An Assessment Towards the Impact of Online Communication Tools Used by The National Irrigation Administration – Upper Pampanga River Integrated Irrigation Systems’ (NIA – UPRIIS) Employees to Boost Work Productivity

Abstract

Work productivity is crucial to every organization in meeting targets and accomplishing goals within a given timeframe as the performance of every member contributes to the attainment of its progress on a daily basis thus an assessment of the impact manifested by establishing an innovative way of imparting development through attached groups and partnering firms is pivotal inasmuch as reviewing its efficiency towards fulfilling the objectives, improving the quality of work done, mandating and enhancing proficiency within employees, and defining its boundaries to where the interest and intention sets apart for the benefit of both personal and organizational gains. Part of the objectives of the National Irrigation Administration – Upper Pampanga River Integrated Irrigation Systems (NIA-UPRIIS) is to provide adequate level of irrigation service on a sustainable basis in partnership with the farmers and local government units as well as to give technical assistance to institutions in the development of water resources for irrigation; catering further the improvement of agricultural productivity to more than 150,000 hectares of agricultural lands in Central Luzon. Relative to this, the agency executes processes to establish coordination of plans and programs to each of its Irrigation Management Offices across the jurisdiction of its service area alongside with its attached agencies and associating government institutions as aligned with its vision to be a professional and efficient irrigation agency contributing to the inclusive growth of the country and in the improvement of the farmers' quality of life. NIA-UPRIIS then employs workforce responsible for the implementation, supervision and monitoring of all of its in-progress activities and operational processes aimed to serve its corresponding farmer beneficiaries and organized irrigator’s association. After carefully analyzing the survey results, the majority of the NIA – UPRIIS Head Office employees already established digital connection within their colleagues from different agencies though recognizing its impact as somewhat considerably helpful and convenient towards daily communication and collaboration through obtainment of essential information needed, conveyance and accessibility of data, and maximized reach of sending important announcements and memorandum, the undoubted conventional way of imparting ideas, thoughts, and discussion reflects the division of employees’ perspective on which way they prefer to effectively and efficiently perform such task.