ABSTRACT
Management is
essential for the continued operation of an organization, be it small, large,
manufacturing, distribution or service like the poultry business for a profit,
this work application of management functions in the performance of poultry
organizations in Umuahia, Abia State as a broad objective with other specific
objectives- to determine the roles played by management functions in the
operations of poultry businesses in poultry organizations in Umuahia, Abia
slate; to investigate the operational efficiency of management on the
performance of poultry organizations in Umuahia, Abia State; to examine the
importance of managerial functions on the performance ofpoultry organizations
in Umuahia, Abia State and to study the contributions of poultry organizations
in Umuahia to the growth ofthe economy ofAbia State, five research questions
were posed and five hypotheses formulated in line with the objectives of the
study, the research design adopted for this study was the survey and
descriptive research design, data was drawn from both primary and secondary
sources, the primary data was collected directly from the field through
interview schedule and distribution of questionnaire to the poultry owners
while secondary data were obtained through textbooks, journals, the internet
and other valuable hard copy materials like mimeograph, the population ofthe
study consisted ofselected poultry farms in Umuahia, Abia State which is thirty
(30) in number, the total number of employees in the above poultry farms is
about four hundred and twenty (420). the sample size was determined using the
taro yamane formula and a sample of 205 was obtained, the instruments for data
collected were validated using content validity while the reliability of the
instrument was done through the cronbach alpha (a), all the data were analyzed
using spss 20 software package while correlation and chi-square tests were used
to test all the hypotheses, hypothesis one shows a correlation value of 0.084.
hypothesis two shows a calculated chi-square value (%2) of 398.419hypothesis
three indicated a correlation value of0.077. hypothesis four shows a
correlation value of0.060 while hypothesis five shows a correlation value of
0.954. the above results led to the recommendations that the application of
management functions has a significant effect on the performance of poultry
farm organizations; the role played by management functions has significant
impact in the operations of poultry businesses in poultry farms in Umuahia,
Abia State, among others.
Keywords:
management functions, performance, poultry organizations.
MBADUGHA, M (2023). Application Of Management Functions On Organizational Performance: A Study Of Selected Poultry Organizations In Umuahia, Abia State. Mouau.afribary.org: Retrieved Dec 25, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/application-of-management-functions-on-organizational-performance-a-study-of-selected-poultry-organizations-in-umuahia-abia-state-7-2
MBADUGHA, MBADUGHA. "Application Of Management Functions On Organizational Performance: A Study Of Selected Poultry Organizations In Umuahia, Abia State" Mouau.afribary.org. Mouau.afribary.org, 03 Oct. 2023, https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/application-of-management-functions-on-organizational-performance-a-study-of-selected-poultry-organizations-in-umuahia-abia-state-7-2. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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MBADUGHA, MBADUGHA. "Application Of Management Functions On Organizational Performance: A Study Of Selected Poultry Organizations In Umuahia, Abia State" Mouau.afribary.org (2023). Accessed 25 Dec. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/application-of-management-functions-on-organizational-performance-a-study-of-selected-poultry-organizations-in-umuahia-abia-state-7-2