Effect of employee empowerment on the performance of selected manufacturing organisations in Enugu State, Nigeria

The purpose of this work is focuses on effect of employee empowerment on the performance of selected manufacturing organisations in Enugu State. Specifically the study aimed to pursue the following objectives: to determine the effect of training on productivity in manufacturing organisations, to ascertain the nature of the relationship between proper employee compensation and employee performance and to determine the extent at which employee involvement in decision making influence employee commitment.. The study has a population size of 2835, out from which a sample size of 351 was realized using Taro Yamane's formula at 5% error of tolerance and 95% level of confidence. Instruments used for data collection were primary questionnaires and interview. The total number of 351 copies of the questionnaire were distributed while 320 copies were returned and 31 copies not returned. Survey research design was adopted for the study. Three hypotheses were tested using Pearson product moment correlation coefficient and simple linear regression tools. The findings indicated that training has a significant effect on productivity in manufacturing Organisations (r = 0.864; F= 936.653; t = 30.605; p< 0.05). There is a positive relationship between proper employee compensation and employee performance (r =.798, p<.05). Employee involvement in decision making significantly influences employee commitment (r = 0.776; F = 481.232; t = 21.937; p< 0.05). It was concluded that empowerment helps to achieve certain culture and an environment in the organization by increasing organizational effectiveness through developing and deploying competent influence in the human resource. The study recommended that organizations should send their employees on training to reduce their skill deficiencies and improve productivity at a profit