scholarly journals Evaluation of Internal Audit Operations and the Efficiency of Educational Performance in Nigerian Universities (A Case Study of Ekiti State University, Nigeria)

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 49
Author(s):  
TAIWO Isaac Babatope ◽  
ADEGOKE Victoria Adewunmi
Keyword(s):  
Internal Audit ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
State University ◽  
University Management ◽  
Test Statistic ◽  
University System ◽  
Internal Auditors ◽  
Test Of Hypotheses ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
The University

This project was designed to investigate the relevance of internal audit operations in Nigerian universities to find out the extent to which an effective internal audit role has benefited the performance of the university system and how it could be used as an instrument to improve the management of the university. This was generated off by an unprecedented line up of corporate failures in the university system and how internal auditors have been belittled in the time of policy formulation and project implementation. The research employed survey research design by which data were generated through an administered questionnaire on the staff of the Internal Audit department as well as the review of available documents and records of the Ekiti State University. The data analysis used descriptive statistics and percentage analysis, and the hypotheses were tested using the t-test statistic. The research employed statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) software version 17.0 in the analysis of data and test of hypotheses which showed that internal audit operation has a relationship with the performance of the university system (t-cal = 17.306 > t-crit = 2.353 at 5% level of significance). The research is to contribute to new knowledge by describing the internal audit profile of the Nigerian Universities to assist the university management in policy formulation and execution of projects that will lead to a better chance to maintain world-class educational societies. The research conclusion was based on the findings that there is a significant relationship between the internal audit operations and the performance of the university system, and that the management must always seek the opinion and indulgence of the internal audit department before they engage in the formulation and implementation of any policy and execution of any project.

scholarly journals A Decolonial Strategy to Reconstruct Student-Management Relationships in a University System

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Bunmi Isaiah Omodan
Keyword(s):  
Group Discussion ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
University Education ◽  
University Management ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
University System ◽  
Student Management ◽  
Security Personnel ◽  
Management Staff ◽  
The University

Despite the contributions of university education to nation-building, the potential of Nigeria’s university system to fulfil its responsibilities is frequently obstructed by crises. Among the prominent crises, according to observations and literature, are those linked to student-management dichotomies, which make it practically impossible for universities to actualise their aims. This study is framed by the theory of decoloniality, and aimed to formulate a strategy to enhance the management of crises involving students and universities authorities. Participatory Action Research was adopted as research design. Focus group discussion was used to collect data. Ten participants that acted as co-researchers, from Nigeria, representing university management staff, lecturers, security personnel and student union leaders, both past and present. The participants were selected using the expert sampling technique. Socio-thematic analysis was used to analyse the data. The study revealed that a lack of modern communication, poor dialogue mechanisms, and students’ non-involvement in decision-making were major propellers of student-management dichotomies in the university system. The study recommends solutions, among which a mobile/electronic application designed as a strategy to decolonise the old ways of managing students in a university system.   Received: 18 November 2020 / Accepted: 2 February 2021 / Published: 5 March 2021

scholarly journals Investigating The Influence Of Financial Reward On Lagos State University Staff Turnover Intention

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 161
Author(s):  
Rasheed Olawale ◽  
Ibrahim Olanrewaju
Keyword(s):  
Turnover Intention ◽  
Turnover Intentions ◽  
Pay Satisfaction ◽  
Staff Turnover ◽  
State University ◽  
University Management ◽  
Satisfaction Scale ◽  
Lagos State ◽  
The University ◽  
Self Administered Questionnaire

This study investigated the nature of relationship between turnover intention and financial rewards.Turnover intention can be linked to a situation where motivators are not put in place to get the best out of workers.Simple random sampling techniques was used to select 400 staff (male, n=250, female, n=150) of Lagos State University. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data from the participants using Pay Satisfaction Scale (PSS) adapted from the Spector’s Job Satisfaction Scale and the Turnover Intention Scale (TIS) from Mobley, Horner, and Hollingsworth (1978).Pearson’s Product Moment correlation coefficient was used to analyze the data gotten from the participants. One hypothesis was tested and it was found that there is a significant positive relationship between turnover intention and financial rewards.This study recommends that pay satisfaction of workers should be an uttermost concern for the university management so as to reduce staff turnover intentions.

scholarly journals Challenges of Kwara State University Malete, Nigeria Towards the Attainment of a World-Class University Status

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
T. A. Umoru ◽  
J. S. Mamman
Keyword(s):  
State Government ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
State University ◽  
Publish Or Perish ◽  
Visible Part ◽  
World Class ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Class Status ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
The University

