Policy Making and Implementation: a Tool for Organizational Growth

Policy Making and Implementation: a Tool for Organizational Growth

CHAPTER ONE

Objectives of the Study

The objective of this study was to investigate examining policy making and implementation as a tool for organisational growth. The specific objectives are:

to examine the prevalence of policy making and implementation as a tool for organizational growth
to identify the challenges facing policy making and implementation for organizational growth
to investigate the relevance of policy making and implementation on organizational growth

CHAPTER TWO

REVIEW OF RELEVANT LITERATURE

Overview of Management

Management as defined by (Kreitner 1995) page 4 is a process of working with and through others to achieve organizational objective in a changing environment. Central to this process is the effective and efficient use of limited resources.(Heinz W. Et al.)

Posit that management is the process of designing and maintaining an environment in which individuals, working together in groups, efficiently accomplish selected aims. The key aspects of management are getting things done through people in an effective, efficient and economic manner in order to achieve the organization’s objectives. It is the effective and efficient use of related resources, human, material, capital for the actualization of a goal known as the overall Organization’s goal.

Effectiveness and Efficiency

(Laurie 1996) defined Effectiveness as concerned with ‘doing the right thing’, and relates to inputs and what the manager does. (Laurie J. 1996) posit that Efficiency “is concerned with ‘doing things right’, and relates to inputs and what the manager does’’. This however involves balancing the amount of resources used to achieve an objective, against what was actually accomplished. Here the more favourable the ratio of benefits to costs, the greater the efficiency. It is the achievement of ends with the least amount of resources. Most Organizations who are more profit oriented rather than satisfying their customers, end up running into loss that they least expected. A scenario is a block industry that moulds/produces blocks to sell for erecting building. If for every 100 blocks to be moulded or produced, the quantity of sand to be used to produce a quality product (block) is one tipper load of sand and the quantity of cement needed to produce that same quality is thirty (30) bags, the company is said to meet the needs of the consumers. This also goes in achieving the objective of the Organization. In some industries where inefficiency does not exist, and the management in the quest to maximise profit rather than maximising quality, they tend to use less materials like cement, thereby increasing the quantity of sand. It is found out that the quality is poor at times even lead to loss when the finished products (blocks) cannot be used as to achieve the purpose for which is meant for.

CHAPTER THREE

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

INTRODUCTION

In this chapter, we described the research procedure for this study. A research methodology is a research process adopted or employed to systematically and scientifically present the results of a study to the research audience viz. a vis, the study beneficiaries.

RESEARCH DESIGN

Research designs are perceived to be an overall strategy adopted by the researcher whereby different components of the study are integrated in a logical manner to effectively address a research problem. In this study, the researcher employed the survey research design. This is due to the nature of the study whereby the opinion and views of people are sampled. According to Singleton & Straits, (2009), Survey research can use quantitative research strategies (e.g., using questionnaires with numerically rated items), qualitative research strategies (e.g., using open-ended questions), or both strategies (i.e., mixed methods). As it is often used to describe and explore human behaviour, surveys are therefore frequently used in social and psychological research.

CHAPTER FOUR

DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS

This chapter presents the analysis of data derived through the questionnaire and key informant interview administered on the respondents in the study area. The analysis and interpretation were derived from the findings of the study. The data analysis depicts the simple frequency and percentage of the respondents as well as interpretation of the information gathered. A total of hundred and twenty (120) questionnaires were administered to respondents of which 100 were returned. The analysis of this study is based on the number returned.

CHAPTER FIVE

SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

INTRODUCTION

It is important to reiterate that the objective of this study was policy making and implementation a tool for an efficient management system to achieve the objectives of an organization.

SUMMARY

This study aimed at having an overview of the usage of policy making and implementation for efficient management system to achieve the objectives of an organization. The study opened with chapter one where the statement of the problem was clearly defined. The study objectives and research hypotheses were defined and formulated respectively. The study reviewed related and relevant literatures. The chapter two gave the conceptual framework, empirical and theoretical studies. The third chapter described the methodology employed by the researcher in collecting both the primary and the secondary data. The research method employed here is the descriptive survey method. The study analyzed and presented the data collected in tables and the hypotheses were tested using Anova while the fifth chapter gives the study summary and conclusion.

CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

This research has shown that the efficient management system depends on policy making and implementation for attainment of organizational objective. And that the effective implementation contributes to an efficient management system.

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