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The study examined the trend in global technological speed and its effects on organizational performances of manufacturing firms in South East Nigeria. The specific objectives include to: Assess the extent global technological speed affect the rate productivity of the manufacturing firms in South East Nigeria. Determine the effect technological changes have on the market shares of the manufacturing firms in South East Nigeria and examine the effect of introduction of new equipment on employee retention. The study adopted a survey design. The scope of the study is the manufacturing firms in South East Nigeria. The study utilized primary and secondary sources of data. Information on globalization was obtained from CBN Statistical Bulletin while questionnaire were used to gather information from the staff of the sampled manufacturing firms. The population consists of 562 workers of selected manufacturing firms South Eastern Nigeria. The study used the survey approach. The primary sources used were used to administer 288 copies of questionnaire to the sampled staff, 282 were returned and accurately filled. The validity of the instrument was tested using content analysis and the result was good. The reliability was tested using the Pearson correlation coefficient (r). It gave a reliability co-efficient of 0.87 which was also good. The hypotheses were analyzed using f-statistics (ANOVA). The study observed that globalization had great effects on the performance of manufacturing firms in South East Nigeria based on the findings, the study recommended among others that thorough environmental scanning is necessary whenever a company plans to enter into a new territory. This allows for smooth operations of the company and standardized service delivery.
Globalization, Technological speed, Organizational performance
