The Impact Of Reward System On Organizational Staff Performance

1.0  INTRODUCTION
1.1  BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
It is a common knowledge that organization be it business concerns, mutual benefit associates, required their employees workers to perform well and behave in certain ways if the organization wants to survive and achieved its aims the various forms of behavior and attitudinal disposition which organization require of their employees in order organization require of their employee in order to realize\e set o goal depend on the kind of reward and incentive existing in the organization.

Organization reward system refers to the ways and modalities by which workers in an organization can be motivate or individual to put more efforts that will lead to attainment of the organization goals. Kit is also seen as those motivational tools which an organization adopts Productivity. These rewards or incentive vary from one organization to another and they include the following: advancement opportunities in the company, job security, good salary wages, adequate medical facilities, canteen, services housing, transport, vacation and holiday practice, company attitude towards employee, physical working condition such as office commodation etc.

Management involves motivating people and any human Productivity inevitable leads to the question of incentives and rewards. To most people an incentive implies money any reward but this is not necessary so incentives and  reward maybe financial and non-financial. It has to be mentioned here that incentives reward are used for few main purposes.

1. To persuade people to come work.
2. To encourage people to work hard while they are at work.
3. To help people and identify themselves with the objectives of the organization.
4. To show management appreciation of the employee’s, contribution to the survival of the organization.

It is however a common problem that the refusal of employees has always causes  discontent. According to Davis (1971:57) the surest signs of deteriorating condition in an organization is  job dissatisfaction, the result of  which are grievances how productivity disciplinary problems and other organization difficulties in essence, various  studies have shown that there is relationship between reward and Productivity in an organization. A well package incentive system  couple with appreciation  reward has a tendency of influencing  employees in the organization. In fact, with increased Productivity, through incentive and reward system, workers will be more satisfied with the job and hence, put in their almost best into achieving organizational goals and effectiveness. However,  several writers have come to associate personal Productivity with the type of reward and incentive available in the employees. The most need of the employees are not within the organization through appropriate reward and incentives, the more the like hold   that the would be motivated to work and thus satisfy the needs of the organization.

Consequently, the problem of how to make employees work harder for the interest of he organization and for heir own interest becomes a fundamental one. In fact, the issue of how Productivity and mobilization of employees is one of the major problem that occupied  the  attention of the management and administrator in industrial organization. Management always concerned with finding effective ways of ensuring that employees produce their best of the cheapest rate in a short time, while employees according to Scott (1966:75) the most concerned with income and security before other things.

In this study, the researcher is really going to love at organizational reward system and its impact on the Productivity of staff. This is look at generally and specifically referring to Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). This research will also focus on ways organization reward incentives can be administered so as to reduce job dissatisfaction and improve Productivity of staff unless adequately compensated by way of appropriate reward/incentives to retain them and get the best out of them. Early idea of employees remuneration were based on principle of penalty and reward, the underlying assumption  being that people at work minimize their own interest and act according. It should be noted that people are unpredictable hence there is no right way to deal with employees Productivity

1.3  OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
The research in this study attempts to investigate the correlation between reward and Productivity in the organization based on the above, the researcher wants to investigate.

1. Why employees have tended to avoid their best unless adequately rewarded.
2. Why are some employees not motivated by some rewards on incentives for increase in Productivity.
3. How to make employees work work hard for the interest of the organization

1.4  SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
This study is significant in much respect, first, the finding of this study will help organizations to know how best to reward their hardworking employees.

Secondly, it will assist organization, to relate  reward system on the Productivity of staff, employers would be assisted to adopt the most appropriate reward scheme that would engender better performance of staff in this effort every individual performance will be rewarded accordingly to his environment. In other words, reward should be glanced towards achieving Productivity. If the objective of the organization to be achieved.

A situation whereby employees are given reward irrespective of the performance breed frustration and lack of commitment on the part of employees. This study shall endeavour to establish full reward shall be based on individual performance and achievement rather than  any other factors.

1.5  SCOPE OF THE STUDY
Organizational reward and its impact on the Productivity of the staff is an extensive  research. Therefore, the researcher has decided to restrict the study of the impact of organizational reward on Productivity of staff  with emphasis on four location of NNPC in Lagos.

1.6  LIMITATION OF THE STUDY
Despite the limited scope of this research, it was affected with certain constraints which are as follows:

1. Time: In research of this type, a lot of time is required but given the short time allowed for this study, it was not possible to do all that was required and necessary.
2. Finance: Due to the harsh economic condition of economic crunch, enough finance was reality available to do all was required and necessary.
3. Distance: The long distance between Owerri and Lagos was one of the major constraints, moreover, there was a petroleum of shuttling from one location of the corporation to the other.
4. Information constraint: Getting the needed information was not easy. This is probably because of the stingy manner managers handle information especially those bordering the life of the organization.

1.8  DEFINITION OF TERMS
Commercialization: This means the selling of the service of the government owned corporation of a competitive on c commercial prices.

Corporation: A group of people authority to operate a single unit with a separate existence example for business purposes.

Employee: A person who works for somebody or a company in return for wages or salary.

Financial incentives:An incentives given to somebody to encourage him or her but in the form of cash/money.

Non-financial incentives: Form of incentive that is not in cash/money but other materials items and or moral kind.

Organizational hierarchy: The authority flow in an organization. It is the level of authority that exist in an organization.

Output: This is the amount of something  that a person or employee a machine or an organization produces usually products.

Productivity: The efficiency especially in industry measured comparing, the amount of goods or service produced within the time or the  resources used to produce (input).

Reward:Thing that is given or received in  turn for doing something good and acceptable hardworking.