The study examined the challenges of the realisation of a world-class university at Kwara State University, Malete, Nigeria. Two research questions and two null hypotheses were formulated for the study. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study was 1,078 lecturers out of which 245 lecturers were sampled. Challenges of the Realization of World-class University Questionnaire (CRSWUQ) constructed by the researchers were used for data collection for the study. Percentage was used to answer the research questions while Mann Whitney U-test was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed among others that: world class status of a university is simply about the international recognition of the university. A world class university has world class departments, diversified sources of income, sound financial base and always benchmarked with top universities world-wide. Lack of physical infrastructure which is obviously the most visible part of the university, the pressure of publish or perish culture which undermines the quality of research and absence of public financial support are some of the challenges that could hinder the world-class status of Kwara State University. Based on the findings, it was recommended that the state government, KWASU management, academic staff and the entire university community should work together to overcome the identified challenges that could hinder the realization of a world class status of KWASU.

scholarly journals Planning and Integration of Technologies for Effective Implementation of Blended Learning in Universities in Rivers State, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 452-462
Author(s):  
P. C. Ukaigwe ◽  
Innocent U. Igbozuruike
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
State University ◽  
University System ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Effective Implementation ◽  
The University ◽  
Rivers State

The study investigated planning the integration of technologies in higher institutions as a strategy for effective implementation of blended learning in universities in Rivers State. The design used was descriptive. The population of this study consisted of the 4,377 teaching staff in the three (3) public universities in Rivers State, comprising 2,348 male and 2,029 female teaching staff.  The universities are the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State University and Ignatius Ajuru University of Education. The sample of this study was 590 elements, comprising 327 male and 263 female teaching staff that were drawn from the population using stratified random sampling technique. Instrument of data collection was a questionnaire that yielded a reliability index of 0.84, using test-retest and Pearson Product Moment Correlation techniques. The data generated were analysed using mean to answer research questions. z-test was used to test hypotheses at 0.05 significance level. Findings showed that aligning university's visions with the aspirations of full integration of blended learning into university system, provision of required communication networking infrastructures and modifying curriculum designs to become deliverable through blended learning mode are key ways of integrating blended learning in the university system. Recommendations made included that university managers should consider seriously, the advantages of blended learning in the school system, with a view to using planning to foster the integration of the learning innovation into the traditional face-to-face teaching and learning approach for improving students learning experiences and achievements.

KEY FACTORS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM BASED ON 1C:ENTERPRISE 8 PLATFORM

2019 ◽  
pp. 17-26
Author(s):  
V. S. Kedrin ◽  
A. V. Rodyukov
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Development ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
State University ◽  
University Management ◽  
Automated Control ◽  
Software Products ◽  
Educational Processes ◽  
Corporate System ◽  
Technological Platform ◽  
The University

The actual problems of the development and implementation of existing software products for solving he problems of automating the management of the educational activities of the university are considered on the example of Irkutsk State University. A twocircuit technological model for constructing a corporate system for accounting and management of the educational processes has been formed. The properties of the 1C: Enterprise 8 technological platform in the design of systems for the management of the educational process of the university has been considered. The necessary and sufficient system forming factors of the 1C: University for the creation of an integrated automated control system for the university in the context of the post-industrial development of the educational environment are indicated. Examples of the implementation of informatization projects in Irkutsk State University based on the specified properties and the formulated two-circuit model are given.

scholarly journals analysis of the use of Business Intelligence technologies as facilitators of university management

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liége Franken Ciupak ◽  
Clodis Boscarioli ◽  
Maria Elisabete Catarino
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Business Intelligence ◽  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Information Technology Management ◽  
State University ◽  
University Management ◽  
The University ◽  
Intelligence Development

The concept of Business Intelligence (BI) approaches several technologies that aim at arranging the extraction and visualization of information, and just like in a competitive company the university management must also update itself, therefore adopting the use of processes that aid and speed decision making. Information Systems (IS) are indispensable elements and should mean more than the processing of routine activities, thereby starting to contribute to a strategic vision. The Western State University of Paraná (UNIOESTE) has many IS, but its users still face difficulties in extracting information in the desired format. Thus, this paper reports the outcomes of a research developed during the dissertation of a Master's Degree on Information Technology Management which is aimed at researching BI technologies. More specifically the Online Analytical Processing (OLAP), as well as implementing an operation prototype that could facilitate the retrieval of information from the dean’s office for planning, whose sources are many UNIOESTE information systems. In order to reach that goal, an exploratory/descriptive research of the qualitative type was developed by means of a documentary and bibliographical research. A prototype with the Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) tool, which is a component of Microsoft SQL Server 2008, here integrated with Excel 2010 spreadsheet editor for end-user interface, was developed and evaluated. As part of the evaluation system, the SUS questionnaire was used to measure user satisfaction, where the average score given by participants was 91.5 on a 0 to 100 scale, which means quite a positive evaluation.

scholarly journals Planejamento e avaliação: conexões entre o PDI, o Programa de Gestão Universitária e a Avaliação Institucional no âmbito da Universidade do Estado da Bahia / PLANNING AND EVALUATION: connections between the PDI, the University Management Program and the Institutional Evaluation within the scope of the State University of Bahia

