ABSTRACT
This research work assessed the impact of worker participation in decision making
and organisational growth in the manufacturing company, with specific reference to
Nigeria Bottling Company and Nigeria Breweries Plc in Enugu. This study tried to
ascertain if workers participate in decision making process of their work place and to
formulate recommendations regarding worker participation in the decision-making
process of their work place. In order to achieve the above objective, the following
research hypothesises were advanced:- The extent of worker participation in the
decision making process of their work place is low; worker participation in the
decision making process do not pose any challenge in the organization; employee
participation has no impact on job satisfaction; participation has no effect on
employee productivity and employee performance has no impact on organization
growth.
The following research objectives were advanced:- the major objective is to
assess worker participation in decision making and organisation growth; to ascertain if
and to what extent are workers involved in the decision making process of their work
place; to empirically examine the challenges to worker participation in decision
making process in organisation to examine the impact of worker participation on job
satisfaction. The survey research design was used, the population of the study
comprise of staff of the two selected establishments. The respondents were selected
using the simple random sampling technique. Based on the outcome of this study, key
recommendations were made which include that enlightenment program for workers
on the rights to seize the opportunity of involvement in decision making; liberalizing
management structures so as to allow for greater workers involvement; levels of
worker participation may be enhanced where they have assured levels of access to the
making of decision and formulation of any outcomes. It concluded that a lot needed to
be done to change the current negative disposition of the Nigerian management
towards workers involvement in management decision.
