1.0 Introduction
In the recent times, Treasure on cooperative organization to achieve their set goals and policies or face the ugly consequences of being liquidated by its owners has become an increasing necessity. Hence they strive to adopt a sound and workable supervisory strategy that will enhance a greater organizational performance.
Today, the corporation is currently witnessing articulated moves form to management to the top floor worker in a bid to translate strategic cooperation objective to specific orientated action that will eventually leads to goal attainment.
Beside, the key to the realization of cooperative strategy has in the ability of management to effectively transform strategic objectives to result oriented goals. Obviously this is where the missing links. Hence, the Primary measure of supervising success is the productivity of the supervisor work unit.
1.1 Background of the Study
Supervisors who would act as middlemen are responding for transmitting management plans, Programmes, policies and objective which becomes an indispensable tool for bringing the gap between supervision strategy and organizational performance. According to Gormlare (1972), managers cannot markets alone he needs assistance to fully meet the requirements for his current position and even assistance if he is going to rise to senior position within the organization. The importance of supervising leadership on organizational performance cannot be over emphasized.
This is because the character substance and style the supervisory leadership lead to high productivity and defer. It's part of growth in an organization while inferior supervisory strategy is deterrent to output. Menses (1978:8) Hence is a consensus that regardless of method or system the example of practices of trained supervisors, leaders know how to evoke positive employee's response to the attainment of their goals who have leaned how to gain and retain employee respect and support, have a worth beyond price to their organization, there are less than numerous agreement that has the boss and subordinate, there are less than numerous agreement that as the boss and subordinate are concerned authority and obedience is on longer than the name of the game. Yet there are still bosses and subordinates inside the organization, customer and citizen on outsides.
However, one thing that seem to emerge from all these debates is that effectiveness of supervision mercies (1978:10) holed that an effective supervisor should be able to do the following:
Spend his time as a supervisor in scheduling planning and training.
(Should not try to do the work of his subordinates.
Respect them, stand up for them, give subordinates recognition, keep his subordinates informed and should be fair to them. It must therefore bear in mind that set objectives cannot be realized under an atmosphere devoid of competent and effective leadership and supervision.
Summarily, this constitutes the bulk of the entire study as the only effective means of ensuring organizational performance towards goals attainment.
1.2 Statement of the Problem
In effective supervisory strategy in the practice of the organization, that is by looking at what people do at the functional level. Obviously, most cooperative organizations acknowledge the importance o effective supervision to efficient and effective management of their organization. This is so when viewed from the standard points that factor in determining their group output.
Despite the importance of effective supervisory strategy to the attainment of organizational objective. in some organizations, it is clear manifestation of low task that are assigned to and performed by subordinates. And those tasks so performed cannot be separated from the pattern of supervision strategy, existing in the organization. Therefore, strategy must serve the organization while the organization serve the strategy, i.e. effective supervisory strategies work, while ineffective supervisory strategies do not. So the nature and extent of directives given the subordinate and their bearing on the organization performance is where the research revolves.
1.3 Research Question
What is the relationship between effective supervision and cooperate performance/productivity
1.4 Delineation of Study
The research is based on cooperative thrift and loan society, Nekede and is concerned with the effect of supervisory strategy on organizational performances. This study is focused on how sound supervision could impact meaningful on high organizational performance which importantly enhances greater productivity in organization.
1.5 Purpose of the Study
It is believed that at the end of the successful conduct of this research, the effect of supervisory strategy on organizational performance would have been found; the influence of organization environment on supervisory strategy would have been unveiled. That the supervisor can positively influence workers attitude to enhance organizational performance besides, it would be able to give suggestions that will boast the subordinate's moral and as well enhance organizational performance. At the end of this study, the purpose of showing the effect of supervision strategy on organizational performance among would have been achieved.
1.6 Significance of the Study
The research through its findings and recommendations will no doubt contribute immensely towards creating a better working environment for both supervisors with leadership appropriate to ensuring subordinate compliance and higher organizational performance.
The study will also raise the consciousness of both supervisors and subordinates in their various rational roles towards each other and enhancement of greater performance.
Furthermore, the research would create greater awareness among the supervisor's of industry and commerce, regarding supervisory strategy in cooperative organization. In addition the study helps to discover and disclose why despite all emphasis and efforts, enhancement of supervisory strategy is still face on. The works will similarly analysis the effect of supervisory strategy and organizational performance in our ever infant cooperative organization.
Finally, the study will contribute to the stock of existing knowledge and stimulate further research into the subject matter.
1.7 Organizational Performance
This refers to the ability of the organization to achieve a stated standard efficiently. The best way to measure performance is to set specific objective to serve as standard for measuring performance.(Ref 1973)
1.8 Definition of Terms
These are dependent and independent variable that will appear in this study. An understanding of those concepts is important. They are as follows:
Supervision:
This is the act of watching and directing the work of others instructing and assuring of others to subordinates to perform their enforcement of discipline and development of team spirit or accomplishing stated goals.
Supervisor:
A supervisor in any organization is that individuals who directs and controls the work of the operative employees. In other words, he is a technical specialist occupying the lower rang of management team, who overseas, inspects and directs the work of non-managerial employees to achieve the desire result.
