The effect of management styles on the performance of employees in private sector organizations in Uganda:

Abstract

This study sought to examine the effect of management styles on the performance of employees in private sector organizations in Uganda. Private organizations in Uganda has not been performing quite well due to poor management styles used by the leaders for instance medical centers’ like Alleluia Medical Centre, despite the fact that they have undergone managerial training. The study hoped to contribute to the body of knowledge necessary for improving quality of health service delivery through effective training of new management styles like participative where teamwork is involved. The objectives of this study were; to find out the management styles used in Alleluia Medical Centre; to find out whether the management styles have an effect on the employee performance, and to establish if there are any other management styles that affect employee performance. The study was cross-section descriptive study which employed quantitative and qualitative approaches to analyze data. A sample of 34 employees from Alleluia Medical Centre-Kasese District western part of Uganda was studied. The researcher found out that 55.9% of the employees were male. General staff had more respondents who were 44.1% and finance had the least number of respondents who were 5.9%. Qualitative data was collected using semi-structured questionnaires, interview guide, observation methods and found out that good management styles has positive effect on the performance of private sector organizations. Quantitative data was collected using tools ratio scale adopted from previous work (studies). Data analysis was carried out using SPSS and Excel computer software, Cronach alpha for reliability analysis was also used on the scale items. The respondents revealed that the organization mostly use participative which had the big percentage of 64.7, delegative and other management styles like autocratic and democratic had 35.2 percent they were suggested by the respondents. The research identified poor communication as one of the factors that have led to poor performance. In this study, the researcher recommended that managers need more training on better approaches to management styles and make use of effective communication, motivation, job security assurance, and involving employees in decision making. The researcher concluded that, managers need to maintain good relationship with employees for better performance