Employee Participation and Organizational Performance A Case Study of Mukw Ano Industries Limited in Uganda

TABLE OF CONTENT

Contents

DECLARATION ............................................................................................................................ ii

APPROVAL .................................................................................................................................. iii

DEDICATION ............................................................................................................................... .iv

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ............................................................................................................... v

ABSTRACT .................................................................................................................................... .i

TABLE OF CONTENT ............................................................................................................... vii

LIST OFT ABLES ........................................................................................................................... x

LIST OF FIGURES ........................................................................................................................ xi

CHAPTER ONE ............................................................................................................................ 1

1.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 1

1.1 Background of the study ............................................................................................................ 1

1.2 Statement of the problem ........................................................................................................... 2

1.3 Purpose of the study .................................................................................................................. 3

1.4 Objectives of the study .............................................................................................................. 3

' 1.3 Research questions .................................................................................................................... 3

1.6 The scope of the study ............................................................................................................... 3

1.7 significance of the study ........................................................................................................... .4

1.8 Conceptual framework .............................................................................................................. 5

1.9 Research Limitations ................................................................................................................. 6

CHAPTER TWO ........................................................................................................................... 7

REVIEW OF LITERATURE .......................................................................................................... 7

2.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 7

2.1 Theoretical Review .................................................................................................................... 7

2.2 Forn1s of Employee participation in organizations .................................................................. 10

2.2.1 Fonnal and infonnal paiticipation prograins ........................................................................ 11

2.3 The relationship between employee participation ai1d perfonnance ....................................... 13

2.3 .I The benefits of employee participation in organization ....................................................... 14

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2.3.2 Limitations of participation in the organizations ............................. ~ .................................... 16

2.4The best ways on how to improve employee participation in the organizations ...................... 17

CHAPTER THREE ..................................................................................................................... 18

METHODOLOGY ........................................................................................................................ 18

3.0. Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 18

3 .1 Research design ....................................................................................................................... 18

3.2 Study population ...................................................................................................................... 18

3 .2.1 Sample size ........................................................................................................................... 19

3 .2.2 Sampling techniques and procedure ..................................................................................... 19

3.3 Data collection ......................................................................................................................... 19

3.3.1 Data collection methods and instruments ............................................................................. 19

3.3.1.1 Questionnaire ..................................................................................................................... 19

3.3.1.2 Interviews .......................................................................................................................... 20

3.3.1.3 Observation ........................................................................................................................ 20

3.4 Data processing and analysis ................................................................................................... 20

CHAPTER FOUR ....................................................................................................................... 21

PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA ............................... 21

4.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 21

4.1 Presentation, analysis and interpretation of results are done under the following themes ...... 21

4.1.1 Fonns of employee participation .......................................................................................... 21

4.1.2 The relationship between Employee pmiicipation m1d perfonnance ................................... 26

4.1.3 Determine the ways on how employee's participation can be improved ............................. 28

CHAPTER FIVE ......................................................................................................................... 31

FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................... 31

5.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 31

5.1 Summm·y of objective one: fonns of employee's pmticipation .............................................. 31

5.2 Objective two: The relationship between Employee participation m1d perfonnance in

Mukwano ....................................................................................................................................... 31