Organizational Structure and Productivity of Food, Beverage and Tobacco Manufacturing Firms in South East, Nigeria

The study evaluated the organizational structure and productivity of food, beverage and tobacco manufacturing firms in South East, Nigeria. The specific objectives were to; examine the relationship between task allocation and the units of output produced; evaluate the relationship between coordination mechanisms in the organization and waste reduction and determine the relationship between employee safety cost and cost reduction of food, beverage and tobacco manufacturing
firms in South East, Nigeria. The total population for the study was two thousand and twenty-four (2024). The sample size of three hundred and twenty three (323) was drawn using Freund and William’s formula at 5 percent error margin. A survey design was adopted for the study. Instrument used for data collection was the questionnaire and interviews. A total of three hundred and twenty three (323) copies of questionnaire were distributed while three hundred and two (302) copies of questionnaire were returned. Pearson correlation coefficient ( r),was used to test the hypotheses, determine the nature, and strength of the research variables with aid of Special Package for Statistical Software (SPSS). The findings indicated that there was significant relationship between task allocation and the units of output produced by food, beverage and tobacco manufacturing firms in South East, Nigeria, r(95, n= 302)= .461