FACILITY MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY: A PEARSON PRODUCT MOMENT CORRELATION (PPMC) ANALYSIS APPROACH

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to examine the impact of facility management on organizational efficiency. The specific objectives were to: examine the relationship between building facility and organizational efficiency, determine the relationship between equipment facility and efficiency, and to investigate the relationship between land facility and organizational efficiency. A survey design was employed in the study. Data for this study were gathered from primary sources through the use of a structured questionnaire from respondents of Flour Mills in Calabar. The study employed Pearson Product Moment Correlation analysis to measure the relationship between variables tested in the study. Based on the analysis of the results, it was revealed that there was a significant relationship between building facility and efficiency, there was a significant relationship between equipment facility and efficiency and there was a significant relationship between land facility and efficiency in Flour Mills, Calabar. The study recommended that facility management activities are relevant to the various aspects and dimensions of an organization, therefore, managers need to have an intimate understanding of how the organization works to create and implement facility management strategy. The authors also recommended that managements need to understand all dimensions of the organization, such as the purpose of the organization, its vision, mission, objectives, core competency and goals and the processes of work, operations, and projects.