PROPOSAL
This research on an appraisal of leadership styles and its
effectiveness in organizational performance with particular reference to
NIGERCEM company Nkalagu, Enugu state is intending to determine and assess the
leadership style operational in NIGERCEM presently and its effectiveness as a
means of achieving organizational and national goals.
In carrying out this research therefore, reference is made to
source including some related literature. In addition, questionnaire method is
intensively employed to gather the necessary data for the study. This supports
with others forms of collecting data such as books and consultation to the
company’s libraries. Although getting information through some of these sources
is not easy, the researcher therefore acknowledge some limitations which may in
one way or the other affect the result of the research. The collection of data
is present, analyze and interpret the data. It is also to find out that most
managers in NIGERCEM use to compensate their subordinates by giving additional
responsibilities but falling to align such action with adequate incentives such
as recommendation for promotion. Pay increases, and there is no proper
provision for training of such workers to enable them carry out effectively the
added responsibilities.
Also to note the involvement of workers in taking certain
decisions establishment of effective communication between managers and their
subordinates to a go a long way in strengthening the cordial relationship in
the organization and thus will enable the company meet most of their objective
set of goals.
TABLE OF CONTENT
Title
page
Abstracts
Proposal
Table of
Contents
CHAPTER ONE
1.1
Introduction
1.2
Statement of the
problems
1.3
Research
questions
1.4
Objectives of the
study
1.5
Significance of the
study
1.6
Scope and
limitations
1.7
Definition of
terms
1.8
Hypothesis
1.9
References
CHAPTER TWO:
Literature
Review
2.1
The concept if
leadership
2.2
Theories of leadership
2.3
The trait approach to
leadership
2.4
The situational approach to
leadership
2.5
Leadership behaviour and
styles
2.6
Leadership
effects
2.7
Determination of leadership
styles
2.8
References
CHAPTER THREE:
Research Design and
Methodology
3.1
Sources of
data
3.2
Interview
method
3.3
Secondary sources
3.4
Population of the
study
3.5
Determination of sample
size
3.6
Procedure for gathering
data
3.7
Validity and Reliability of measuring instrument
3.8
Data treatment
technique
3.9
References
CHAPTER FOUR:
Data Presentation and
Analysis
4.1 Distribution
and collection of
questionnaires
4.2 Analysis and
interpretation of
questionnaires
4.3 Test of
Hypothesis
4.4
References
CHAPTER FIVE:
Findings, Recommendations and
Conclusion
5.1 Summary of the
findings
5.2 Conclusions
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5.3
Recommendations
5.4 Summary and
areas of further study
Bibliography
Questionnaire
ABSTRACT
This research on An appraisal of leadership and its effectiveness
in organizational performance with particular reference to NIGERCEM company
Nkalagu, style operational in NIGERCEM presently and its effectiveness as a
means of achieving organizational and national goals.
In carrying out the research therefore, reference was made to
sources including some related literature.
In addition, questionnaire method was extensively employed to
gather the necessary data for the study. This supported with other forms of
collecting data such as books and consultation to the company’s libraries.
Although getting information through some of these sources was not easy, the
researcher therefore acknowledge some limitations which mighty in one way or
the other affect the result of its research.
After the collection of the data it was used to present, analyze,
and interpret the data. At the end, some findings based on the data were made
which among others is that the most popular style of leadership operational in
NIGERCEM is participatory form of leadership, although it was also found
out that most managers in NIGERCEM use to compensate their subordinates by
giving additional responsibilities but falling to align such as recommendation
for promotion. Pay increases, and there is no proper provision for
training of such workers to enable them carry out effectively the added
responsibility.
Based on the major findings, some recommendations for improvement
was derived which among other is that there is need for adequate provision of
training facilities for both the workers and mangers as this would go a long
way in improving their performance
As also noted, involvement of workers in taking certain decisions
establishment of effective communication between managers and their
subordinates would go a long way in strengthening the cordial relationship the
organization and this would enable the company meet most of their set goals.
CHAPTER
ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Leadership is generally defined as influence, the art or process
of influencing people so that they will strive willingly toward the achievement
of group goals. This concept can be enlarged to imply not only willingness to
work with zeal and confidence zeal reflects order, earnestness, and intensity
in the execution of work, confidence reflects, and experience and technical
ability. To lead is to guide, conduct, direct, and proceed. Leaders act to help
a group achieve objectives with the maximum applications of its capabilities.
