ABSTRACT
The topic of this study is impact of environmental factors on workers performance in public Organization in Nigeria, (A case study of project Development Agency (PRODA), Enugu. Environmental Factors are of two kinds: internal and external. They both influence the worker’s performance; therefore there is the need to find out how PRODA management are able to cope with the problems caused by the environmental factors. To carry out the study the researcher used both primary and secondary sources of data. The main instrument used to gather relevant data was the questionnaire. Harvard style of reference was used. Five research questions were drawn for the analysis. The simple statistical method of frequency and percentages were used the population size was 155 while the sample size was 113 the figure used for the analysis was 90 respondents. The validity and reliability of the instrument were tested. The researchers made some findings they include: To a very large extent Government fiscal and tax policies affect the performance of workers in the organization. Political and legal activities of government play significant roles in the administration of the organization. Technology as a factor affect workers performance. The researcher recommended that the management of the organization should study Government Fiscal and tax policies so that it can be properly guided. The management should study government activities and take advantage of it and that it has to endeavour to abide by the laws guiding public service. The values of technology must be embraced by the management. In other words it must provide funds to buy necessary tools, equipment, etc.
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
An organization is a combination of people or individuals efforts working together on pursuit of certain purpose called organizational goals. It is any group of two or more people working to achieve goal or goals. The goals may be such a thing as profit, spreading of knowledge, national defence, social satisfaction e.tc when people thus combine, certain characters emerge which make the combination organization (Griffin 1984:
All administrators, whether they operates in private business, a government agency, a church, a charitable organization or a university, must in varying degrees take into accounts the elements and forces of their environment. While they may be able to do little or nothing to change these forces, they have no alternative but to respond to them. They must
identify, evaluate and react to the forces that may affect its operations. (weihrich and koonts 2003:58).
Organization are made up of people and others primarily, the administrator is there to combine other resources. These resources are combine with a view to attaining organizational goals. If the administrator fails to abide by the forces of the environment, he cannot achieve the goal for which the organization was set. Environment include internal and external environments (Akpala 1998: 2).
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
Project development Agency (PRODA) Enugu faces a lot of challenges in
its attempts to achieve it organization goals of research. Due to the objectives of this study the researcher is focusing his attention on one major problem affecting the organization (PRODA) Enugu. In view of the study embarked upon i.e “ Environment and workers performance in public organization in Nigeria.” The researcher then found out that the major problem of
project development agency Enugu is inadequate worker welfare and incentives system which is seriously working against the progress of the organization.
Organizational problem contain hard and soft issues to varying degrees and the importance of the soft system’s view component. The structure of the system is well known and relatively standardized. Quantitative decision methods are suitable for setting re-order levels, ordering quantities and other key elements. The system can be judged by readily acceptable quantitative measures, for example, the rate of stocks held in relation to sales, number of others placed and so on.
On the other hand ‘soft’ system are characterized by more vagueness and irrationality. Objectives are hard to define and are subject to change and arguments, decision making is more uncertain. Measures of performance must often be formed in qualitative terms and above all, the system must include recognition of human behaviour with all its attendant conflicts, aspirations and irrationalities. To a greater or lesser degree it will be apparent that any system in an organization contains soft system elements because of the presence of people. Because
individuals pursue personal goals as well as those of the organization some sub – optimality is present in all organizations.
For example, the 1994 signalmen’s strike which caused major disruption to virtually the entire railway network had its roots disruption to introduction of new computer assisted signaling technology. The management wished to view this introduction as a ‘hard’ problem concerning the new requirement and economic whereas the staff and the RMT union saw it quite differently as being concerning with the people affected that is very much a ‘soft’ system problem.
It is based on the above problem that the researcher embarked on the study.
1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The main objective of the study is to investigate into what impact environment has on workers performance in public organization in Nigeria. Other objectives include:
(i) To find out the impact human resources have on workers performance in project development agency (PRODA), Enugu.
(ii) To determine the impact the economy has on workers performance in project development agency (PRODA), Enugu.
(iii) To find out the impact technology has on workers
Performance in the organization.
(iv) To determine the impact social values have on workers performance in PRODA and
(v) To find out the impact cultural values have on workers performance in PORDA.
1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
The following research questions have been drawn by the researcher as guide in the course of the study.
(i) To what extent do human resources affect the performance of workers of the organization?
(ii) To what extent does the economy affect the performance of worker of the organization.
(iii) How does technology affect the performance of the workers of the organization?
(iv) To what extent do cultural values affect the performance of workers of the organization?
1.5 SCOPER OF THE STUDY
The study will cover project Development Agency,
PRODA, Enugu. The Agency has its headquarters located at
Emene and branch offices at PRESIDENTIAL Road, and Iva- Valley Enugu. The study is to be cross-pollination study because all the sections of the organization will be involved in the
study, as they will constitute the population.
1.6 LIMITATION OF THE STUDY
A study of this nature cannot be completed successfully without the researchers encountering some major constraints or limitations. Against the backdrop, one of the major limitations of this study was inadequate time. The time stipulated for the study was not enough for the researchers to carryout an extensive study on the subject matter and also cover other academic engagement.
Another limitation to this study was the uncooperative attitude of the workers of the organization (PRODA) especially as it concerns the completion of the copies of questionnaire given to them. Some of the respondents were hesitant in supplying the
needed information and made it clear to the researcher that supplying an information to an outsider could risk their position in the organization even with the researchers explanation that the study was just an academic exercise.
The major limitation of this study was inadequate fund. A study of this nature requires enough funds to enable the researcher to visit the organization’s various officers from time to time to collect information on the research topic under study.
1.7 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The study will be a great significance to the administrators as it will add to their knowledge of the field of study. It will be significant to project development agency, PRODA, Enugu as it will use the findings to adjust positively due to the environmental factors that envelope the organization.
Government will benefit extensively from the study as it enable them realize more on how the environment affects workers in public organizations. Thus, the laws which are formed by government to regulate public organization will be formed with such organization in mind. Co-ordinating, reporting and
budgeting for work to go on well in any organization, on the other hand, any administrative functions.
As project Development Agency (PRODA) Enugu carries out its programmes it must take into considerations its environment. Thus, when it plans, organizes, recruits, coordinates reports.
This material content is developed to serve as a GUIDE for students to conduct academic research
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