Effect of Teamwork on Organizational Performance in Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) Abuja (Published)
This study is to investigate the effect of teamwork on organizational performance in FERMA. The specific objectives of this study are to examine the impact of team spirit, employee commitment, employee’s trust and collaboration on organizational performance in FERMA, Abuja. The research was carried out by survey design as a pattern for study survey. The population for this study was comprised of upper, middle and lower staff members of Federal Road Maintenance Agency, Abuja, Nigeria. The total population for the study is 341. The study adopt census approach as the entire head office is relative smaller. In this research, chi square method of data analysis was used to analyze the data collected for this study. The study established a positive significant effect of team work on organizational performance of the FERMA in Nigeria. Based on the findings, the study recommends that organization that wish to experience increase in productivity should embrace team development by applying practical skill/ strategies to maximize team performance and Team work approach should be adopted by other public agencies and other private organizations as an integral concept within their organizations, particularly as interventionist strategy to management of situations.
Keywords: Collaboration, Employee Commitment, Organizational, employee’s trust, team spirit
Organisational Values and Firm Effectiveness: Intervening Role of Strategic Human Resource Management (Published)
The study aimed to investigate the effect of organisational values on firms’ effectiveness using strategic human resource management (SHRM) as a mediating variable. The design for the study was descriptive, and the approach was quantitative. A questionnaire was administered to solicit data from 344 participants. Descriptive statistics, correlation and multiple regression analysis, were done to ascertain the averages, relationships and effects of the independent variable (organisational values) on the dependent variable (firm effectiveness). The study revealed corporate values’ positive and significant effect on firm effectiveness. Besides, strategic human resource management practices mediate the relationship between organisational values and a firm’s effectiveness. The implication is that firm leaders who prioritise corporate values win employees’ trust, enthusiasm and commitment and can manage them strategically to achieve firm effectiveness. The interplay of organisational values, strategic human resource management, and firm effectiveness in a single study, especially in Ghana and in the institutions of higher learning context, makes this study unique. Besides, most studies on values and a firm’s effectiveness have been explorative and carried out primarily in developed economies.
Keywords: Effectiveness, Human resource, Management, Organizational, strategic, values