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Human Resource Management and Organizational Behaviour in the University System: the Registry Experience

Every administrator in an organization deals with several subordinates. Whether he is in charge of an institution like a school, a polytechnic or a university, he has to devote fair amount of time and energy to the management of people in his organization. In the university system, the. Registry unit is in charge of all administrative day to day running of the system. The unit is headed by the Registrar who is the chief administrative officer of the university. He is responsible to the Vice-Chancellor for the day to day administrative work of the university. By virtue of his office, he is secretary to Council, Senate, Congregation and Convocation. By the enormity of that office, he has a lot of non-teaching staff working under him. The registry unit is the custodian of the university policies, rules and regulations. The success or failure of the chief administrator therefore, is determined to a large extent of his ability to maintain an efficient, loyal and cooperative staff. It is therefore very important for the administrator to understand the nature and behaviour of people working with him. Read

By: ebi | 15/10/2007 | College & University

Under-utilization of French Graduates in Secondary Schools in Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue State of Nigeria

It is unfortunate that the wide use of French is often overlooked. Much has been said about the need for French in Nigeria or the reasons why French should be taught in Nigerian schools. It is often said that ‘there is no need of learning French as it is only spoken in France.’ It has also been noted with great concern that a good number of Nigerians even some highly placed ones are not sufficiently informed about the usefulness of French in Nigeria. These set of people wonder what the use of teaching or speaking French is when we already speak English. For them, French as a language or as a school subject is not important so, people should not waste their time studying it. This feeling has often misled some secondary school principals so much so that they fail to: (i) Include the subject in the curriculum even when they have qualified teachers to teach it. (ii) Assign enough number of periods to the teaching of French in schools where it is introduced. This paper therefore investigates the under-utilization of French graduates in secondary schools in Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue State. Read

By: ebi | 15/10/2007 | Languages

The Impact of the Committee System on University Management in Benue State of Nigeria

This paper explores the extent to which the committee system affects the management of the University system in Benue State of Nigeria using the two Universities; the Benue State University (BSU) and the University of Agriculture Makurdi (UAM) as case study. The need to involve a broad spectrum of staff in university governance has made it necessary for the committee system to come into being and becoming one of the most important ways of administering higher institutions in the country today. This study answered four research questions and tested four hypotheses. The Stratified Random Sampling Technique was used as members of each stratum were quite large for every body to be involved in the study. Mean, standard deviation and t-tests were used for data analysis. The analysis revealed that though the Committee system should be the best method of University governance, Staff of the two universities are of the opinion that university management does not really implement recommendations of the committees and as such the committee system does not influence university management at all times. Some recommendations were made based on the findings. Read

By: ebi | 15/10/2007 | Online Education