Impact Of Organizational Structure On Employees Job Performance: A Case of Amref Health Africa, Ethiopia

Abstract

There is a growing recognition to align the success of employees’ performance with organizational structure. It is widely believed that organizational structure influence the overall organizational performance and employee’s performance. The main objective of the study is to examine the impact of organizational structure aspects (formalization, centralization and specialization) on employees’ job performance in the case of Amref Health Africa in Ethiopia. The study was guided by three main research questions and adopted a descriptive research design. The total population of the study were all full-time employees of the organization and census techniques were applied. Both primary and secondary sources of data were used. The primary data was obtained from structured survey questionnaires while secondary data was obtained from various desk reviewing and publications. The results indicate that organizational structure (structural aspects) has a significant negative effect on job performance of employees in an Amref Health Africa Ethiopia. The result of the study revealed that there are intensive formalization work structure, more centralization and low levels of staff development and promotion efforts in the organization. That means, as regulations and complexity in the level (vertical, horizontal, geographical), formality and organizational concentration is more, employees’ job performance reduces. Furthermore, the findings of the study showed that there are limited employee’s participation in organizations decision making in addition to poor work structure and platform for employees development and growths in the organizations. The study recommended the management of the organization to give emphasis on designing or restructuring the current structure plus should bringing employees onboard in decisions making, since it helps the organization to success and creating a good work structure and platform which support employee’s career development.