INFLUENCE OF EMPLOYEES’ PARTICIPATION IN MANAGEMENT ON INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTIVITY (A STUDY OF NIGERIA BREWERIES PLC LAGOS)

Abstract

The importance of employees’ in work organization cannot be overemphasized. Thus, workers’ co-operation is highly needed by the employer in moving the organization forward which could be realized through workers’ participation in management. From the foregoing, the study examined Influence of Employees’ Participation in Management and Industrial Productivity; A Study of Nigeria Brewery Lagos. The study employed Human Capital Theory and Resource Based View Theory as framework. The findings of the study revealed that 42.1% of the respondents strongly agreed that employees’ representatives and management frequently engaged in joint decisions which improved output in the work organization. On the involvement of employees’ representatives and management in joint consultation council on regular basis that accelerated organizational output,42.1% of the respondents strongly agreed with this view. In addition, 36.8% of the respondents agreed strongly that employees’ participation in joint management council had promoted the profit margin of the organization in recent years. By the same token, 42.1% of the respondents strongly agreed that due to successful collective bargaining in the workplace, employees were hardworking thereby promoting the sales volume of the organization. Hypothesis 1 showed significant relationship between employees’ joint consultation and organizational output. Hypothesis 2 revealed significant relationship between joint management council and the profit of the organization. Hypothesis 3 indicated significant relationship between collective bargaining and sales volume of the organization Hypothesis 4 showed significant relationship between employees’ job enrichment and target achievement. Workers’ participation in management will go a long way to foster co-operation, mutual understanding and Industrial Harmony in the workplace, therefore, the study recommended that; Going by the dynamism in the contemporary workplace and the basic thrust of Pluralist perspectives, it recommended apart from the study organization, other work organization should integrate industrial democracy into their labour policy to engender industrial harmony. Collective bargaining must be allowed to flourish in labour management relations as a way of not only managing workplace conflict, but of addressing issues bordering on terms and conditions of employment of workers