1.1 Introduction
This topic intends to look into the challenges facing married female office manager do not accomplish or complete favorable with their single counterparts in business organization. Many think that married female office manager are official wives to their bosses are more or less being misused by men subjective thinking. Married female office manager have chances of advancement to higher position in their organization. They perform creditably well when compared with their unmarried counterparts. An office manager is a staff or executive responsible for the smooth operation of day-to-day business of the company.
As a prelude to other parts of this study, this chapter will discuss the background upon which this study was initiated, the statement of problems that led to this study, the Aim and Objectives of the study. Others are Significance of the study, Scope of work, Research Hypothesis, Research Questions, and Limitations of the Study.
1.2 Statement Of The Problem
In the search for identifying the duties of married female office managers, it was discovered that they are faced with numerous problems. To be able to put in outs time in the practice of the profession. The married female office manager has the problem of combining office service and that of the domestic services. Besides, they are being provided with a poor equipment by the management which result to their inefficiency and low productivity. Above all the married female office managers are not properly motivated. It is in the process of contributing to the solving of these problems that the writer has divided to find solution that can help future researchers.
Every organization needs the services of competent office manager that can represent them internally and externally and that can maintain their image. It is in order to achieve this objective that this researcher was carried out so as to identify the problems encountered by married female office manager and at the same time find likely solutions to the problems.
1.3 Objective Of The Study
The main objective of carrying out this research is to achieve the following objectives:
- To identify the causes of occupational problems affecting married female office managers.
- To highlight the problems confronting married female office managers in selected organizations.
- To examine the prospects of married female office managers.
- To recommend ways and means of motivating married female office managers.
1.4 Research Questions
This study answers the following question:
- What are the regular causes of problems for married female office manager?
- Are married female office managers sexually harassed and underutilized by their bosses?
- Do they give more attention to their personal or domestic responsibilities than their official duties?
- Can married female office managers be rewarded like their unmarried counterparts?
1.5 Research Hypothesis
This study answers the following research hypothesis:
H0: There is no significant difference between domestic responsibilities than their official duties of female office manager.
H1: There is a significant difference between domestic responsibilities than their official duties of female office manager.
1.6 Significance Of The Study
Married female office managers are of tremendous importance to the organization. This study is important to organizations and individuals in order to:
- Highlight the problems of married female office managers and the causes of such problems.
- To make likely suggestions for lasting solution to the problems confronting married female office managers.
- To find the prospects of married female office managers in selected organization.
- Finally, this study acts as a corner-stone for future researcher on the subject matters.
1.7 Scope Of Study
The scope focuses on the challenges of female office managers and it’s effect on their job performance in Palm Nectar Breweries Limited, Port Harcourt, River State.
1.8 Limitations of the Study
During the course of this study, many things militated against its completion, some of which are:
- Time Constraint: The time frame given to accomplish this project was very short due to school academic calendar and it was carried out under pressure which made the researcher not to implement some necessary features.
- Establishment Policies: Establishment policies posed a serious limitation as most staffs are not ready to release information needed for this project work. There were lots of information needed from the staffs of this institution to enhance the study which took them time to release or they did not release at all for security purposes, hence the scope was reduced.
