Outsourcing and Organisational Performance of Beverage Manufacturing Companies in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Abstract

This paper examined the association of outsourcing and organisational performance of beverage manufacturing companies in Port Harcourt. The study was a cross sectional survey and the population comprised employees of the affected companies which totalled 172 from which a sample size was drawn using the Taro Yamen sample size determination formula to arrive at a sample size of 120 employees. The paper gathered data through questionnaire and the data were analysed with the Spearman's Rank Order Correlation Coefficient with the aid of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) and the result reflected a significant positive relationship in all six hypotheses tested. The study concluded that outsourcing is positively associated with organisational performance and recommended that (1)    Organizations should continue to engage in knowledge process outsourcing for improved services, growth and efficiency and (2) Organisations should continue to outsource information technology services for better performance, growth and efficiency