1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The efficiency of office employees is directly or indirectly affected by the conditions under which they are required to do their work which affect the performances of workers and the achievement of organizational objectives for this purpose, this study will focus it’s attention on the effects of poor office environment on the motivation of workers in an organization.
According to Oxford Advance Learner Dictionary, “Are office is a room, set of rooms or building where people work usually sitting at desk”.
Egbo T.E. and Rita Ejiofor (2007:255) defined Office as a place where clerical activities take place” to put it succinctly, the office is a service delivery unit of an organization, such services may include clerical secretarial, accounting and research duties. These are vital services that complement or facilitate the work of the executives in an organization. Office reflects the company’s wealth, it’s value and it’s attitudes, for visitors and workers it is the company’s handful image and it provides the stage on which the more static element of the company perform for their customers, staff and community.
Above all, office is designed to stimulate environments that encourage creativity.
Therefore, one cannot define an office without the knowledge of it’s environment. Are office environment is a business community where socio-economic or business activities are performed with a view to achieve organizational goals. It should be known that every business system lies within are environment in enhancing work motivation and job satisfaction is necessary in every organization. Consequently management should look into work motivation and conducive environment as antidote for enhancing productively and influences the amount of work interest and happiness of workers.
The office environment are consists of office building, furniture and layout, lighting, air condition, ventilation, colour conditioning or decoration, sound condition physical conditioning in which workers operate under a safety measures and so on.
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
It is the fact that human beings are one important resource available to the organisation and prove to pressure and influences such as noise, poor lighting and unsuitable work tools as this always creates discomfort in the work place and tend to urge the employees to seek more suitable conditions outside the workstation. These conditions, which are harmful to their health and moral, results in physical and mental fatigue in other words, it result to inefficiency. The general working environment of most Nigeria office with particular references to Enugu North Local Government are subjected to utter neglects.
Looking at these problems, one will quickly notice that workers rate of production and organizational hazards that might cause injury or death of workers deriders on environment factors. It is the environment that will greatly
motivate the workers to increase their productivity.
1.3 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
1.4 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
1.5 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
1.6 RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS
H1: The salary structure affects workers motivation and productivity
H1: Poor office environment affect workers level of output
H1: Indifferent attitude to workers welfare by the management have inversely related impact on the motivation of workers.
The significance of this study is to:
1.8 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
This research work was delimited only to the effects of poor office environment on the motivation of workers in an organization in Enugu North Local Government Area of Enugu State. In this all the staff of the organization is used ad the population of the study.
– Motivation: This means an incentive, which encourages workers to be more devoted to their job.
– Moral: This means the moral conditions of workers regarding discipline and confidence.
– Job Satisfaction: This refers to the pleasurable emotional by the state which as a result of the appraisal of one’s job.
– Welfare Benefits: Satisfactory state of motivation and maintaining workers by guiding them, allowance that will keep them in good health condition.
– Incentives: These are wages & salaries.
– Performance: This refers to the execution of carrying out notable work.
– Impact: These are wages and salaries objects where studying against another.