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STUDY ON THE EFFECT OF MANAGERS LEADERSHIP STYLE ON THE SECRETARIES PRODUCTIVITY IN ANAMMCO

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  • Recommended for : Student Researchers
  • NGN 3000

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Many a times the success or failures of any business organization determined by the managers, leadership styles. The productivity of any organization can be enhanced by the leadership styles of the managers. The productivity of the secretary who is an integral part of the entire organization system is also affected by her/his managers leadership style to the extent she is affected because she or her work directly with the manager.

A leader can be seen as one occupies the highest position in an organization, influencing his subordinates to achieve group objectives in a given situation. This is to say that the leadership style is vested on a leader. According to Nwosu (1996:64) leadership is a managerial; ability to accomplish group goals by working with the secretary who is sometimes referred to as a partner to the boss.

Effective leadership seeks to give directions to the efforts of ill workers in achieving the goals of the organization. According to Akpaka (1990:228) goal as effective leadership organization would be composed of uncoordinated group of people lacking unity and direction. It is effective leadership that entails how well the organization tasks are carried out.

Leadership style represents the various approaches through which leadership goals and objectives are accomplished. Leadership style of the situation demands. The style must depend on the prevailing situation or circumstance. According to Nwosu (1996:66), no manager has aimed up of the styles of leadership exclusively. This means that the styles are manipulated by mangers to match with a fully situation at any point in time. The leadership style adopted by a manager determines the relationship that exists between him and the secretary and level extend of motivation of the secretary ad level of productivity. Bekwe (1981:28) saw leadership style as a major factor in the motivation of an employee. A good leadership style gains secretaries commitment to work and elicits good behaviors towards increased productivity. Conversely, a bad leadership style constitutes unwholesome working environment and a poor relationship between the secretary and the manager thereby resulting in poor performance and low productivity.

This research is therefore an attempt to unveil the effect of leadership style of managers on the secretary’s productivity in ANAMMCO. However, the relationship between the secretary and the manager is such that the secretary serves as his representative, a partner, memory and is a link between the manager and public. She aids in fulfilling the part of the plans allocated to her or him and expected to willing cooperate in any way which will promote the success of the organization.

1.2 Statement Of The Problem

The leadership style adopted by the manager of ANAMMCO affects the productivity of his secretaries either negative or positively. A secretary can be frustrated, de-motivated, or otherwise by her/his manager’s leadership style.

Some managers leadership style tends to reduce the status of the secretary to a mere sedentary typist who carries out instructions without at least giving the opportunity to think her views as regards matters that direct affected her as a worker. The problems in this research work is to find out the effects of the manager’s leadership style on the secretaries productivity.

1.3 Purpose Of The Study

The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of the manager’s leadership style on the productivity of the secretaries in ANAMMCO which among other things include

i. To identify the leadership style adopted by the managers

ii. To find out the factors responsible for the type of leadership style adopted by managers.

iii. To determine whether organization influences managers leadership style

iv. To proffer suggestions on the findings of the study.

1.4 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

This research study would highlight the various leadership styles of managers and its effects on the secretaries productivity and the responses of such attitude by secretaries. It is also hoped that this project will reveal the best leadership style to be adopted by the managers of ANAMMCO to enhance efficient and effective productivity of the secretaries.

The school (Institute of Management and Technology Enugu) will equally benefits from this work because it will give it an idea of the best leadership style to be adopted and also serve as a reference materials in the school library.

1.5 SCOPE OF THE STUDY

This study only covers the managers and secretaries of various department of ANAMMCO.

The department include

1. Purchasing department

2. Advertising department

3. Personnel department

4. Sales department

5. Marketing department

6. Production department

7. Accounts department

1.6 Research Questions

i. What are the leadership styles adopted by managers

ii. What are the factors responsible for the type of leadership style adopted by the managers

iii. Does organization influence the leadership style of managers

iv. What must be the likely cases that influence the style of leadership.

1.7 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY

This study will be limited to the selected firm (GlaxoSmithKline Consumers Nig. Plc) in Lagos State and seek address the effect of leadership style on Secretary’s Productivity and the following limitations:

1. Time: This study is limited or constraint by time as the time used to carry it out is not sufficient for a thorough study. Especially for the fact that the researcher is a final year student and have few months to carry out.  

2. Financial Constraint: The study is also constraint by finance. The money needed to source for information via journals, questionnaires administration and other sources of information were not adequately available.

3. Poor Attitude of the Respondents: Some of the respondents refuse to fill the questionnaire   while   some   have   to   be   persuaded   before   they   fill   the questionnaire, this is because of time and their busy schedule.

1.8 DEFINITION OF TERMS

Here words that are peculiar in the study will be given clear explanations for easy understanding by the readers.

Achievement: something important that one accomplish, gain reach or succeeds in doing by one’s effort.

Business: The activity of buying or selling goods and services that is done by companies.

Secretary: A person employed by an individual or in an office to assist with correspondence, keep records, make appointments, take notes and handles general clerical work

Employee: Someone who is paid to work for someone else.

Leadership: A position of being the leader of a team or an organization.

Leader: A leader is a person who influence, directs or control another person toward achievement of common goal and objective.

Management: The act of planning, controlling, directing, and organizing the activities of an organization in an integrated system to achieve certain objectives.

Motivate: To make someone want to achieve something and make them willing to work harder in order to do it.

Organization: This is a group of people who come together for a particular purpose or goal.

Subordinates: A person under the authority or control of another within an organization.

Innovative: Being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before.

Productivity: This is the ratio of output to inputs in production; it is a measure of the efficiency of production.

 





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