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1.0 Introduction
This chapter constitutes the research proposal of the research entitled: ‘The Effect
Of Job Design On Organizational Performance: A Case Study Of Selected
Business Enterprise’. It is made up of study background, problem statement,
purpose, significance, questions/hypotheses, scope and limitation and definition of
terms. Therefore, this chapter forms the foundation and justification of the study.
exert all cognitive, emotional and physical energies to achieve goals ( Boadu, 2014).
In an era of technological economy like ours now, successful workplaces are likely
to be those which use and develop the skills of their employees technically through
good job design mechanisms that effect employee performance and organizational
productivity. There exist various works on job design in general, a few on
manufacturing companies, especially those outside Nigeria and seeming nothing
significant on both manufacturing companies and others in general in Nigeria,
especially in supposed industrialized and commercial areas like Calabar, Uyo,
Makurdi, Benin, Kano, Onitsha, Aba, Ibadan, Port-Harcourt, Warri, Asaba, etc.
Therefore, the dire need for this study to clarify the myths, tales, perceptions and
realities of job design on performance of an enterprise have gave thus gave rise to
this study. Concerned organizations/institutions stand to benefit immensely from
this study, if the findings are adopted, taken seriously, implemented and sustained
therein.
The scourging problems that bedevil many organizations in Nigeria, including poor
job design and organizational performance cum productivity, inefficiency,
poor/lack of technical-know-how, negative workplace politics, etc. are traceable to
lack of/low staff training as well as poor job design. This is very worrisome. Job
design influences organizational performance in several ways, positively or
negatively, depending on how the job is designed. The job design of both private
and public organizations influences also have impact on their employees’
performance and organizational productivity likewise. Job design can ensure that
skills are effectively used as well developed in the workplace.
In spite of the immense benefits, potentials and prospects of jobs design, only a
very few organizations/institutions in Nigeria practice or give attention to it, thus
making it a wasted resource in the struggle to improve competitiveness and
employee well-being. Job design should be considered a high priority issue for
managers and policy-makers alike. This study rises to this challenge; with a view to
proffering scholarly solutions to these rising inherent problems associated with job
design which adversely on organizational performance.
The main objectives of this research are to examine the causes and effects of rape
in primary school. The specific objectives of this study are:-
i. To ascertain how job design enhances performance of organization.
ii. To determine the effectiveness of job design in achieving profitability and
productivity in organization.
iii. To examine the challenges inherent in the Job design on organizational
performance.
iv. To find out the measures to the challenges of job design organizational
performance.
The following research questions have been designed to guide this study:
1. H1: Job design and staff training have significant effects on employee
performance in organizations/institutions.
2. H1: Job design does not have significant impact on the profitability and
productivity in organization.
i. it will bridge the underlying knowledge on these duo work and management
phenomena, and thus expose many to the intrinsic of job design and
organization performance as well as becoming conversant with how best to
address workplace problems like low/poor employee performance, job
dissatisfaction and others.
ii. Also, this study shall be of immense benefits to those directly concerned,
such as law- makers/policy- makers, managers, job experts, entrepreneurs,
administrators, business planners, professionals, researchers, educators and
students. As such, it shall serve as a blueprint to the management of both
private and public organizations/firms in better decision-making regarding
job design and staff training and employee performance.
iii. The study gap shall be filled by other interested researchers, who would
undertake further studies on this subject matter and related ones.
iv. It shall thus serve as a research material to such researchers and students.
And, through its findings, it shall address unemployment, job issues and
staff inefficiency to some extent and as well equip many with the due
positive techniques of job design and staff/manpower that adversely affect
organizational performance.
This research would have been broadened more than this in scope but for several
challenges that confront a project of this kind. The factors include:
i. Time constraint: Since it is time-framed, rash and rush set in so as to beat the
time.
ii. Logistic problems: Poor or insufficient information materials and centers,
transportation challenges, and lack of basic amenities like electricity, among
others, constrained this study to its structured scope.
iii. Lack of finance: Since the researcher has no source (s) of earning yet, going
beyond this scope is more cost-demanding, which could hamper its
completion.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.0 Introduction
This chapter contains and describes the suitable plausible research methods
adopted and employed in the course of the study to duly source both primary and
secondary data that are reliable and valid. It comprises the research design, area,
population, sample size and sampling techniques, instrument of data collection as
well as method of data analysis.
3.1 Research Design
Population of a study refers to the total items which the researcher intends to use for the study. It
is the sum of all the elements that the researchers intend to investigate use for the study. A
population of One Hundred and Eighty (180) will be drawn from the three selected
business organizations namely; DUBLOS Shoprite & Supermarket, Joefel
Supermarket and Austrock Supermarket all in Esan West Local Government Area,
Ekpoma. This means that sixty (60) each constituted the population drawn at
random from each of the organization under study.
3.3 Sampling Size/Technique
The convenient sampling adopted for this study is the non-probability sampling
method. The method involves a collection of persons who are readily available and
accessible for the study, as described by (Owuamalam, 2012). Therefore, following
the adopted plausible techniques, one hundred and eighty (180) staff from across
the organizations under study was selected to form the sample size.
3.4 Method of Data Collection
Both primary and secondary sources of data collection were employed. The
primary instrument was measured by questionnaire. The primary sources of data
collection employed were questionnaire, interview, intuition and the participant as
well as non-participant observation techniques.
The secondary sources included library print materials like textbooks, journals,
monographs, theses, periodicals, reports, papers and the internet, among several
others. The questions are mostly structured, with a few unstructured ones to allow
for respondents’ initiatives or personal opinions. This also allowed easy
codification, tabulation and analysis.
3.5 Data Analysis Method
The method used in this data analysis is the tabulation, simple percentages. It is a
simple form of organizing data, and it aid understanding. Equally, converting data
to percentage responses enables the researcher to compare sub group of unequal
size meaningfully. Hence, the responses were analyzed using table and simple
percentages.