IMPACT OF PARTICIPATORY DECISION MAKING ON JOB SATISFACTION (IN CASE OF AMBO UNIVERSITY WOLISO CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION)

Abstract

Participatory decision making offered valuable opportunities to focus on work activity and goals to identify and correct existing problems and to encourage better current and future satisfaction of job. Thus performance of the whole organization will be enhanced. The study was aimed to assess the Impact of participatory decision making and job satisfaction in Ambo University Woliso campus Administration. More particularly, at mapping to assess the factors that affect job satisfaction of employee and the advantage and disadvantages of participatory decision making and to evaluate the types of participatory decision makingThis study about participatory decision making and job satisfaction on workers performance also discusses about benefit, approaches and methods decision. The study were conducted by gathering information though reviewing related books and documents in addition to the main primary sources questionnaire both, open and closed ended questions and interview, that were distributed to employees selected by simple random sampling technique. The sample size was about 675 of the total population of 62 employees of University. These employees subjected to the study were employees of Ambo University woliso campus Administration who were managerial and non-managerial staffs.After the data gathered, it was analyzed precisely using tables, percentages and generalization. Generally, more than half of the employees did not take part in the process of decision making. As a result this becomes a ground for employee’s dissatisfaction and awarding employees about the objective of taking part in the decision making the respective bodies and giving invaluable time aware them