Performance leads to a high
productivity, which in turn leads to growth and success of an organization
(Inyang 2006: 201).
The effort of management in a
well-established organization is geared towards ensuring greater performance,
proper analysis of an individual’s jobs must be done for a maximum efficiency.
Careful analysis may reveal those key points or critical incidents for which it
is possible to set performance standards expressed in measurable behaviour
(Omolu 2002:68).
A manager should ensure that work
group is cohesive enough for his workers to work together, rather than against
each other. According to (Baridam,1991: 73) individual performance is a
multiple one that is individual’s attributes, work effort and organization
support.
Individual
Attribute:
Three factors namely; demographic, competency and psychological
characteristics, we have traits, values and interest. To ensure maximum
performance individual attribute must be compactable with task requirement.
Work
Efforts: These
depends on motivation, there are needs, forces within an individual, which
influences his behaviour. For an individual to perform creditably he has to be
given interesting and challenging jobs and extrinsic rewards equal to the
amount of work he does.
Organisational
Support:
An individual with the right attributes and work effort may perform badly, if
the organizational support is weak (Imaga, 1999: 163). The following forms of
organizational support are very important for effective performance.
1.
Adequate resources, capital, equipment
etc.
2.
Reasonable time.
3.
Clear objectives, instructions and
polices.
4.
Attainable performance standard.
5.
Sufficient delegation of authority to
equal responsibility and
6.
Clear work programmes, methods and
procedures.