They place themselves before to accomplish organizational goals.
The relationship to leadership to the management crisis is
intriguing as a case of the situational approach to leadership. There is much
facts to consider. In times of prosperity well-developed hygiene factors
supervision, interpersonal relations, working conditions, wages, policies and
job security-may, to a variable degree, be used by the leader as reinforcing
agents to provide a “set” that will produce good results. But if adverse
conditions develop, such as a long, drawn –out depression or defect by an enemy
in way be wage cuts and negative changes in working conditions. What, then is
the preferred leadership style.
Another hygiene factor, not include in the usual enumeration is
the relationship potential. It would appear that in our society success is assumed
and therefore is not a positive factor as a leadership role. On the other hand,
can a manager with a succession of failures effectively lead?
The emergence of spontaneous leaders in times of crises used to be
a favourite theme for developing an understanding of leadership itself. They
group at play selects its leaders and follows orders; at all scene of an
accident the doctor emerges as the leader. Are we saying that the best
leadership emerges during crises? Based on these problems, it is the intention
of the researcher to verify the existence of this problem in Nigeria using
Cement Company, Nkalagu as a case study.
1.2
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEMS:
A look at the happening in various government owned institutions
gives a picture of workers attitude that varies between disinterestedness to
deliberate impediment as a result of which the smallest and simple piece of
business takes more time and trouble that should and frequently, requires the
attention of a senior instead of junior employee before it can be done at all.
This adds to the actual cost of operating a business, which involves uneconomic
and senseless of manpower. Through the yeas it has shown that government owned
institutions have almost if not completely failed in they’re performance. This
failure may partly be attributed to ineffective leadership it is based on this
that we set out to investigate and evaluate the effectiveness of leadership
adopted by these institutions.
1.3 RESEARCH QUESTIONS:
This study does not desire to apply casual relationships among the
variable questions were posed.
1.
The leaders in government owned companies adopt what leadership styles.
2.
To what extent does leadership styles and practices affect workers feelings of
contemptment?
3.
Will changing the leadership styles influence effective performance?
4.
What is the correlation between reward and effect in the organization?
Answering these questions is one of the core aims of the research.
1.4
OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
1.
To ascertain the types of leadership style used in managing the company.
2.
To ascertain the effectiveness of the leadership style is the company
3.
To recommend the most effective leadership for managing company.
1.5
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
This research work will be of an immense help to Nkalagu Cement
Company in their process of choosing the best leadership styles to follow.
Furthermore, it will educate the company on the styles of
subordinate and superior relationship to be maintained in the organization for
the achievement of the organization objectives.
It will also help the general public on their decision on
leadership style to be followed by similar organizations.
This study justified in the sense that it is done as a
contribution to the current search for the solution of our managerial problem
especially on the areas of leadership.
Finally if will help other researcher who will research into
leadership styles in the future.
1.6
SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS
The empirical study is limited to Nkalagu Cement Company. It will
exclude those workers that cannot read and write since they may bot be able to
respond to the instruments of data collection. However, the researcher did not
find it very easy in statistical records for most of the work in some division
where the current data are available, they are not released in full for few of
information leakage especially in Nkalagu cement company. This is also some
element of basin the minds of most of the respondent. Hence explanations on some
questions are not explicitly done. Also these factors no doubt directly or
indirectly would affect the result of this study.
However, satisfactory efforts were made to ensure that this
empirical study was conducted under conditions that ensure scientifically valid
conclusions.
1.7
RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS
This study does not desire to apply casual relationships among the
variable questions were posed.
1.
Ho- leadership styles are adopted by the leaders in government owned companies.
2.
Ho – is thee leadership styles chooses effectively used in the management of
the company?
H1- is the leadership style chosen effectively dose not used inn
the management of the company?
3.
H0- How free are you to discuss important things about your job with your
leader?
Hi-How free is you not to discuss important things about your job
with your leader?
4.
H0-Do you share the view that it is essential for the subordinate to trust and
the like the leader?
Hi-do you share the view that it is not essential the subordinate
to trust and like the leader?
5.
Ho- to what extent dose leadership styles and practice affect workers feeling
of comtemptment?
Hi-leadership styles and practices do not affect workers feeling
of contemptment.
Department | Business Administration and Management |
Project ID Code | BAM0394 |
Chapters | 5 Chapters |
No of Pages | 88 pages |
Methodology | Null |
Reference | YES |
Format | Microsoft Word |
Price | ₦4000, $15 |
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