Performance Management Practices and Productivity of Employees of Nigeria Brewery and Guinness Plc in South-West Nigeria

Abstract

Dwindling productivity of employees of the Brewery firms especially in the South West of Nigeria has been a matter of concern in recent times. Can this be traced to the performance management system put in place by these firms? Hence, the need to examine the effect of performance management on employee productivity with particular reference to Nigeria breweries, Ibadan, Oyo State and Guinnness Nigeria Limited Ogba, Lagos. The objective of the study was to examine the extent to which training and development affects employee’s efficiency. To achieve the objective, the study adopted a survey research design and the population of the study was the combined staff and management of the two firms which was 6,417. A sample of 362 was selected using Krejcie and Morgan sample size determination formula. Data were collected through structured questionnaire designed in a five point Likert scale to obtain information from the respondents. The hypothesis formulated was tested using simple linear regression at 0.05 alpha level of significance, and the result showed a positive significant relationship between performance management as represented by training and development and employee productivity as represented by employee efficiency. The regression analysis indicated that training and development [P = 12.712, R² = 0.814, P< 0.05 at 81%. This means that effective performance management in terms of training and development positively influences employee’s productivity. The study concluded that performance management if properly executed has the capacity to enhance employees’ productivity especially if training and development is designed with individual employee’s work requirements. The study recommends the adoption of training and development that is aligned with work requirement of the employees for maximum efficiency.