THE IMPACT OF TEAMWORK ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE (A CASE STUDY OF EDO STATE POLYTECHNIC, USEN)

ABSTRACT

In today's society, there have been so much emphasis on pride and personal achievement at work place; where by the concept of teamwork seems to be overlooked by managers and employees, due to this management sees less essence of teamwork as a major tool of performance which has lead them to poor performance and productivity in the industry market. Therefore the study seeks to identify the impact teamwork has on organizational performance. The objective of this study was to identify factors associated with teamwork, identify the positive or negative effects of teamwork on employees and to examine the impact of teamwork on organization performance. This research study analyzes the impact of teamwork on organizational performance on the employees of Edo State Polytechnic, Usen. Several measures of team performance were analyzed including team trust, recognition and rewards. Convenience sampling technique was used to select the employees whiles purposive sampling technique was used to select management in the organization. A self-structured questionnaire was used in the data collection. The research study used correlation techniques in order to analyze the relationship between two variables that was Teamwork and Organization Performance. There was clear evidence that teamwork and other measures of team performance are positively related with organization performance. The result of the study shows that there was a significant positive impact of teamwork on organizational performance.