Enhancing Organizational Performance Through Effective Leadership in Public Enterprises: A Study of the Adamawa Investment and Property Development Company Ltd

Abstract

The study examined the impact of effective leadership on the performance of public enterprises with a particular reference to the Adamawa Investment and Property Development Company Ltd. The study made use of content analysis and observation method. The study revealed that the performance of organization depends to a large extent on the efficiency or effectiveness of the leadership. It was also revealed that the Adamawa State Investment and Property Development Company Limited has not lived up to expectation due to leadership failure. The study made use of the transformational leadership theory. The theory believed in the leader’s ability to motivate the follower to accomplish more than what the followers planned to do by concentrating on the followers values and helping the followers align these values with the values of the organization. Based on the above, recommendations were given on the need for effective leadership if results must be achieved in an organization.

Keywords: Leadership, organization, performance.