The Effects of Remuneration on the Performance of Employees in the Private Sector
Chapter One
OBJECTIVESย OFย THEย STUDY
It is one thing to be blessed with abundant human resources and another to manage these resources to achieve stated objectives. No organization can hope to move or improve positively without the effort of its workers and as such sound salaries or wages are a sine qua non for improved workers’ performance. They contributed in no small way towards improved performance in the organization.
Therefore,ย thisย studyย amongย otherย thingsย isย aimedย atย achievingย theย followingย objectives:
- To determine the relationship between salaries and wages and workers’ productivity in the Dangote group.
- To measure a day’s work: earnings are directly proportional to the time worked but rates are mostly applied to daily paid employees.
- To ascertain whether salaries and wages administration boosts the performance of the
- To identify how workers’ productivity, negative attitude to work during working hours, and low payment of remuneration affect performance in the Dangote group and to proffer suitable suggestions and solutions.
- Fringe benefit: this is an extra amount paid to employees to improve their working conditions, it is information about rent supplements, transport allowances, etc. It gives the employee desirable working conditions and it satisfies their needs.
CHAPTER TWOย
LITERATUREย REVIEW
Due to universal applicability of salaries and wages system in an organization, some literature exist even though it may vary in inform of structure and system of application.
THEORETICALย REVIEW
According to Dagget and Habu (2004:31) โSalary administration is the method andย process that an organization uses for compensating their workersโ. They argued thatย workers cannot obtain financial job satisfaction unless the organization achieved itsย goals Stoner and Freeman (2002:97) consider a new pay approach as an approachย towards salary system that leads to the process of setting and achieving organizationย objectives.ย These scholars advance that linking pay to the labour market and variableย pay to success of the organization, the managers can use the salary system to fosterย teamwork and other organizational goals.ย It is therefore necessary for the rewardย systemย notย toย makeย inflationaryย rateย inย theย countryย intoย relatedย businessย toย beย introduced by both private and public sectors of the Nigeria economy.ย Strong andย Freeman observed further that every good compensation or salary policy is aimed atย attracting, retaining and motivating high quality employees in an organization.ย It isย alsoย aimedย atย rewardingย organizationย membersย forย highย performanceย andย highย productivity by making sure that compensation method are such that the organizationย canย shoulder conformably.
As Obikeze and Anthony (2003:286) pointed out, salaries or wages are the reward thatย individuals receive from organization in exchange for their labour and that everyย organizationย hasย itsย distinctย salary system.ย Choosingย aย successfulย salary systemย dependsย onย considerationsย ofย salaryย levels,ย salaryย structureย andย individualย payย determination.ย Lawal (2006:22) argues that there are some factors that affect salaryย andย wagesย level inย an organization.ย Someย ofย these factors are:
- Influence of trade union
- Prevailing salaries and wages in the industries
- Government legislation
- The labour market
- Organization ability to pay
- Productivity
Lawal also argues that every orgnisation has its salary system.ย Choosing a successfulย salary and wages depend on the consideration of salary level, structure and individualย payย determinationย andย performanceย (Lawalย 2006:ย 23).
According to Kamar (2005: 48) there are three typical ways in which organization canย administrateย itsย salariesย andย wages.
Ad hoc increase in salaries and wage are given erratically often at the demand of the employees rather than at the initiative of the company. In a small organization, it can produce an illogical and unfair salary structure which will cause discontents and jealousy. For obvious reasons, salaries and wages paid by this system are intended to be confidential. Incremental scales, in this system, long service and loyalty are encouraged by regular high trade. Salaries in the incremental system is non- confidential because all staffโs jobs are evaluated and graded. The salary and wages range appearing as most schemes permit a manager toward increment for exception merit or withhold an increment for unsatisfactory work or conduct but as a robe, the standard increment is given autocratically. It is customary for salaries and wages incremental system to be non-confidential.
Thus, unemployment can exist for only a short period of time and if unemployment does not exist, its due to the fact that workers are shiftless are lazy and would not work for the going wages or salaries rate. This work emphasis is placed on the supply of labour.
Gilelman (1968) โInvestment theory of wages and salaryโ He proposed on investmentย of wages as a replacement for the marginal productivity (MPT).ย That as the marginalย productivityย theoryย focusesย onย theย outputย ofย labourย input,ย wagesย andย salaryย areย assumed to be a return on worker investment, then one would assume that the largerย the investment, the higher the wages and salaries.ย In practice, however, this will notย always be true (Ibid 1947).
CHAPTER THREEย
RESEARCHย METHODOLOGY
The aim of this chapter is to discuss the various methods that have been employed inย this research work.ย The sample used method of collecting data, the various sources ofย data and method analyzing the data.ย The objective of this is to provide the authorityย baseย forย theย research.
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According to Ozongrou (1992:35), methodology draws the map chart upon which theย research project is executed. ย ย Methodology permits a successful replication of theย workย byย otherย researchers.
RESEARCHย DESIGN
This is concerned with the various methods to be employed in the collection of dataย necessary for the computation and successful completion of the research study.ย Theย research method and design used in any research is substantially determined by theย nature of the research problems and the purpose of the study.ย Since this research is aย fact finding study,ย descriptive researchย method was selected inย order to appraise theย roleย ofย salariesย andย wagesย administrationย asย aย toolย forย improvingย employeesโย performance in an organization.ย The descriptive approach is based on answers toย certainย relevant research questions.
In the process of achieving the objective, the questionnaire and oral interview researchย techniquesย wereย employed.
POPULATIONย OFย THEย STUDY
Theย publicย sectorย consistsย ofย very bigย institutionalย formulationsย andย withย severalย employees running into thousands.ย Ideally, the public service is the focus of the study,ย but for resources constraints and the fact that there is a specific case study area, thisย researchย isย based specificallyย in Dangote group.
