Abstract:
Leadership is important to noble effectiveness meanwhile it organizes both deployments of
human and other resources in the organization, worthy leader inspires employees and
encouraged employees does not only proliferate his or her job effectiveness and assurance
within an organization but also drives beyond the job requests consequently increasing the
organization’s overall effectiveness and making it more profitable. The main objective of the
study was to examine the effect of leadership on organizational effectiveness at Ethiopian
Electric Power (EEP) southwest, Jimma district employees. To achieve this research
objective both primary sources of data were utilized. The primary data was collected from
managers, supervisors and workers. Primary sources of data were used in this study the target
population of employees of Jimma Electric Power (EEP) Jimma District. 228 employees
were the sample size of the study. The survey instrument was in order to collect primary data.
The data were processed and analyzed using SPSS 23. The research design was both
descriptive and explanatory and the research used a quantitative approach. Through the
Simple random sampling technique, a sample of eighty-nine was selected out of the total
population. Both descriptive and regression analyses were applied. The descriptive statistics
result shows that the EEP Jimma District office more practices Leadership compare to
Organizational Effectiveness. The result of the regression analysis also indicated that
Leadership style has a positive and significant relationship with organizational effectiveness.
The study concluded that the empowerment in the EEP Jimma District was significantly
affected organizational effectiveness. leadership should be known by all people at all levels
of the organization to have a positive facter affecting on the overall accomplishments. It is
suggested that managers/leaders be trained to empower their followers in order to enhance
organizational effectiveness.
