THE EFFECT OF RETRENCHMENT ON THE MORAL OF WORKERS AND PRODUCTIVITY. (A CASE STUDY OF FEDERAL RADIO CORPORATION OF NIGERIA (FRCN) ENUGU ZONE)
ABSTRACT
This research work was conducted to find out the effect of retrenchment on the moral of workers and productivity of a named organization (FRCN) Enugu zone.
This research work on the above topic was deemed necessary by the researcher in view of the conclusion reached by several school of thought on management that the way an organization is operationally structured could make or channel towards achieving its objectives.
Retrenchment require that workers should carry out their responsibility in their various organization they well to avoid retrenching them.
The researcher in the course of the work administered some structured questionnaire to critical offices of the establishments aimed at eliciting useful information. This was complemented by view of related literature on the subject including tabular presentation, use of percentage to analyze the data obtained.
Arising from the above exercise, the researcher was able to discover among others:
(1)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â There was poor productivity which came about as a result of poor quality workers, inefficiency of work organization, lack of energy and incompetence of managers as well as bad altitude and behavior regarding work.
(2)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Redundant workers in various organization have contributed in a small measure to the selecting in question.
(3)              Technology as enabler. This leads to displacement of many workers.- the real power of technology.
(4)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Poor health and bad research contributed to work retrenchments exercise being carried out, being the fact that job of operating heavy research and other agricultural equipment requires a sound person
(5)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Organizational re-engineering has been called the fundamental thinking and radical re-design of business processes to achieve dramatic improvement in critical, contemporary measure of performance such as cost, source, and speed
In view of the fact that the above lapses never found to be seriously militating like achievement of the organizational goods, it was then recommended thus,
(1)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The organization management should embark on training of staff rather then retrenchment which well help in modeling the staff to increase his fitness for a specific activity as wanted in on organization.
(2)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The organization management should enable on retrenchment of old workers instead of placing an automatic retrenchment on them.
Finally, motivation should be a tool for managers to influence the behavior of workers thereby increasing productivity.
CHAPTER ONE
1.OÂ Â Â Â Â INTRODUCTION
1.1Â Â Â Â BACKGROUNDÂ OF THE STUDY
By the year 1960, school leavers secured jobs with relative case, graduates were scarce and hard to come by, and it was employers who looked for them instead of the other way round. Then, the economy of Nigeria was booming. Jobs existed if firms and government remained the greatest employer of labour. However those were the days gone by. Before this period, the colonial administration was interested and maintained dialogue with worker in terms of employment contracts and productivity.
