ABSTRACT

The study aimed to evaluate the effects of organizational structure on employee performance in Guinness Nigeria Plc and Nigeria Bottling Company, Plc, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria. Five (5) specific objectives and five (5) research questions were formulated in this study to provide guidance to the study. The study employed descriptive research design to evaluate the effects of organizational structure on employee performance in the brewery firms. The population of the study is 6000 being the total staff strength of the (2) brewery firms in Nigeria stock exchange from 2011-2018 while the sample size was 375 extracted from the population using Taro Yamane method. The instrument for the study was a structured questionnaire. Data obtained were analyzed using a descriptive type of survey design such as frequency counts, percentages, and mean scores in line with the specific objectives while ordinary least squares (OLS) simple regression analysis technique were employed in testing the hypothesis of the study. The result of the study showed that work specialization on the quality service in Guinness Nigeria Plc and Nigeria Bottling Company, Plc can never be overemphasized. The findings of the study suggest that work specialization has a significant and positive effect on the quality of service and the main responses were all above the benchmark of 3.00. The research hypothesis testing done using ordinary least squares (OLS) simple regression analytical technique showed that departmentalization on training hours of employees, chain of command on revenue per employee, centralization on profit per employee and formalization on employee turnover significantly (at p< 0.05) and positively influenced employee performance at both Guinness Nigeria Plc and Nigeria Bottling Company, Plc. In view of the above findings, the study concludes that adopting appropriate structure is the fulcrum on which employee performance of brewery firms revolves. The study therefore recommend among others that Nigeria Brewery firms should give more serious attention in designing an appropriate structure that must match all departments, units and component parts of organization to facilitate employee performance at both GN Plc and NBC Plc.