EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION IN DECISION MAKING AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT (A CASE STUDY OF IMT)

This project work was written in attempt to give a unique touch on Employee participation in decision-making and organizational commitment. It deals with the nature of organizational participation in decision making and also the commitment of the employee in the organization good accomplishment as a result of their participation in the organization decision.

This project presents a brief review of employee participation in decision-making and organizational commitment. It is intended be to investigate the types, structure and organization of the Institute of Management and Technology (IMT) Enugu in general. In view of this the importance is based mainly on the believe that such organizations or institutions are likely to facilitate the development of a broader base, increase regional spread of activities, indigenous decision making for the organization. In addition, the promoting of employee participation in decision making in organizations is seen as a major factor for boasting organizations development and this creates room for a good relationship between workers and their superiors.

To crown it all, suggestions would be made with regard to the technique, which could be adopted on the future to promote the existence of Employee participation in decision making and organizational commitment and with the last section, which consist of the recommendation, conclusion and suggestions for further study.

COVER PAGE        I

TITLE PAGE        II

APPROVAL PAGE       III

DEDICATION        IV

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT      V

ABSTRACT        VI

TABLE OF CONTENT       VII

CHAPTER ONE  

INTRODUCTION       1

1.1 General background to the subject matter   2

1.2 Problem associated with the subject matter   5

1.3 Problem that this study will be concern with   7

1.4 The importance of studying the area    8

1.5 Definition of important terms     11

CHAPTER TWO 

LITERATURE REVIEW      13

2.1 The origin of the subject area     13

2.2 Schools of thoughts relevant tot eh problem of study 14

2.3 School of thoughts within the subject area   20

2.4 Different methods of studying the problem   27

2.5 Summary        28

Reference        29

CHAPTER THREE 

CONCLUSION        31

3.1 Data presentation       31

3.2 Recommendation       37

3.3 Conclusions        38

Bibliography        40