African Journal of
Business Management

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Bus. Manage.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1993-8233
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJBM
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 4188

Full Length Research Paper

Appraisal of the impact of team management on business performance: Study of metro mass transit limited, Ghana

  Abdul-Azeez1, Ibraheem Adegoke Olateju1, Olawale Ibrahim1* and Aworemi Joshua Remi2        
  1Department of Business Administration and Management Technology, Lagos State University, Ojo, Nigeria. 2Department of Management Science, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 25 August 2009
  •  Published: 30 September 2009

Abstract

 

This paper examines the impact of team management on business performance using Metro Mass Transit (Ghana) Limited as a reference point.  The study was carried out in Accra, the administrative seat of Ghana and Takoradi. Copies of questionnaire were administered in the study area to generate primary data. The descriptive analysis technique using percentages and table presentations were used to analyze the collected. The study indicated that team management is an essential strategy needed to aid business performance; it is also an important tool which helps in improving business performance and productivity that can lead to business prosperity. Furthermore, the study revealed that individualism is a major hindrance to organization productivity. Lastly, the study recommends that for any organization to survive, maintain its sustenance in today’s global business change, and be successful, effective team management will be a highly needed strategy.

 

Key words: Team management, business performance, productivity, business organization, business prosperity.