The research work “employee participation in decision making and its impact one workers productivity” Decision making is the role of a leader. Some leaders do not allow subordinates to make decision. The objective of the study is to determine the impact of democratic leadership style on employee productivity, to determine the effect of democratic leadership style on employees morale. Sampling procedure centered mainly on the sampling describing the expected sampling to be used for study. The work concluded that Since experience have shown that democratic leadership style is best since a worker can perform better under this style which would affect the workers, instead a flexible one which would allow them to scope in any situation that they found themselves, which would enable a leader to know when best to use that is good and when best to do it. The work recommended that Managers should device a means of employee people that are ready to work, competent enough and are hard working. Managers should motivate the employee by providing the following: Giving them promotion as and when due, Provision of incentive, fringe benefit and awards, free medical services, Increase in pay and Provision of meal subsidies etc.

CHAPTER ONE

1.0.      INTRODUCTION

1.1       Background of the Study

When we talk of decision making, we have to bear certain things in mind. Decision making is the role of a leader. Some leaders do not allow subordinates to make decision (Authoritarian leaders). Some leaders go the extent of following the subordinates to make all decisions of major decision (Lassie faire leaders) yet some other leaders create opportunities for their subordinates to join in decision making (democratic leaders). Each of the above leadership styles has an implication or effect in organizational performance.

The focus of this style is on the democratic leadership style which allows subordinates participation in decision making. And the aim is to discount the effect of such participation on work performance using Imo Broadcasting Co-operation in  Imo  state as a case study.

Advancement is the study of management with emphasis on the humanistic approach has strengthened the urge to discover and to know more about the individual interest in the organization and how it has contributed to the achievement of organizational goals.

Concept like "participation when performances have attracted the attention of researchers, management practitioners, physiologist, and sociologist who devoted their times, money, and human resources in trying to discover the relationship between participation in decision making and job performance in decision making and job performance for increase in productivity.

Participation is the mental, physical and emotional involvement of person in group situation that encourages them to make their own contributions towards the achievement of goals and sharing of responsibility. Davis (2011) defines it as a motivating technologies, Kontz (2013) says that the tight lend of participation yields both motivational and knowledge valuable for enterprises success.

Decision making could be seen as a processes of selection from among alternatives course action according to certain set criteria. The dynamic of modern organization place a heavy burden on its managers to interpret plans and activities. Manager sometimes see decision making as their central job because they must constantly choose where and occasionally who is to do it, when where and occasionally how it will be done Kontz (2018).

The primary task of managers is to get people to contribute to the activities that will help in achieving the organizational goals and mission. Managers need the assistance of employee in the form of information.

Suggestions, views and ideas from both supervisor and subordinates are necessary in order to functions and make decision that affects the employees and organizational goals.

Performance entails achieving the goals when required and how it could be seen that there has been many relationships between participation and work productivities. Some of which centers on the issues concerning them and their environment. It boosts their morals, feeling of recognition and finally motivates them to increase their productivities (Mairer, 2012).

The study seeks to make additional contribution in decision making on work performance and also to identify the different levels of participation and the different motivational impact of the different level of participation.

1.2       Statement of the Problems

Since the concept of participation involved from the field of human relations, it has been misunderstood by many organizations. Participation therefore is the act of taking part in something that affect him or her directly or in a special way of delegation in which the subordinates gains control and freedom of choice with respect to his or her responsibility.

Unfortunately, the extent to which participation of workers in decision making is allowed by most managers has been minimal.

The problem is that some managers adopt leadership style that does not permit the participation of their employees in decision making. Consequently, such are denied the opportunity to contribute their own ideas of providing useful information that can lead to sound decision making.

Since decision making requires a lot of information, the employees on ground whose jobs are mostly affected by decision making based on their experiences at works are likely to support a course of action in which they took part in them otherwise. None participation of employees in decision making is counter productivity in the sense that their moral will be low, on the other hand, employees in turn increase their productivity when allowed to be part of decision making.

The assumptions by some managers that employees will divulge official secret if allowed to participate in decision making may leak important secrete if allowed to participate in decision making, we cannot equally overlook the overriding advantage of employee participation, based on the assumption that subordinates are potentially incapable of making useful contribution in decision making.

1.3       Objectives of the Study

The major objective of the study is Employee participation in decision making and its impact on workers productivity using Imo Broadcasting Co-Operation, Imo State Nigeria as the study area.

Other specific objects are:

1.         To determine the impact of democratic leadership style on employee productivity.

2.         To determine the effect of democratic leadership style on employees morale.

3.         To find out how autocratic leadership style affect employees productivity.

1.4       Research Questions

This research seeks to know the different level of participation and in the process identify the different motivational effectof different level of performance. The following research question will be posted to guide the study.

i.          How does democratic leadership style affect employee moral?

ii.         How does democratic leadership affect employee productivity?

iii.        How does autocratic leadership style affect employee productivity?

1.5       Significance of Study

The followings of this study will guide the management of Imo Broadcasting Co-operation in formulating appropriate personnel policies. The application of the recommendations of this research will lead to increased employee performance in Imo Broadcasting Co-operation and other companies.

Furthermore, other researchers will find this study a useful tool in further research.

1.6       Scope of the Study

This research work will be restricted only to Broadcasting Co-operation of Imo State, covering the decision area of the organization.

1.7. Limitation of the Study

Academic enterprises traditionally suffer some limitations and constraints. One of the constraint encountered was lack of related materials (books) on the topic from most of the literatures. There was no availability of the materials tom this work.

I was not given free access by the staff of the organization.

Finance is one of the constraints I encountered in the course of writing this project work, there was not enough finance to carry this work coupled with the lectures and the period of carrying out this research.

1.7       Definition of Terms

Participation; This is a Joint consultation in decision making, goal setting, profit sharing, teamwork, and other such measures through which a firm attempts to foster or increase its employees” commitment to collective objectives.

Employee productivity: The job related activities expected of worker and how well those activities were executed.

Impact: This is the act or force of one thing hitting another, or the effect on another; a striking of one body against another.

Decision Making: In psychology, decision-making is regarded as the cognitive process resulting in the selection of a belief or a course of action among several alternative possibilities.