THE IMPACTS OF MANAGEMENT STRATEGY ON ORGANIZATIONAL ATMOSPHERE IN FIRST INSURANCE OF NIGERIA
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents pages
Cover page – – – – – – – – – i
Title page – – – – – – – – – – ii
Certificate – – – – – – – – – – iii
Declaration – – – – – – – – – iv
Dedication – – – – – – – – – iv
Acknowledgement – – – – – – – – v
Abstract – – – – – – – – – – vii
Table of Content – – – – – – – – viii
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background to the study – – – – – – 1
1.2 Statement of the Problem – – – – – – 4
1.3 Objectives of the Study – – – – – – 5
1.4 Research Question – – – – – – – 6
1.5 Significance of the study- – – – — – – 7
1.6 Delimitation of the Study – – – – – – 7
1.7 Limitation of the Study – – – – – 7
1.8 The Definition of Terms – – – – – – 8
CHAPTER TWO – REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
2.1 Introduction – – – – – – – – 8
2.2 Theoretical and Conceptual Framework – – – 9
2.3 The Impact of Management Strategy on organization
Atmosphere – – – – – – – – – 12
Employee commitment and workers performance – – 13
2.4 Trends from the research literature – – – – 17
2.5 Organizational Atmosphere – – – – – – 23
2.6 Atmosphere and Performance – – – – – – 29
2.7 Types of management – – – – – – 32
2.8 The impact of various types of management strategy on
organizational atmosphere – – – – – – 35
Chapter Three – Research Methodology
3.1 Introduction – – – – – – – – 38
3.2 Research Design – – – – – – – 38
3.3 Area of the study – – – – – – – 39
3.4 Population of the Study – – – – – – 39
3.5 Sample and Sampling Technique – – – – 39
3.6 Validity and Reliability of Instrument – – – 40
3.7 Method of Data Collection – – – – – – 40
3.8 Method of Data Analysis – – – – – – 41
Chapter Four – Data Presentation, Analysis and Interpretation
4.1 Introduction – – – – – – – 42
4.2 Presentation of Data – – – – – – – 42
43 Discussion of Findings – – – – – – – 50
Chapter Five – Summary, Conclusion and Recommendation
5.1 Summary – – – – – – – – – 54
5.2 Conclusion – – – – – – – – 56
5.3 Recommendation – – – – – – – 57
REFERENCES
APPENDIX
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background to the Study
The role of leaders in ensuring excellent organizational performance can not be over emphasized. Adequate motivation, suitable work environment, compensation, efficient communication between managers and subordinates play an important role in promoting this goal. Planning and organization of work is also very crucial in organizational attainment. Some researchers have argued that the most common problems affecting organizational performance in Nigeria business and other institutions are poor attitude to work among workforce, inefficiency as well as inimpactiveness of leaders in most places, though others share a contrary view. This second school of thought believes that organizations in Nigeria are manged through management styles that are strange to typical Nigerian are managed through management styles that are strange to typical Nigerian culture. In the wake-up call to address this issue, management practitioners in Nigeria have embarked on series of studies in an attempt to establish the relationship between impactive management and organizational performance. Some found out that impactive management styles are positively related to organizational performance while others have a different view. Still there is no empirical evidence to show how impactive management styles impacts on organizational performance. Again given our cultural background, educational qualifications, environmental factors it is still not too clear how impactive a leader can be if he must combine the three types of management styles to achieve high performance in Organizations Usoro 2000. Given this scenario, this study will be important in that it tries to fill this gap. The extent (degree) to which all members of an organization use their abilities and influences in the impactive utilization of resources depends upon how well the leaders of the organization understand and perform their jobs. Maddock and fullton 1998 in Iyang (2006) explain that management styles and other processes of the organization must be such that can ensure maximum probability within all interactions and relationships with the Organizations, each member will in the light of his background, values and expectation view the expenses as supportive and one which can build and maintains his sense of personal worth and importance. Despite the above, we should note that individuals have their needs to satisfy and that is why they offered their labours to become organizational members and the extent to which they are committed to the organization depends on the degree of their conviction that their membership of the organization will enable them realize their predetermined objectives. In this case, the support an organization gets from the individuals will be based on the realization that by doing that, his personal objectives and goals will be met, otherwise his interest in the organization will wane. Based on that, management impactiveness should be given adequate attention it the organization intends to achieve it objectives. That is why it is a common agreement among management scholars that the success or failure of an organization is largely a function of management and its styles. Iyang on his part sees impactive management as a unique ways and integrating employees with the organization to achieve its vision or objectives and that to a large extent the impactiveness of a leader is largely dependent to the styles adopted by mangers which he says is central in the management of Organizations. Speaking in the same vein Edem, observes that failure or success of an organization, which affect the subordinates, the customers and agencies within and outside the organization. Although there is no standard method through which a leader can be impactive in achieving high performance in an organization but that what is required is the modification and the combination of the variables that make a leader impactive if the goals and objectives of the organization have to be realized (Edem 2002).
1.2 Statement of the Problem
The insuranceing sector reform coupled with the global trend in Merger Acquisitions provided a compelling reason for major structural changes in the financial system that resulted in the emergence of 20 stronger and more focused insurances from the previous 89. The reform included right sizing and realignment of staff which entailed retrenchment, demotion, salary reduction, redeployments, and culture conflict among others. These factors bear directly on employee welfare (ILO, 2001; Alaranta and Maarit, 2004; Barnett, Rachel, Pearson and Ramos, 2005). Hence, despite the benefits of the reform in energizing the insurances, it has heightened insurance employee fear job security, demand for greater efficiency and necessitating an examination on their quality of work life.
This research work seeks to evaluate the impacts of management strategy on organizational atmosphere in First Insurance, Uyo.
1.3 Objectives of the Study
The following objectives were set for this study, to;
- find out the impacts of management strategy on organizational atmosphere in First Insurance, Uyo;
- find out the role of management strategy and organizational atmosphere as a predictor to quality work life among employees of First Insurance, Uyo;
- ascertain First Insurance, Uyo employees perception of management strategy adopted in the institution and how its influence organizational atmosphere in the Insurance;
- assess the role of organizational atmosphere and management strategy as a determinant for Job involvement and satisfaction in First Insurance, Uyo;
1.4 Research Questions
- What are the impacts management strategyes on organizational atmosphere in First Insurance, Uyo?
- What role does organizational atmosphere and management strategy play as a predictor to quality work life among employees of First Insurance, Uyo?
- What are First Insurance, Uyo employees perception of management strategy adopted in the institution and how its influence organizational atmosphere in the insurance?
- What role does organizational atmosphere and management play as a determinant for job involvement and satisfaction in First insurance, Uyo?
1.5 Significance of the Study
The aim of this study is to explore the relationship between management and organizational atmosphere in First Insurance, Uyo.
Few studies focus on management and organizational atmosphere in Insuranceing Institutions. This study builds on the knowledge that exists. An understanding of the impact of management on organizational atmosphere in First Insurance allows for customized solutions to the problems of management, organizational atmosphere and business performance.
1.6 Delimitation of the Study
This Research Work primarily focuses on the impacts of management strategy on organizational atmosphere in First Insurance, Uyo.
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