WORK GROUP MANAGEMENT AND ITS IMPERATIVES ON TEAM MEMBERS’ PERFORMANCE AND DEVELOPMENT

Bunmi Gabriel Ogunshola, & Taiwo Adewale Shobande

Department of Business Administration,

Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye. Ogun State

Email: angeliclineonline@yahoo.com, taiwoshobande@hotmail.com

Abstract: Managing organization and developing managerial competency of employees could be time and resource consuming, however, organization that intends to keep a top flight and secure its competitiveness cannot but make this a priority, hence, recent innovations in organizational practices and management style, intended towards driving organizational performance by enhancing employee productivity, developing managerial competencies and leadership potentials, resulting in the adoption of relatively new models of employee management style by adopting a team model to work-place management. This study examines how the management of work group influences performance and personal development of employees. Respondents were selected from the Call Centers of one of Nigeria’s leading telecommunication outfit and administered questionnaire, 110 of the responses were analyzed to arrive at the findings of this research work using a mixture of Regression and correlation analysis and Chi square . The findings revealed that there is significant relationship between team leaders’ management style and team performance, and that individual performance is significantly related to their propensity for self-development, it was also discovered that the group management style impact the process of building employees’ leadership skills and personal development.

Keyword: Work Group, Team, Tele-density, Employee Performance, Self Development, Productivity