CHAPTER ONE
1.1 INTRODUCTION
The impact of labour relation in the productivity of an
organization. The concept evolves from historical circumstances that
accomplished the management revolution in Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries.
The management revolution was accompanied by formalization
of work relationship in form of the employment contract that is supposedly
entered into the equal of free individuals and those individuals are the
workers and the employers.
It is important to note that the two partners involves in
this contract are anything unequal. In this circumstances of equality workers
is confronted with the fear of unemployment while the employer is interested in
profit maximization and because of the possibilities of the life chance of the
workers at least in relation to mean of production i.e. their position in the
work place, workers find it necessary to organization into trade union to
extract and demand their term and condition of work from the employer.
The relationship become formalized with the evolution of
trade union which signifies employees concerns as a group about those aspects
of work that directly affect them. Recognition of this interest on the part of
employer not only ensures relative management peace but also shows that both
labour and management are committed to the survival of the enterprise.
This despite the generally adversely characteristic of
labour management relationship, the two sides are of necessity expected to
co-operate with each other, if for no other reason then the achievement of
individual goal, the workers needs the job from which he earns his living and
support his family, while management official must ensure a reasonable return
or investment to the owner.
The desire to achieve these private goals inevitably
induces the two sides to seek the survival of the enterprise.
Quite apart from the participative argument for industrial
decision making the worker spends a considerable proportion of his or her day
in the work place. In Nigeria, a worker is required to put in a minimum of
8hours a day at work. By this single evidence his interaction at work with
co-workers, supervisors and managers is .a crucial importance. This is all the
more so since the effects of these interactions go far beyond what happens at
the work place. The modern industrial sector worker has therefore come to see
the impact of labour relation as the instrument of effective means of achieving
improvement in his or her condition of work. The process through which this is
achieved is the collective bargaining machinery which gives the workers a right
to be heard in industry.
1.2 STATEMENT OF PROBLEMS
In every organization setup, whether charitable,
economics, social or otherwise two indispensable groups are easily discernable.
These groups labour and management constitute the pivot or
which the activities of the organization revolved. This project will study the
impact of labour relation and productivity in Kwara State Polytechnic Ilorin.
It is well known fact that the more related management and labour is the more
the level of production.
The peculiar problems may be asked:
a. Does the type of leadership practice by
management alsoaffect productivity?
b. Does the extent of employee relationship
with top management in Kwara State
Polytechnic Ilorin affect are productivity?
c. To what extent can various types of
motivation required by labour in Kwara
State Polytechnic Ilorin be provided?
1.3 PURPOSE OF STUDY
The study aims at conducting a research to find out how the
impact of the labour relation and productivity in Kwara State Polytechnic
Ilorin could be improved. So as to ensure the attainment of a high level of
productivity. It is also concern with findings how management style affect the
behaviour and output of employee at work. Finally to know the historical
background of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin.
1.4 SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDY
The significant of the study of impact of labour relation
and productivity is for the management to know how to promote understanding and
peaceful relation at work even though peaceful relation ensure the widest
co-operation and mutual trust among all those who are involved in the
production. It will find solution to problem affecting the employment condition
or workers as well as industrial efficiency.
1.5 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
Like every other human endeavours this has up and down.
The limitation we faced is this constraint in carryout the project.
The other one’s the level of bureaucracy that exists in
the institutions. Also our limited exposure to project research process affects
us, despite all these limitations we hope to conduct and present a reliable
project.
1.6 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
In this write up the area that is being focused is the impact
of labour relationship that exists between labour and management which affects
productivity in Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin. This study is critically with
the aim to find out its level at present and the impact it has on output; including
way of improving on it’s, for a better output in the future. We are just
limiting ourselves to organization and hope to make the findings general for
all business organization. Both the junior and senior will be involved in the
project.
1.7 DEFINITION OF TERMS
Labour:
It can be defined as any human efforts of body and mind which are directed
towards achieving goals. It could be skilled and unskilled and scientific
artistic
Productivity:
A means of overall production efficiency, effectiveness and performances of the
individual organization.
Organization:
Is the process where by people come together to achieve goal or specific idea.