For clarity 150 staff were the population of the study in Dangote group.
CHAPTERย FOUR
DATAย PRESENTATIONย AND ANALYSIS
ย DISCUSSIONย OFย FINDINGS
One of the most important steps in the research process is data analysis. This chapterย seeks to present and analyse the data collected through the means of questionnaire andย personal interview with a view to finding out answers to the research questions raisedย in the proposal.ย This chapter also seeks to test the ability of the hypotheses withย questions to verify them.ย The accomplishing responses are evaluated in order toย validate or reject the hypotheses.ย The researcher considers this order of presentationย necessaryย forย easyย readingย andย understanding.
CHAPTERย FIVE
SUMMARYย OFย FINDINGS,ย DISCUSSIONS,ย RECOMMENDATIONS,ย IMPLEMENTATIONSย ANDย LIMITATIONS
ย SUMMARYย OFย FINDINGS
The purpose of this work is to examine renumerationย as a tool forย improving employeesโ performance in an organization in Nigeria, A case study Dangote group.
In the course of this work, the objectives of the study raised research question on whatย salary and wages administration is all about.ย The studyย objective, questioned if theย existence of salary and wags administration could lead to improvement of employeeโsย performance.ย The study was to ascertain whether the performance of employeeโs is aย productย ofย salaryย andย wagesย administration.
The study made an attempt to explore the role salary administration play in increasingย productivity and performance in the development of public service.ย The study alsoย investigated the contribution of salary administration with regard to increment, howย theย councilย handlesย salaryย andย wages,ย howย salaryย motivatesย workersย onย theย enhancement of productivity and performance of economic growth in the Nigeriaย economy.ย This is because employees believe that the method of payment will alsoย boostย theirย purchasingย power.ย Theย analysisย ofย theย dataย indicatedย thatย salaryย administration has positive role to play and has beenย playing in fostering economicย andย administrativeย developmentย inย Nigeria.
DISCUSSION
Theย findingย thatย salaryย andย wagesย administrationย enhanceย employeesโย performanceย and productivity corroborated the views of Mohammed (2005) who observed that theย functions of salaries and wages administration are to attract capable, competent andย qualified employees into the organization and to motivate workers into greater andย effective performance, and to ensure continued dedication, commitment and retentionย ofย workersย in anย organization.
Theย findingsย ofย thisย study areย alsoย inย accordย withย thatย ofย Akintoyeย (2000)ย whoย asserted that money remained the most significant motivational strategy for achievingย employeesโย greaterย performanceย andย improvedย productivityย inย organizations.
CONCLUSION
The importance of human resources to any organization be it private or public cannotย be overemphasized.ย Organization objectives cannot be accomplished without takingย care ofย the interest ofย employeesย who co-ordinate the activities ofย the organization.ย To achieve effectiveness and efficiency of workers and to reduce wastage at the workย place, employers of labour must take care of the interest of their workers.ย However, itย is generally assumed that salaries and wages administrators should be a model whoย shouldย establishย termsย andย conditionsย forย employersย whichย setย standardย forย employers
to follow. The impact of salary administration on employeesโ performances in thisย respect has not been encouraging in Nigeria.ย There has been a drastic reduction in theย real salaries of workers both in private and pubic organizations which has not beenย possible for them to live on their grossly reduced salaries and wages.ย It is thereforeย inevitable that if such large reduction is real salaries and wages take place, they willย service adverse effect on morale, productivity and the devoting which the employeesย giveย toย theirย officialย duties.
It should also be noted that there will be strong pressure on them to take second job orย engage in strong pressure to take other form of income generation which could haveย delicious effects on the provision of service to public.ย This will require that jobย objectivesย beย producedย soย thatย thereย areย someย criteriaย againstย whichย toย judgeย individualย performanceย (output).
ย RECOMMENDATIONS
People are the most important of all the resources required for the attainment of organizational goal. As such, human resources have to be managed with the greatest care and skills in order to motivate staff and enhance productivity and performance of their organization. Boosting peopleโs morale is an extremely complex task, it involves provision of external rewards like pay rise and method of administration, promotions and praise compliments. ย ย It also involves the creation of conducive environment so that people can get self administered reward such as satisfaction from accomplishing ofย challengingย task.ย However,ย amongย theย methodย ofย boostingย employerโsย moralesย isย salaryย administration.
Inย viewย of theย above,ย theย followingย recommendationsย areย made:
- That the salary administration policy for public officers be implemented acrossboardย soย thatย allย theย levelย officersย especiallyย theย juniorย cadreย canย haveย aย senseย of belonging.ย This will go a long way in improving their performance andย henceย leadย toย higherย productivity
- That salary increment should be rewarded as at when due from the analysis, itshowsย thatย ifย workersย remunerationย increases,ย itย willย improveย employeeย ย Theyย shouldย beย noย delayย onย theย increment.
- Promotionpolicyย inย theย publicย serviceย especiallyย inย Dangote groupย beย improvedย andย shouldย beย doneย onย meritย asย whenย dueย toย deserving
- Theresearcherย alsoย advocatesย forย goodย ย Adequateย funding,ย constant auditing and accountability be strictly adhered to in handling salariesย andย wagesย matter inย Dangote group.
- Staff training and development should be pursuing vigorously. Training shouldbe organized by pursuing vigorous fields to improve employeeโs capabilities inย theย executionย ofย theirย responsibilitiesย andย their
- There should be cordial relationship between the leader and the lead.Thereย should be forum created where the top management officers interact and shareย ideas with their subordinates.ย This will give subordinate a sense of belongingย and a psychological boost their morale which will enhance their productivityย andย their performance in an organization.
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