The Impact of Employee Participation in Management Decision-Making: A Study of Federal Polytechnic Oko
Chapter One
Purpose of the Study
Specifically, the research intends to determine the effect of employee Participation in management decision-making in Federal Poly Oko.
- To ascertain the level of employees with low educational qualifications who have more influence in decision-making in Federal Poly Oko.
- To its employees: Opinions are made used after being collected by the management of the institution.
- To employees are allowed to decide Federal Poly Oko.
- To examine the employee’s participation in decision-making results in responsibility and independence.
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
Conceptual Framework
Worker participate has been explained as a plank of individual democracy (Adewumi, 2008). Mills (2009) described the spread of industrial democracy to Western Europe in the 1970s a story of capitalism in transaction. In this words, in countries where it is occurring industrial democracy, affect the nature, control and every ownerships of private enterprise; the nature control power and bargaining areas of the labour unions and the roles and contributions and rights of the individual worker in contemporary and future industrial society, (Heisler and Hiuck Ceds), 2008).
The description above shows that industrial democracy affects many aspect of lives of different people in Modern society. This reason may explain the wide clamor for the introduction of worker participation arrangement in most countries.
The basic concept involves any power – sharing arrangement in which work place influence is shared among individual who are otherwise hierarchical unequal’s such power-sharing arrangements may entail various employees involvement schemes resulting in co-determination of working conditions, problem solving and decision making (Lock and Schivershar, 2007).
The primary aim of employee participate in decision making is for the organization of benefit from the “perceived motivational effects of increased employee involvement (Latharn, 2001, p. 28)
A group of managers view participation as a useful item in their bag of managerial risks. It is for them a manipulative device for getting people to do what they want, under condition which delude the participation “into thinking they have a valve in decision making. The idea is to handle, them skillful that they came up with the answer, which the manager had in the first place sent believing it was their own. The consultative manager on his down part seeks the views and ideas of his employees. He capitalizes on the knowledge and experience of those under his and from the expected; list of alternative solution developed by both parties. Selects the one he regard as most promising. The participative/democratic manager passes the decision making itself to his group with himself as a member. ( Paterman C. 2009).
CHAPTER THREE
METHODOLOGY
INTRODUCTION
This chapter comprises of method and procedures used for collecting data for the effect of employee participation in management decision making (a study of Federal Poly, Oko, Anambra State.
The format to be used in analyzing the findings of this research are all considered in this chapter.
Design of the Study
Survey method is the research method used for this work, with the assertion that surveys are used together contemporary data. The survey method was chosen in preference to other methods like content analysis because of its capacity to measure human attitude and opinions. The researcher generated valid information from samples of human elements that constitude the respondents of the questionnaire issued.
The questionnaire was divided into two parts, which answered the demography of various correspondents and the research questions respectively.
Area of Study
The study was carried out in Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra State
Population of the Study
There are staff in Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra State, The entire population comprises of 300 staff in the institution and this served as target population of the study.
CHAPTER FOUR
PRESENTATION OF DATA AND ANALYSIS
This chapter deals with the analysis of data collected from the selected employee’s in Federal Poly Oko, Anambra State. Each research question is brought into focus and analyze using mean scores.
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
Summary of Findings
The aim of the stud was to find out the extents employees participate in decision making in Federal Poly Oko. In view of this study, it was discover that employees in Federal Poly, Oko some time do not participate in decision making because decision made by junior staff of the institution will not be made by junior staff of the institution will not be made used off by the management. It was discovered that most of the staff of the Federal Poly Oko are not interested in decision making because most of them have know time to go for meeting in other to make or participate in most of the decision taking by the management.
Finding of the respondents’ frequency of the involvement in decision making process of the Institution as reflected in table 3 shows more respondent with a higher measures in the respond. However we found that employees in Federal Poly Oko do have a higher frequency of involvement in decision making.
Result of interview conducted with some respondents attested to our founding. Where asked about the extent to which she is involved in making decision within Federal Poly Oko, secretary to HOD Admission replied. The management in Federal poly Oko does not consider it as its duty to contact junior employees on how decisions are made.
A staff responded that most of the decisions made in the school are being carryout by the staff of the institution.
It is also interested to know that a number of the respondents inducted that staff of the institution.
It is also interested to know that a number of the respondents inducted that staff of the institution made decision in Federal Poly Oko.
Conclusion
Based on the findings of the study it could be concluded that workers in the study institution are much more involved in the management decision making. On the other hand, the worker generally, demonstrated high interest in management decision making. The study therefore confirmed that workers demonstrated positive attitude towards involvement in decision making.
Recommendation
To improve on this study and to give a lasting solution to the problem of employees participation in decision making in Federal Poly Oko.
- Enlightenment program for workers on their rights to seize the opportunity of involvement in decision making.
- Provision of monetary and other incentive for workers to encourage them sustain the current interest in participation
- Training programmes for workers in management Function as a way of properly equipping them in their decision makings role.
Limitation
The research carried out the study only in Federal Poly Oko of Anambra State, only because of financial constrcture and time factors. If things were otherwise the research would been extended to other areas.
Suggestion for Further Research
Do to limits of finance and time factor the researcher could not claim that the study exhausted all the problems concerning the effect of employee participation in management decision making in Federal Poly Oko, therefore, further research in the following areas will helps in the research.
- The effects of participation in Management decision making on employee productivity (A case study of Nigeria Bottling Company Plc 9thmore planted at Nsude.
- A study of worker participation in management in decision making within selected establishments in Lagos, Nigeria.
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