The facter affecting of leadership on organization effectiveness in Ethiopian electric power authority, a case study in the southwest, and Jimma district

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.