CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1   BACKGROUND OF STUDY

In modem society, most people spend their working lives in an organization of some sort; therefore have firsthand experience of the corporate life. This study considers some of the findings and work that help to provide a better understanding of the nature of organizations which also includes the examination of the structural aspects of an organization and how it impacts on the performance of employees in an organization.

An organization is a collection of interacting and independent individuals who work towards common goals and whose relationship are determined according to a certain structure.

Arnold et al. (1998), this definition provides a useful starting point for an examination of organizations. The organization design is the overall arrangement of the various roles, processes and their relationships in the organization. It is a means to accomplishing the overall goal. The structure is not an end itself.

Performances of employees are based on the influence of some factors (motivations) which are as follows:

CLARITY OF GOALS AND DUTIES: Employees of Nigeria LNG Ltd are motivated due to the clarity of goals and objectives of the company in which everybody knows what the term is working towards and what he can contribute If the objective and goals are stated, it will be easy to select an organization most relevant actions for achieving such goals are objectives.

INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION: When assigning adequate measures or safeguards for management control, variation in individual ability are considered,

FLEXIBILITY CONSIDERATION: The organization structure of the company is flexible which has accommodated changes that may occur during the firm activities.

UNITY IN COMMAND: Each employee report and responsible to only superior at any point in time for each or all the functions he performs. No employee is subjected to orders from more than one source.

SPAN OF CONTROL: The Span of control in the sense that the number of workers supervised by and reporting to an officer at any point in time is reasonable. At the organization, the number of subordinates reporting to an executive is between 4 and 6 while 20 at bottom level.

ADEQUATE RESOURCES: For a useful organization structures adequate resources must be made available for each person to undertake his assigned ‘task successfully.

EVALUATION CRITERIA: There are known criteria and standards for measuring and appraising individual and departmental performance.

AVAILABILITY OF SYSTEMS TO MANAGE STAFF TRAINING AND PERFORMANCE: This is another factor that motivates staff of

Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd to perform effectively. For efficiency and increase in performance there must be well-defined processes for defining, creating, capturing and acting on knowledge. Training and development programs have enhanced staff of Nigeria LNG ltd performance. Therefore, employees of Nigeria LNG ltd have been motivated by the system in place for staff training program.