CHAPTER
ONE
1.0 General introduction
The performance of any enterprise,
whether large or small, is in direct proportion to the quality of it
leadership. Leadership is not only ingredient of success unit but it is
containing an important ingredient in the life of organization.
Yusuf (2001) argued that the ability of
any organization to achieve its desired goals and objective depends on the
nature of leadership. However, empirical evidence has found to show that
leadership plays a very significant role in effective and efficiency of any
organization.
Hence leadership has a significant
management factor in the success of any organization to this ends, leadership
most time, includes communicating with subordinate (passing on informance and
expanding to goal and plan of the organization) giving order an information tax
motivating people and taking whatever step necessary to raise protection,
discipline staff and handling conflict.
As a result, we realize that improving
the leadership styles by its self insurance that effectiveness of operating,
improving result obtained and way in which resource are been used.
David man (1995) sees styles of
leadership some of the basic requirement for achieving good management and
administration and good leadership.
Leadership style may be defined as a
designed pattern or behavioused in integrating or marrying both the
organization and personal interest in achieving the organization aim and
objectives. Furthermore, this style of leadership are many but mostly intersect
more, to many people are the three command used in most establishment viz
autocratic democratic and free from leadership style its widely believe that
good leadership styles therefore increase productivities of labour lower unit
cost, high morale sustain and improved management labour relationship Nwachuwu
(1988).
1.1 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
Over the term scholar extensively
researched on the effective leadership styles. In an organization prominent
among them are Ralph M. Stogotiy, freed and fielder, Rensis likert, Robert
Blade and Jame Mouton, Robert Tannen banm and so forth.
Leadership has been seen involving of
variety of styles ranging from one that is highly boos centered to one that
highly. Subordinate and conferred. The styles were said to be varied with the
degree of freedom in manager or leader grand to subordinate with suggestion
that no one style is always right and another is not always wrong in the
contend of business and service industries to achieve goals.
Moreso, for manager or leadership to
achieve appropriate leadership styles in an establishment, some situational
factors must be considered this include position power tax structure and leader
member relations.
1.2 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
The main objective of this research is
to examinalyze and look critically in to the effort of leadership styles in
human ground of
parastatals with particular. Reference to power holding company of Nigeria Plc
(formally NEPA)
toward achieving target goal. Moreso, other objective of the study
include,
1. To
examine how leadership styles can improve labour productivity and create good
leader member relation.
2. To
show low leadership style work to ensure Excellency management of resources in
the power sector.
3. To
correct impression of bad leadership in the power sector.
1.3 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The main aim of this research study is
to carefully look into leadership style in the power holding company of Nigeria
Plc,
accomplishing the target goals.
The research study identifies preference
leadership styles in the organization to ensure high moral and high
productivity among the staff workers of the PHCN, PLC, to put effort by the manager.
Also, the important of the study is to
identify the advantage and disadvantages associate with such leadership styles
under particular situation or condition to be operated.
1.4 SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
As earlier the study will be concern on
subject matter i.e. the impact of leadership styles and labour productivity.
The research will cover power holding company of (PHCH PLC) formally NEPA
Ilorin staff.
LIMITATIONS
This research study limited by the user
constraints faced during a research work such as limited material and cost of
getting other relevant research data and materials. The total generating
capacity of the six major power stations is 3,450 megawatts. In spite of
considerable achievements of recent times with regards to it generating
capability, additional power plant should need to be committed to cover
expected future load. At present efforts would be made to complete the on going
power plant projects plans are already nearing completion for the extension and
reinforcement of the existing transmission system to ensure adequate and
reliable power supply to all parts of the country. (Nwabueze 2005).
1.5 DEFINITION OF TERMS
PRODUCTIVITY:
Is computer by dividing average output per period by the total cost incurred or
resources (capital, energy, material, personnel) consumed in that period
productivity is a critical determinant of cost efficiency.
ORGANIZATION:
is a social arrangement which pursues collective goals, which controls it won
performance, and which has a boundary separating it from its environment the
word itself is derived from the Greek work.
SUBORDINATE:
this is referred to as Lesser importance than something else or a person under
the authority or control of another within an organization.
AUTOCRATIC:
this is referred to a ruler who has absolute power or taking no account of
other wishes or opinion. This is also known as authoritarian leadership is a
leadership styles characterized by individuals control.
DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP:
this is also known as participative leadership. It is a type of leadership in
which members of the group take a more participative role in the decision
making process.
BUREAUCRACY:
this is a group of non-elected officials within a government or other
institution that implement the rules, laws, ideas and function of their
institutions.
AUTHORITY:
this is the power or right to give orders makes decision, and enforces
obedience. The right to act in a specified way delegate from one person or
organization to another.
LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY:
is concerned with the amount of input that is obtained from each employee. It is
a key measure of lousiness efficiency, particularly for form in which the
production process is labour latersive.
ADMINISTRATIVE:
is the botch of law that government the activities of administrative agencies
of government action can include, rule making justification or the enforcement
of a specific regulating agenda.
MANAGEMENT:
is the organizational process that include strategic planning, setting
objectives, managing resources, deploying the human and financial assess needed
to achieve objective and measuring result.
COMMUNICATION:
is defined by devalenzuela as “any act by which one person gives to or receives
from another person information about that person’s needs, desires,
perceptions, knowledge, or effective states.
PHCH:
The Power Holding Company of Nigeria
formally the National Electric Power Authority (NEPA) is an organization
governing the uses of electricity in Nigeria.