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 12
Author(s):  
Ivan Luiz Novaes ◽  
Lidia Boaventura Pimenta
Keyword(s):  
Management Program ◽  
The State ◽  
State University ◽  
University Management ◽  
Institutional Evaluation ◽  
The University

Este artigo explora o planejamento e a avaliação no contexto da educação superior, com ênfase em conexões entre ambos para efeito de condução da gestão universitária. Abordamos a recente experiência da Universidade do Estado da Bahia (Uneb), na atualização do seu Plano de Desenvolvimento Institucional (PDI 2017 – 2022), a implantação e implementação do Programa de Gestão Universitária (ProGest 2018 – 2021) e suas conexões com os mecanismos de avaliação institucional utilizados nesta Universidade. A partir de alguns questionamentos, balizamos nossas reflexões com intuito de contribuir para estudos acerca dessa temática. Assim, partimos do pressuposto de que há estreitas conexões entre planejamento e avaliação no campo da gestão universitária. Isso nos levou à seguinte indagação: como os indicadores utilizados no processo de avaliação da educação superior podem subsidiar a elaboração do Plano de Desenvolvimento Institucional (PDI) da Universidade do Estado da Bahia? Utilizamos uma análise sucinta da legislação nacional e local acerca dessa temática, de modo a conduzir este estudo e apresentar, de maneira concisa, a experiência da Uneb na articulação entre o Plano de Desenvolvimento Institucional e o Programa de Gestão e seus mecanismos de avaliação.

scholarly journals Perceived effect of motivational strategies of promotion and work environment on the job performance of library personnel of universities in Benue State, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
pp. 79-89
Author(s):  
Margaret Mngusuur Ubagu ◽  
Uganneya Solomon Achia ◽  
Joseph Ahemba Gbuushi
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Good Work ◽  
State University ◽  
Motivational Strategies ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
The University

The study was conducted to determine the perceived effect of motivational strategies of promotion and work environment on the job performance of library personnel of universities in Benue State. Two objectives were stated to find out the perceived effect of timely promotion and good work environment of library personnel of universities in Benue State. Two research questions drawn and two hypotheses formulated in line with the stated objectives. Survey research design was adopted. The study population was 223 library personnel from Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Benue State University, Makurdi and University of Mkar, Mkar, both in Nigeria. The entire population was used as sample for the study. Mean values were used to answer research questions while one way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to the test hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The study found that timely promotion and good work environment have significant difference on job performance of library personnel of universities in Benue State. The study recommended therefore, that work environment of the university libraries in Benue State should be made conducive by the provision of adequately equipped and well ventilated space, ICT gadgets such as computers, internet connectivity, for enhanced job performance.

scholarly journals The system of Informational Support for University Management

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 ◽  
pp. 01136
Author(s):  
Valeriy Poluboyarov
Keyword(s):  
Information Technologies ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
State University ◽  
University Management ◽  
Informational Support ◽  
Architecture Model ◽  
Development Plans ◽  
The University

The article defines the place of information technologies in the system of strategic managing of the higher educational institution (HEI). The author analyzes the Russian regulatory requirements for the system of informational support for university management and proposed the architecture model of the typical informational system of university management. The market of software for automation of business processes within the university was also analyzed: platforms for building the systems of university management, platforms for building electronic information-educational systems, platforms for management informational support according to objectives. The article describes the architecture of the system of informational support for university management that has been embedded in Volgograd State University and the mechanisms of its integration, additional functionality implemented there, and development plans.

scholarly journals Perceptions and Attitudes of Undergraduate Students of Sociology towards Research Methods as a Course in Kogi State University, Anyigba, Nigeria

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Ajibade David
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Instructional Materials ◽  
State University ◽  
University Management ◽  
Perceptions And Attitudes ◽  
The University ◽  
Depth Interviews

This study was conducted to find out the views and attitudes of undergraduate students of Sociology towards research methods as a course in Kogi State University, Anyigba, Nigeria. The sample comprises those 2017/2018 third year undergraduate students of sociology at the institution, who registered and sat for the examination of the course (Soc 301). Data were collected through in-depth interviews; and the data were content analysed (manually). Findings of the study reveal that respondents perceived the course as though complex, technical and stressful but interesting, educative and beneficial. These views were however discovered to be due to the positive attitude respondents have towards the course. While this attitude appears commendable, the university management still needs to pay particular attention to the sustenance of the attitude through further provision of conducive and attractive learning environment as well as appropriate instructional materials, as these will help to impact profoundly on the students learning the course and other courses. Further, research methods teachers need to always make the teaching of the course interesting and practical to stimulate learning. Finally, students at all time need to be diligent and serious with the course so as to become better researchers and good sociologists in future.

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