THE EFFECT OF JOB ROTATION ON EMPLOYEES PERFORMANCE (A CASE STUDY OF CONSOLIDATED BREWERIES PLC. AWO-NMAMMA).

ABSTRACT
This project tests three possible explanations for why firms adopt job rotation: employee learning (rotation makes employees more versatile), employer learning (through rotation, employers learn more about individual workers’ strengths), and employee motivation (rotation mitigates boredom). Whereas previous studies have examined either establishment characteristics or a single firm’s personnel records, this study merges information from a detailed survey of Danish private sector firms with linked employer-employee panel data, allowing firm characteristics, work force characteristics, and firms’ human resource management practices to be included as explanatory variables. The results reject the employee motivation hypothesis, but support the employee learning and, especially, the employer learning hypotheses. Firms allocating more resources to training were more likely to rotate workers; rotation schemes were more common in less hierarchical firms and in firms with shorter average employee tenure; and both firm growth rates and firms’ use of nation-wide recruitment were positively associated with rotation schemes.

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Over the years reward and compensation have been a bone of contention both in the private and public organization on employees. This has generated a lot of argument, discussion and interest to an extent that it has became a highly sensitive topic.

It is very obvious that employees can only put in their best at work when such employee is provided with a conducive working atmosphere conditions and job rotational activities which serve as stimulus to stir them (employees) to achieve organization set target goals and objective efficiently and effectively.
The essence of effect of job rotation is to provide a good platform for equity and fairness. They provide a challenging environment and increase employee and employee performance. Extrinsic needs of workers at all levels are the effect of job rotation which ensures that both the intrinsic are adequately provided for. This is because it develops organizations integrated policy, procedure and practice. Thus, it is an important signal of organization culture and valve so it’s important to the successful recruitment and retention of high caliber work force with adequate knowledge, skill and ability that supports the organization strategic goals and rotation employees in accordance to their contributions skills, competence and market worth.
Based on the definition of employees performance which cannot clearly be defined without going or under standing what reward and compensation do on an employee. when an employee’s reward or compensations which could come in farm of incautious like assurance etc with all these put in place, the employees would be motivated to work and put in all their best there by meeting the goals and targets of the organization. Therefore the success of an organization is based on good effect of job rotation in other to increase organization, productivity.

1.2 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF CONSOLIDATED BREWERIES PLC AWO-NMAMMA
Consolidated Breweries Plc, Nigeria’s third largest brewery and the producers of the quality brands “33” Export Lager Beer, Turbo King Dark Ale, Hi-Malt Non Alcoholic Malt Drink and Maltex Non Alcoholic Malt Drink. These brands have a wide distribution foot print and have a great consumer following across Nigeria. Heineken International became the majority shareholder in 2005.
In 2000 Consolidated Breweries entered into a Technical Services Agreement with Heineken International and Heineken acquired minority shareholding. In 2005 Heineken International became the majority shareholder. In 2009 Consolidated Breweries Plc. acquired a majority shareholding in DIL/Maltex Nigeria Plc, makers of the famous Maltex brand.
We are currently operating at four different locations. Our Head Office is located at Iddo House, Iddo, Lagos, our breweries are located in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State and Awo-Omamma in Imo State and we have a factory in Agbara, Ogun State, and on August 1st, 2011, Consolidated Breweries plc acquired majority shareholding in Benue Brewery Limited following the formal approval given by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Furthermore we have many depots spread across the country.