Participatory Decision-Making and Organisational Performance of Selected Ministries in Ondo State Civil Service

This study examined participatory decision making and organisational performance of selected Ministries in Ondo State, Nigeria.The descriptive research design was adopted for the study with the population of 1726 civil servants from selected ministries in Ondo State.Taro Yamane formula was used to determine the 400 sample size, the respondents were randomly selected for the study.This study administered 400 copies of questionnaire to collect data from the administrators of five selected Ministries in Ondo State, Nigeria, out of which 290 copies were returned and valid, indicating a response rate of 72.5%.The method of data analysis adopted was linear regression which was used to test the stated hypotheses for the study.The result of the study revealed that employees participation in work decision has positive impact on service quality of Ondo State Civil Service at 0.05 level of significance (F= 174.871, β= 0.454, t=8.653,P(0.00)<.05).Also, there was a positive relationship between consultative participation and operational efficiency of Ondo State Civil Service (F= 94.294, β= 0.497, t= 9.711, P(0.00)<.05).The study concluded that participatory decisions-making is a necessary requirement for organisation performance in Ondo State Civil Service.The study recommended that employees in the organisation are better informed about the challenges and opportunities and should be allowed to participate in decision making so that work decision and operational efficiency and will be enhanced and sustained.