ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE AS A TOOL FOR EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT (A STUDY OF CREATIVEXONE LIMITED - LAGOS)

Abstract

Effective management requires proper planning, controlling, coordinating, directing and organizing in the work organization. Past studies on effective management have not been able to fully recognize organizational structure as a platform. In view of this, the study investigated organizational structure as a tool for effective management in Creativexone- Limited- Lagos. The combination of Max Weber and Henry Fayol administrative theories provided the framework. Research design was purely survey and a simple random sampling technique was used to select the sample size. The sample size was 60 from the total population of study which was 70. In respect of factors that promoted management effectiveness in the organizational structure, 75% of the respondents agreed strongly that organizational structure was instrumental to effective management, while 20.0% agreed, 3.3% disagreed & 1.7% strongly disagreed. In respect of organizational structural design of department, 40.0% of the respondents strongly agreed that the design has been of good help and 28.3% agreed with the view, while 28.3% disagreed with this view, in respect of hypothesis 1 the null hypothesis was rejected, while the alternative hypothesis was rejected, while the alternative hypothesis was accepted that stated that recognition of organizational structure has impact on management effectiveness. Hypothesis 2 also showed the acceptance of alternative hypothesis that stated achieving a better structural design is a function of organizational structure. It is also recommended that organizations should endeavor to have well-structured organization, in order to achieve the set-up objectives.