Thesis Abstract

Abstract
This research project focuses on exploring the influence of job incentives on the operations of organizations, with a specific case study of Nigeria Bottling Company Plc Ninth Mile, Enugu State. Job incentives are crucial in motivating employees and improving overall organizational performance. The study aims to investigate the types of job incentives offered by the company and their impact on employee motivation, job satisfaction, and productivity. A mixed-methods approach will be used for data collection, including surveys, interviews, and document analysis. The study will involve employees at different levels within the organization to gather a comprehensive understanding of their perceptions regarding job incentives. Quantitative data will be analyzed using statistical techniques, while qualitative data will be thematically analyzed to identify patterns and themes. The findings of this research are expected to provide insights into the effectiveness of job incentives in enhancing employee motivation and performance within Nigeria Bottling Company Plc Ninth Mile. The study will also contribute to the existing body of knowledge on the relationship between job incentives and organizational operations, particularly in the context of a developing country like Nigeria. The implications of this study are twofold first, it will provide practical recommendations for Nigeria Bottling Company Plc Ninth Mile on how to optimize their job incentives to drive employee engagement and productivity. Second, the findings will have broader implications for other organizations in Nigeria and beyond, highlighting the importance of strategic incentive systems in achieving organizational goals. Overall, this research project is significant in shedding light on the role of job incentives in organizational operations, particularly in the Nigerian context. By understanding how job incentives influence employee behavior and performance, organizations can design more effective incentive systems that align with their goals and objectives. This study is a timely contribution to the field of organizational behavior and human resource management, with potential implications for improving employee satisfaction, retention, and overall organizational performance.

Thesis Overview

INTRODUCTION

There has been an eminent question on the part of most writer of industrial organization to study and find solution to some problem on the productivity of workers, how it can be measured and what factors influence the workers performance in the organization operation.
However in this study it is a discussion on how incentives influence an organization operation. This leading to greater productivity as a result of workers performance labour, is know to be one of the major factors of production and dry production process will be incomplete without labour as a major determinant and this are human beings whose services are purpose which include production of good and services.
A good organization operation will be determined by its productivity level which is the amount of good and services produced by certain number of labour forces and the resource available at the organization disposal; this is generally accepted fact that without compensation in return (incentive) labour will be unfunction incentive is the payment or benefit made to or received by a worker either week monthly periodically or quterly as suitable to organization in exchange for work and services reddened in the process of production.
Incentive comprises of salaries overtime payment job security provision of amenities etc which shall all be discuss later in other chapter. The has been persistent controversy over the importance of these incentives to works.
Economic and many industrial executive are prone to stress the importance of incentives in determining the worker job satisfaction and preference level which leads to high productivity and good organization operation.
During the part two decades, the question for better ways of motivating people at work has caused some researchers to concentrate on the physiological factors that stimulate workers rather than developing the incentives of financial rewards. The choice between financial reward s. the choice between financial incentives and physiological incentives has been the subject of contrivers . Both sides of those arguments are discussed in later chapter of the work.
However, there has not been any comprehensive sheme to satisfy al situations and motivations of works varies with the type of work and even with the particular Job but any form of motivation will not have the same appeal for individual workers to mere employment of working Job incentives can now be seen a very important factor in encouraging and enhancing workers performance and efficient organizations operation through not without putting the following into consideration.
A) Satisfaction of workers which is suitable ways and salaries for children, better medical facilities transportation facilities, moderate working hours and a peaceful and cornfortable reticent, just to mention all but a few- To increase their commitment to work and enhance their performance work.
B) Provision of adequate quantity of goods and service on which people can spend their money, whatever the level of ways paid to workers, Unless there is a steady and abundant supply of essential commodities there can be no end to demand for ways increase.
C) The existence of labour relation of workers union whose prime responsibility is to maximize both economic and social well being of its members will go a long way in increasing workers productivity through provision of some incentives.
1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY
The history of ways and salaries in Nigeria is traceable to the colonial period when effort were made to review workers salaries, but emphasis will be laid on the past colonial and independence era in this study.