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Employee Productivity And The Effect Of Motivation
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1.5 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
The researcher shall restrict
the scope of analysis to some organizations in Nigeria. The study shall
focus more on the types of motivation. Also, to determine if motivation
can actually improve productivity of an organization. Four
organizations in Ado-Odo LGA, Ogun state will be sampled for these
research
1.6 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The
expected benefits of this research study to all stake holders and
partners in national transformation and development are so enormous.
First and foremost, the purpose of every scientific research is to
discover answers to questions through the application of scientific
procedures. These procedures have been developed and adopted in order to
increase the likelihood that information gathered are relevant to the
questions asked and are reliable and unbiased. Secondly, the Federal and
indeed the States and Local Governments will through the findings of
this study discover the immense importance of motivation if we are to
achieve service oriented public service in Nigeria. Thirdly, this study
will also present to the government and management of different
organizations, the true picture of what their concern about workers
motivation should be. Hence this study is intended to give an insight
into the best ways of integrating the organizational objectives with
that of the workers. This will make management to develop and adopt
motivational techniques that would improve employee performance and
productivity. Yet, organizations, managers, directors and policy
formulators will benefit a lot if they are aware of those factors
inhabiting their employees from greater performance and productivity.
This study is also of both practical and theoretical significance.
Theoretically, it is significant in the sense that it will add to a body
of knowledge in this area both in Nigeria and other countries of the
world. Practically, this study is significant in the sense that it will
serve as an appraisal of the value of performance management and
appraisal in a work place. Scholars, upcoming researchers and students
in general stands to benefit from this study as it serves as
intellectual information depository for research development on topical
issues. Through this study, they will know what have already been said
concerning the study area and the areas that call for further study.
Above all, it will serve a guide and reference materials for scholars,
researchers as well as undergraduate and postgraduate students
conducting research in partial fulfillment for the award of degrees. The
society at large and indeed the ordinary citizen or reader of this work
will know that his or her individual input to the growth or national
development process and the entire body of knowledge is indispensable if
genuine transformation that can accelerate National development is to
take place in Nigerian and elsewhere. The Non-governmental Organizations
(NGOs) i.e. voluntary agencies, religious bodies, philanthropic
organizations and public spirited individuals will find this study of
immense importance and value as it will serve as a guide for performance
appraisal and productivity enhancement. In conclusion, this study will
however recommend appropriate measures to be adopted so as to safe guide
against the anti-performance appraisal circumstances. It is the purpose
of this study to show that if workers are properly managed, motivated
and their conditions of service made conducive; the public sector can
improve their level of performance and productivity.
1.7 LIMITATION OF THE STUDY
Financial
incapacitation might reduce access to suitable materials and
information. Also, correspondents might give incomplete information or
not even respond at all to the questionnaires given out.
However, these constraints can be managed and worked upon to produce a good research result.
1.8 CLARIFICATION OF KEY CONCEPTS
Employee: a person employed for wages or salary, especially at non-executive level.
Motivation: a reason or reasons for acting or behaving in a particular way.
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