that needs more or less staff.