AN APPRAISAL OF LEADERSHIP STYLE AND ITS EFFECTIVENESS IN ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE A CASE STUDY OF NKALAGU CEMENT COMPANY (NIGERCEM) PLC
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AN APPRAISAL OF
LEADERSHIP STYLE AND ITS EFFECTIVENESS IN ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE
A CASE STUDY OF
NKALAGU CEMENT COMPANY (NIGERCEM) PLC
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
``
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.
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