THE IMPACT OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE ON THE EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTIVITY IN ORGANIZATIONS.

(A CASE STUDY OF PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF NIGERIAN LIMITED “PRODECO”
ONNE ELEME, PORT HARCOURT)

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ABSTRACT

This project is carried out with the aim of determine the impact of organizational structure on the efficiency and productivity in organization with reference to property Development company of Nigeria Ltd. In carrying out this research work a descriptive research was conducted and a simple random sampling technique was used to select fifty five (55) staff in Prodeco international, fifty five (55) questionnaires were issued and to fifty were also filled and return. The return questionnaires were analyzed to verity the authenticity of the hypothesis statements. The findings of the study revealed that organizational structure would enhance the efficiency and productivity. Also among the finding that was made in this research was that organization structure in a firm if property manage would reduce personnel cost of doing business. The finding also revealed that if an organizational structure is structure in a way that allow easy flow of communication from downward to upward and upward to downward it would enhance workers efficiency and productivity. In conclusion it is adduced that policies of the organization should be flexible so as to allow for adjustment when there is changes in the structure, also with the aid of a well-designed structure in property development company of Nigeria (Prodeco) manager and executive will concentrate on their core competent of producing good and also it will enable organizational members to respond quickly to the changing variable in organization.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE PAGE:———————————————————————i
CERTIFICATION ii
ABSTRACT—————————————————————————–iii
DEDICATIONS——————————————————————iv
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS—————————————————————-v
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CHAPTER ONE 1
INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY 1
1.2 STATEMENT OF PROBLEMS 3
1.3 PURPOSE OF STUDY. 5
1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS 5
1.5 STATEMENT OF HYPOTHESES 6
1.6 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY 6
1.7 SCOPE OR DELIMITATION OF THE STUDY. 7
1.8 DEFINITION OF TERMS 7

CHAPTER TWO 9
2.0 REVIEW OF SELECTED LITERATURE 9
2.1 INTRODUCTION 9
2.2 THE NATURE AND MEANING OF ORGANIZATIONAL 9
2.3 THE RELEVANCE OF STRUCTURE 11
2.4 STATIC AND DYNAMIC 12
2.5 HOW IT AFFECT ORGANIZATION EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTIVITY POSITIVELY 13
2.6 HOW IT AFFECT ORGANIZATION EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTIVITY NEGATIVELY 13
2.7 CAUSES OF POOR STRUCTURE IN ORGANIZATION 15
2.8 CLASSIFICATION OF STRUCTURE 17
2.9 DETERMINANT OF STRUCTURE 18
2.10 DIFFERENT TYPES OF STRUCTURES: 21
2.11 LINE AND STAFF STRUCTURE 23
2.12 COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 25
2.13 FUNCTIONAL STRUCTURE: 26
2.14 INFORMAL/FORMAL ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE 28
2.15 THE NEEDS FOR MATRIX ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE: 29
2.16 NEGATIVITY 29
2.17 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE IN ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITIES AS AN OPTION FOR ENHANCES EFFICIENCY AND INCREASING PRODUCTIVITY. 32
REFERENCES 35

CHAPTER THREE 36
3.1 METHODOLOGY 36
3.2 RESEARCH DESIGN 36
3.3 POPULATION 36
3.5 INSTRUMENTATION-PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCE 37
3.6 PRIMARY SOURCE 37
3.7 SECONDARY SOURCE 38
3.8 METHOD OF DATA ANALYSIS 38
3.9 PRESENTATION OF DATA AND DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS 39
3.10 QUESTIONNAIRE ADMINISTRATION AND RESPONSES. 39

CHAPTER FOUR 40
4.0 DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS 40
4.1 INTRODUCTION 40
4.2 ANALYSIS OF DATA 40
4.3 TEST OF HYPOTHESIS 40
4.4 DEGREES OF FREEDOM 42
4.5 TESTS ON HYPOTHESES 42
4.6 DECISION RULE 44
4.7 DECISION RULE 47
4.8 HYPOTHESES THREE 48
4.9 CONCLUSION 48

