Strategic Management Foundations and Employee Performance of Aluminium Companies in Delta State

Abstract

Strategic management foundation is a fundamental part of any organization. Strategicmanagement comprise of environmental scanning, strategy formulation,implementation, evaluation and control. Through this process, an organization plans itsactivities which shall be profitable to the firm. Employee performance is the degree ofan achievement to which an employee fulfils the organizational mission at workplace.It implicitly takes into consideration a range of variables at both organizational leveland departmental level. The present study determined the relationship betweenstrategic management foundations and employee performance of Aluminiumcompanies in Delta State. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. One researchquestion guided the study and one hypothesis was tested at 0.05 level of significance.Data was collected with the use of questionnaire and analysis was done using mean andstandard deviation. The study revealed that strategic management foundation ispositively related with employee performance. It was recommended among others that,since strategic management has positive relationship with employee performance inaluminium companies, strategic management practices should be adopted within theorganization. In this way, employee performance and overall organizationaleffectiveness can be enhanced.Key Words: Strategic management, foundations, Employee Performance