Organisational change and employee performance at university of education, Winneba, Ghana.

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to examine organisational change and employee performance at University of Education, Winneba, Ghana. The specific objectives of this study were to examine the effect of leadership change on employee performance; examine the effect of change in technology +ion employee performance, and, examine the effect of change in organisation structure on employee performance in University of Education, Winneba. The study adopted a descriptive research design. The study was a quantitative and the simple random sampling was used to select 128 respondents. The researcher administered the questionnaire through self-administration. The study used descriptive and inferential statistics. Analysis was carried out using Statistical Package for Social Sciences. The study correlation model indicated that there was significant positive relationship between leadership and the employee performance change (r=0.527 and p-value=0.000<α=0.01). The study found that there was linear relationship between technological change and employee performance. Regression model summary shows the R value was 0.584 indicating that there was a positive relationship between effects of technological change (independent variable) and employee performance. The study found that there was significant relationship between organisational structure and employee performance. The study recommended that in order to ensure the success of the change programme, it is appropriate to focus on organisational structure, technology and leadership change. It is also recommended that stakeholders should be educated on the need for the change when the need arises.