Abstract

The decision to organize and restructure institutions have become crucial due to dynamics
of the Academic environment in private Universities. Organizational structure is the most
important structural choice a leader must make as it establishes the formal categorization,
coordination, and division of work duties in an organization, The authors assert that the
organizational structure and level of employees dedication among academic staff members
are very crucial. The decision to organize and restructure institutions has become crucial
due to the dynamics of the academic environment in private universities. Organizational
structure is the most important structural choice a leader must make as it establishes the
formal categorization, coordination, and division of work duties in an organization. The
authors assert that the organizational structure and level of employee’s dedication among
academic staff members are very crucial. The study is aimed at reviewing literature on
organizational structure and academic staff performance in private universities in Western
Uganda. In order to achieve this, the researcher used ProQuest significantly with the
appearance of web-based providers which includes: Science Direct; Web of Science; Em-erald;
Google Scholar; Scopus ,Springer; Education Resources Information Centre (ERIC), Tylor and
Francis. All the databases were scanned to retrieve the published articles in social science,
management education with regard to Organizational structure and academic staff
performance in private universities in Uganda. I used a computer laptop and internet gadgets
and downloaded 100 articles and some journals related to the research topic under review.
Review findings indicate that organizational boundaries and hierarchical layers have a
substantial impact on academic staff performance and promote dedication among academic
staff members in universities. It was also found that organizational structure and service
delivery are positively correlated. On the basis of the literature reviewed, empirical evidence
shows that organizational structure has a significant impact on academic staff performance
in private universities in Uganda