CHAPTER FIVE 52
5.1 GENERAL DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS 52
5.2 SUMMARY OF FINDING 53

CHAPTER SIX 54
6.1 SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 54
6.2 SUMMARY OF FINDING 55
6.3 CONCLUSION 55

6.4 RECOMMEDATIONS 56
BIBLIOGRAPHY 57
APPENDIX I 58
APPENDIX II 59
QUESTIONNAIRE 60

CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

The quest for effective and efficient means through which an organization can achieve its pre-determine objective of efficient and productivity has led to the propounding of various theory, principle, concept etc. all geared toward accomplishing set objectives set objectives with case. In every productive situation they have to be design for the sole purpose of achieving group goal.
Indeed in recent time some firms fails due to poor designing of their organization structure. Interestingly a well design organization structure is a framework of formal relation that has been establish through the process of organizing.
According to Hart as quoted by Baridam 1995.
A well design organizational structure is a kind of skeletal framework that delineates the level of authority and responsibility; define information channel and establishers primary control point within the organization.
Tamunebi (1996) sees organization structure as a framework of role responsibilities that is created for co-ordination of the activities of people and units that work towards the achievement of responsibility is accomplish. The structure of organizational structure eliminates the chaos. Frustration, function and inability to pull in the same direction that would have arisen due to lack of an organogram.
In focusing and relating on human resources, executive will play a major role in helping their organization achieve high performance as the key component of this effort is to optimized efficiency and productivity in service delivery, when organizational structure help in efficient service delivery it therefore means that organization structure will relieve some administrative burdens.
The organizational structure affects organization efficiency in terms of productivity and efficiency delivery which help to drive performance improvement in workers’ productivity. The organizational structure has proactively designs and develops and develops strategies on different programmes for all levels and each as a monitors compensation benefits, leaning, recruitment or recruiting talent management correspondents with a centre of expertise, several element of this model may be organized as a shared service and self-service component or the entire model may be efficiently working closely with clients to help define the optimal organization strategies and the organizational structure that will lower transactional cost while providing more efficient and effective productivity in terms of increase in skill both in production and services. In the largest renewal of organizational structure contact will provide firm with higher level of work force management and performance services as well as the cost saving.

1.2 STATEMENT OF PROBLEMS

Most organization paid lip production service to personal problem of which is the reason why we optimize organizational structure as a solution to personnel problems and also as a tool for enhancing efficiency and productivity. Structure plays a vital role in directing the activities of and productivity. Structure play a vital role in directing the activities of organizational members toward goals attainment, some organizations especially small ones start off without any formal organization chart but with time the worker and manager find out that they can no longer cope alone and as to employ some people to help out. He went ahead to reexamine his objective, assign tasks and responsibilities, delegate authority define level of authority and finally develops a medium for co-coordinating the activities of his helpers thus a structure in born.
The aim of this research work is to study the organizational structure and its impact on organizational efficiency and productivity activities in Prodeco international. Therefore question that will reflect this purpose are as follow:
1. What are the effective ways of managing organizational structure in Prodeco international?
2. How does organizational structure help to enhance the efficiency and productivity in a firm?
3. Will organization structure enable a firm to respond quickly to rapidly changes in term of targeted objective?
4. Will employee perform better when personnel activities are structure?
Thus this research work will attempt to empirically examine the impact of organizational structure on the efficiency and productivity of a firm to gear toward high performance.

1.3 PURPOSE OF STUDY.

With the dynamic nature of business environment in the country a systematic approach to determine structure as it affect the efficiency and productivity of a firm become very necessary.
Hence this study is aim at providing an insight into the extent to which organizational structure tend to impact on firm efficiency and productivity therefore the study is aim at;
1. Finding out if organization structure will enhance better performance.
2. To determine how structure influence organization efficiency.
3. To examine the determinant of structure in organization.
4. Identifying problems and offering meaning suggestion for effective organization structure in Prodeco international.

1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS

This research work is aim at providing some insight into the follow question.
1) Will a firm perform better when structure.
2) Will organizational structure enhance workers performance?
3) What are the major determinants or organizational structure?
4) Is there any relationship between efficiency of personnel cost reduction when structuring organization?

1.5 STATEMENT OF HYPOTHESES

How: there is no significant relationship between organization structure activities in efficiency and productivity.
How: there is no relationship between organizations and organization.

1.6 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

Considering the function of organization especially that of Prodeco international which are into construction, production and maintenance require the relevance of structure in the provision of conductive environment in which organization cannot be over emphasized.
This research project on completion will highlight the important of structuring as it will help managers to determine the impact of structure on organization this work will also identify the basic concept on which structuring relies, regardless of the type and composition as well as contribute to the body of existing knowledge in management science, especially in the realizing of organizing and how it is influence organization efficiency and productivity.

1.7 SCOPE OR DELIMITATION OF THE STUDY.

The scope of the study is limited to Prodeco international. It will onlycover the area of organization and its impact onefficiency and productivity. A research to determine or asses organization structure should cover a wild population to give an accurate and efficient production. But due to limit on the area of time and funds this research could not cover a wide area.
Furthermore, the near secrecy with the respondent answer to question makes it difficult to determine the impact of organizational structure activities in company.

1.8 DEFINITION OF TERMS

1. Cost Reduction: this is where the actual cost incurred in organization structure is less than the standard of no structure.
2. Efficiency: this is the process of doing something well with no cost.
3. Organization: this can be defined as a social unit that is constructed or reconstructed to seek specific goods through division of labour and specialization (Tamunoebe 1969).
4. Productivity: this refers to the rate at which a worker, material, machine is put into production input and amount of goods or services.
5. Structure: This refer to the state of being well organized or planned with all part linked together.

 

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