THE ROLE OF EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION IN DECISION MAKING IN AN ORGANIZATION(A CASE STUDY OF PHCN UGHELLI DISTRICT)

The need and aspiration of individuals in an organization are of prime importance to employee. The organization in the other hand sets defined objectives which it strives to accomplish through the employees. The management thus tends to adapt appropriate managerial perspectives in order to fulfill the two set needs for mutual benefits. This study attempts to find out the dominant factor on how employee participation in decision making in PHCN, Ughelli District co-relates with its commitment to the organization. In doing this, questionnaires were administered among the managers and staff of the organization. During the period of data gathering, the establishment has a total work force of four hundred and seventy (470) staff. The simple random sampling method was used because of its suitability. After conducting the sampling method, eighty-two (82) employees were selected for this study. This number is made up five (5) managers, five (5) supervisors/officers, sixty seven (67) service staff and five (5) secretaries. It should be noted that the formular which is used for this simple random sampling is the one propounded by Yamani. Other methods of data collection used in this project work are oral interview and library research. From the empirical data gathered, the study has shown that majority of workers in PHCN, Ughelli.