TEAMWORK AND ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE: A STUDY OF AL-HIKMAH UNIVERSITY

1Olodo, Hameedat Bukola Ph.D., 2Aremu, Moriam Adeyemi Ph.D., 3Raji, Mustafa Ayobami and 4Aminu, Hassana Abubakar

Abstract

Self-importance and personal accomplishment have been an area of focus at work place which has led
to the concept of teamwork been overlooked by managers and employees. Teamwork has faced a
number of problems such as suspicion among team members, personality clash and gap in
communication, which with these; organisations cannot achieve its optimum results. Thus, this study
examined the impact of teamwork on organisational performance in Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin,
Nigeria. The study adopted a survey research design. The study population comprised of academic
and non- academic staff, with a total population of 661.Taro Yamane formulae was used to select a
sample size of 249. Primary data was employed through structured questionnaire. Simple regression
method was used to analyse the data collected. Findings of the study showed that Teamwork had a
significant impact on organisational performance with 79.9% of the variation in organisational
performance explained by team context, team design and interdependency. Therefore, it was
recommended that more emphasis should be on teamwork activities in order for employers to be able
to improve on their staff performance and that of the organization.