Interpersonal Relationship and Organizational Performance: A Nexus

This paper examines the Impact of Interpersonal Relationship on Organizational Performance. It identified lack of effective communication among the staff members of an organization as one of the major hindrance to organizational performance. The paper looks at performance as both behavour and result. It argued that for efficient and effective performance of an organization, a good interpersonal relationship is a sine-qua-non. It therefore noted that effective communication will create good interpersonal relationship among the members of organization. Every organization is specifically created to achieve a specific objective or goals, and the extent to which the goals were achieved determines the effectiveness of the organization. The workers in the organization need to interact cooperate and work hand in hand among themselves in order to achieve the goals of the organization. The paper therefore, argued for effective interpersonal relationship as the backbone of organizational performance.