Environmental Constraints On The Job Performance Of Office Technology And Management Graduates

Introduction

Background of the study

Organization is a special activity that must take place within the frame work that society has established. The development and operation of any organization are determine to a large extent measured by the environment in which the organization is, simply the surrounding circumstance and influence within a particular place or working environment.

Consequently Knoots et al (2006 – 21008) defined environment as relating only to business whose socially approved mission is the production and distribution of goods and service that people want and can pay for. But, it is also of great importance to other type of organized enterprises, that is those that take resources, usually from tax payers and provide services desired by the public e.g. government agencies, schools etc. there are two types of environment internal and external environment. But the main focus would be on working environment (internal environment).

The word productivity is simply defined as being productive; the power of being productive increased efficiency and the rate at which goods are produced. According to Taylors principle of scientific management, Taylor saw productivity as the as answer to both higher wages and higher profit.

He believed that the application of its method, instead of customs and rule of thumb could yield their productivity, without the expenditure of more human energy or efforts. In regard to these productivity is universal, countries towns, organization individuals etc, in the world desire to know at one time or the other their levels of productivity, federal Polytechnic Nekede showing concern about it level of productivity.

As a result of these workers should be motivated by receiving productivity bonus. Productivity, is thus central to the social economic life of every organization growth in productivity provides a significant basis for evaluating the potentials of an organization to expand output and improve the standard of living. The working environment must be conducive for effective performance, not only that, reward for hard work must be geared for greater productivity.

It has being notice that non-provision of good working environment has lead to poor productivity in many organizations. Their productivity level is very low because they are faced with poor working environment. This is because all the necessary logistics and material is to work with are not provide the interest on the job will be there.

So, the research work is based on educating our present day employers or managers on how to provide a good working environment to the staff in order to reach or get their objective which is greater productivity in product output and service to the public.

Statement Of Problem

The down turn of the national economy, has affected all areas of public and private establishments both in service they rendered to humanity and profit made the organization. Employers demand productivity from workers but the necessary materials needed for effective performance is lacking. That is why the out put level expected from workers drop day in day out.

The question here is, are employers not aware that environment and circumstance, influences a particular placed? Do they not know that environment plays a role in the production of worker’s and services? That material needed for effective performance show equally be handily always?

Furthermore, employers should also work into the logistics and welfare of workers if actually the need for greater productivity should be attained.

Therefore the research will seek answer to the question raised above through interaction with the staff of two selected firms under study.

The purpose of this study is to identity the environmental constraints on the job performance of office technology and management graduate specifically the study will attempt:

To examine the impact of work environment on productivity.

To evaluate the extent to which the average worker responds to good working environment.

To measure or determine what constitutes good work environment

To analyze true dangers imposed by poor work environment.

Research Question

What is the impact of work environment on productivity?

To what extent does the average worker respond to good working environment

What in your opinion constitutes good work environment?

What are the dangers imposed by poor work environment?

Significance Of Study

This research work intends to help organizations know how to make secretaries easy to handle by providing them with all the necessary materials and good work environment to be able to be commutated to its organization and all same time satisfy their individual needs.

These research will also be of immense value to future researchers conducting similar studies on work environment effects on secretary productivity on other closely related subjects.

Delimitation Of The Study

Good work environment effects on secretary’s performances is an intensive topic which will require a comprehensive research to enable an individual unearth all details and complexities involved in to for the reason, the scope of these work is limited to federal polytechnic Nekede Owerri. Apart from review of related literature where general considerations is give to the topic the actually field of study was based purely on the work environment effect on office technology and management on the productivity in the institution.

Limitation Of Study

In the course of carrying out this research certain constraints were encountered colony the line which are:

Finance:

Owing to the financial difficultly prevalent in the country and it resulted increase in the process of commodity transportation fares etc. as a study I don’t have much money all the time to keep repeating for the information.

Time:

I have a very short time limit for the completion of the project due to personal problem that took all my time.