CHAPTER ONE
1.1 INTRODUCTION
An organization to achieve its goal
and objective it has put together both human and material resource to achieve
efficiency.
Hence motivation at times is only restricted
monetary incentive being given to workers. However, workers are to be motivated
not only by monetary incentives but also a conducive working environment. Most
after working environment when conducive the workers will like to start in the
office to enjoy the facilities and equipment provided by the employer.
A well designed working place is a
booste of moral to the employer who will be selling to invite outside to come
and transact business with the organization.
Then organization must take the cognizance of these
factors and improve on the design layout and facilities provided in office for
the employee. It is worth nothing that performance could be linked to conducive
or conducive working environment.
So big men’s business organization move
after then not move with the pace of technology in the office automation and ergonomics, thereby, making network place
attractive and conducive to the workers and clients at alike.
Human behaviour is dynamic and easily adopt
and change to what he see around him workers often complain about the type of
office environment in which they work. This makes them to spend little time tin
the office. Jumping from pillar to past, late coming, long conservation on the
wretch office and enjoy a good atmosphere outside the work place, Though,
organization are no beginning to understand the fact that workers must be
comfortable in the office and even within the work environment and thus ergonomics
is being given prominence today due to
certain laws that establish standards for organization to follow in designing conducive work place.
1.2
STATEMENT
OF THE PROBLEM
Visits to certain organization have revealed that
workers are made to work under certain unfavourable and un-conducive environment
while high performances are expected from them.
This project is therefore to sensitize the important
of having to organize a conducive environment for the workers to enhance
productivity of workers and the image of the organization to the outside
worlds.
1.3
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE OF HE STUDY
1.
To establish the fact
that a conducive office environment boost moral of workers and enhance
performance.
2.
Pin point those element
which can bring this to the fare.
3.
It make researcher to
know about the feature and future also structure of an organization
4.
It increase personal
interest, economy consideration
5.
It contributes to the
knowledge of the researcher.
1.4
SIGNIFICANCE
OF THE STUDY
The study is designed to highlight the importance of
making an office conducive for the employee or workers in order to enhance
their performance, the general view by most employers is that employee should
be able to work under any given environment provided he or she is paid
regularly and given other from of incentives.
1.5
SCOPE
AND LIMITATION OF THE STUDY
This study will be born together to the office
environment that contributed to effective and efficient performance by the
workers. It allow the worker to know the future vises of the organization structure
and generalization which are the
ninth chairman was Mallam Suleiman Alfa ECKO 7th may, to may 2007. The
tenth chairman of Barutten local government was Alhaji Mohammed Salihu 27th
November, 2007 to November 2010. The current chairman of Baruten local
government is Alhaji Lafia Aliyu Koral Sabi (Dudu) November 2010 to date.
Legislature arm of local government which is the
handled by speaker. He is third person in the local government organ gram.
Next, in the high ranking order is the director of
personnel management (DPM) deforesters discipline control transfer of the staff
were necessary. The director of personnel management is the link between the
chairman and the staff of the local government.
Apart from the Director of personnel management
(DPM) the local government treasurer is the send signatory to the local
government cheques and accounts.
Under the local government treasurer, there are
checking officers, planning officers, accounts internal auditor and the local
government cashier. Each department is head by political officer called
supervisory councilor under them there are head of department (HOD) in the
political arena too, there is the political secretary of the local government
as well as four supervisory for the smooth running of the local government.
There are area
officers. They include;
1. Hesha
Baruba development area office.
2. Gwanara
development area office.
3. Okuta
development area office.
4. Yashikira
development area office.
There are four districts in the local government.
These are where are development area officers is to ensure administrative
offictary and convenience in the area development office each universally held governing
to a given phenomenal.
The research was faced by a list of problem during
the course of the study which posed serious hindrance by the effort of carrying
out a through job on the study. Insufficient time was a major problem which was
encountered by the researcher in the course of writing the project. The death
of some essential text book for reference purpose and lack of sufficient money
to conduct a thorough research are bottle necks.
However, this does not affect the credibility of the
research in any way.
1.6 ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY
This research work is divided into five
main chapters and each chapter deals with vital points.
Chapter one, of this project deals with
the introduction statement of the study, purpose or objective of the study,
scope and limitation of the study, significance of the study and definition of
the terms which both personal interview and questionnaire are used as well as
the organization of the study.
Chapter two of this project research
work deals with the full definition of an office, it explains the function to
an office, it also explain the future of an office, the environment relation,
it emphasize the factor contributing to conducive work environment.
Chapter three deals with research
methodology, this consists of source of data, method of data analysis and
research problem.
Chapter four deals with data
presentation and analysis the last chapter being chapter five deals with
summary of findings, conclusion and recommendation.
1.6 DEFINITION OF TERMS
1. Environment: This is a place where living
and non-living live for their survival.
It could be place where employers and employee meet
for office interactions.
2. Employee: In an organization, a person
that is paid for his or her work done. Other hand employee is a person who paid
to work for.
3. Employee: Is a person or company that
pays people to work for them. Employer use to treat the people that work for
them well.
4. Performance Appraisal: This is the
systematic evaluation of individuals with respect to other performance on the
job and their potential for development.
5. Productivity: These are the meant to
provide incentive for workers and they could be monetary or in kind in the
management human resources, that is labour, productivity schemes play a very
laudable role.
6. What is an office: An office is a place
where function or activities relating to the office are habitually performed or
carried out.
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