The correlation between management consultancy and organizational performance: A case of Lafarge Africa PLC, Calabar, Nigeria

Abstract

The main objective of this study was to examine the correlation between management consultancy and organizational performance: a case of Lafarge Africa Plc, Calabar. The specific objectives were as follows; to examine the relationship between human resource consulting and the performance of Lafarge Africa Plc, Calabar, to examine the correlation between business strategy consulting and the performance of Lafarge Africa Plc, Calabar, and to ascertain the relationship between information technology consulting and the performance of Lafarge Africa Plc, Calabar. The study used cross sectional survey design and a population of 243 employees of Lafarge Africa Plc, Calabar. The study used purposive sampling technique to select a sample size of 145. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data from the respondents and the data was tested using the Pearson Product Moment correlation technique. The findings showed that human resources consulting, business strategy consulting and information technology consulting have significant relationship with the performance of Lafarge Africa Plc, Calabar. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that management should use information technology consultancy more frequently due to the rapid changes in technology