ABSTRACT
The study
investigated management techniques and Principals administrative effectiveness
in South East Nigeria. This study was guided by nine specific objectives, nine
research questions and nine null hypotheses which was tested at 0.05 level of
significance. The design of the study was a correlational research design. The
accessible population of the study was 1, 430 principals which comprises 732
male principals and 698 female principals.
A sample size for the study was 303 principals which comprises of 156
male principal and 147 female principals. The sample for the study employed the
multi-stage sampling technique precisely stratified-simple random sampling
techniques. The instruments employed for data collection was structured
questionnaires titled: titled: Management Techniques Questionnaire (MTQ),
Principals Administrative Effectiveness Questionnaire (PAEQ).
The instrument was validated by three experts, two from Educational Management
and one from Measurement and Evaluation in College of Education, Michael Okpara
University of Agriculture, Umudike. The reliability of the instruments MTQ and
PAEQ was established through a pilot testing for internal consistency and test
re-test for stability of the instrument. The data collected were correlated
using Pearson`s Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) and the value reliability indices
are r = 0.85 and r=.79 respectively for the two instruments. Internal
consistency of the instruments were also determined using Cronbach Alpha
coefficient reliability test which yielded reliability index of 0.85 and 79
respectively. Three hundred and three copies of the questionnaire were
administered to the respondents through 3 research assistants and copies of the
questionnaire were retrieved from the respondents giving 100% retrieval rate.
The data collected through the administration of the instruments were analyzed
using Pearson Product Moment Correlation to answer research questions and
Linear Regression was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of
significance. The results revealed that
there was a high extent of correlation between Management By Objective (MBO)
and principals administrative effectiveness. It implies that Management By
Objective to a high extent determined principals administrative effectiveness
in secondary schools and there is significant relationship between Management
By Objective and principals administrative effectiveness. That there was a high
extent of correlation between Programme Evaluation and Review Techniques (PERT)
and principals’ administrative effectiveness. It implies that Programme
Evaluation and Review Techniques to a high extents determined principals’
administrative effectiveness in secondary schools and there is a significant
relationship between Programme Evaluation and Review Techniques and principals
administrative effectiveness. Based on the findings, it was recommended among
others that state government should appoint capable and qualified persons as
principals in order to implement management techniques for administrative
effectiveness.
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
Title
Page i
Declaration
ii
Certification
iii
Dedication
iv
Acknowledgments
v
Table
of Contents vii
List
of Tables x
Abstract
xii
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Background to the Study 1
1.2 Statement
of the Problem 12
1.3 Purpose
of the Study 13
1.4 Research
Questions 14
1.5 Hypotheses
15
1.6
Significance of the Study 16
1.7 Scope
of the Study 18
CHAPTER 2: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 19
2.1 Conceptual
Framework 19
2.1.1
Management 19
2.1.2
Management techniques 21
2.1.3
Management by objective (MBO) 37
2.1.4 Program evaluation and review technique
(PERT) 43
2.1.5 Planning, programming and budgeting system
(PPBS) 53
2.1.6
Delphi technique (DT) 55
2.1.7 Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and
threats SWOT analysis 63
2.1.8
Management by results (MBR), 71
2.1.9
Management by projects 79
2.1.10
Management by exception 81
2.1.11
Management by budget 83
2.1.8 Principalship 88
2.1.9 Administration 89
2.1.10
Principals administrative
effectiveness 90
2.2
Theoretical Framework 93
2.2.1 Systems theory by Ludwig Von Bertalanffy in
(1920) 93
2.2.2
Human relations theory by Mary Packer
Follet (1868-1933) 94
2.2.3
Administrative theory by Henry Fayol
(1989) 94
2.3 Empirical
Studies 95
2.4 Summary
of Related Literature 113
CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY 116
3.1 Design
of the Study 116
3.2 Area
of the Study 117
3.3 Population of the Study 118
3.4 Sample and Sampling Techniques 118
3.5 Instruments for Data Collection 119
3.6 Validation of the Instruments 119
3.7 Reliability
of the Instruments 120
3.8
Method
of Data Collection 120
3.9 Method
of Data Analysis 120
CHAPTER 4:
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 122
4.1 Results
122
4.2 Summary
of Findings 139
4.3
Discussion of Findings 143
CHAPTER 5: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND
RECOMMENDATIONS 149
5.1 Summary
of the Study 149
5.2
Conclusion 152
5.3 Recommendations 154
5.4 Educational Implications of the Study 155
5.5
Limitations of the Study 157
5.6 Suggestions for Further Study 157
References
Appendices
LIST OF TABLES
4.1: Pearson correlation of management by
objective (MBO) and principals
administrative
effectiveness 122
4.2:
Simple linear regression analysis for
the MBO and principals
administrative effectiveness 123
4.3:
Pearson correlation of programme
evaluation and review
techniques
(PERT) relate to principals administrative effectiveness 124
4.4:
Simple linear regression analysis for
significant relationship between
pert and principals administrative
effectiveness 125
4.5:
Pearson correlation for planning,
programming and budgeting system
(PPBS) and
principals administrative effectiveness 126
4.6: Simple linear regression analysis for the
significant relationship between
PPBS and principals
administrative effectiveness 127
4.7: Pearson correlation for the delphi
technique (DT) determine principals
administrative effectiveness 127
4.8: Simple linear regression analysis for the
delphi technique and principals
administrative effectiveness 129
4.9: Pearson correlation for the strengths
weaknesses opportunities and
threat analysis (SWOT) determine
principals administrative effectiveness
130
4.10: Simple linear regression analysis for the
SWOT analysis and principals
administrative effectiveness 131
4.11:
Pearson correlation of management by
results (MBR) and principals
administrative effectiveness 132
4.12: Simple
linear regression analysis of management by results (MBR)
and principals
administrative effectiveness 133
4.13:
Pearson correlation on management by
project (MBP) and principals
administrative effectiveness 134
4.14: Simple linear regression analysis for the relationship
between
management
by project (MBP) and principals administrative
effectiveness 135
4.15: Pearson correlation on extent management by
exception (MBE) and
principals administrative effectiveness 136
4.16: Simple
linear regression analysis for the extent of relationship between
management by
exception (MBE) and principals administrative
effectiveness 137
4.15: Pearson correlation on extent management by
budget (MBB) determines
principals administrative effectiveness 138
4.16: Simple
linear regression analysis for the extent of relationship between
management by budget (MBB) and
principals administrative
effectiveness 139
COMFORT, U (2023). Management Techniques And Principals’ Administrative Effectiveness In South East Nigeria. Mouau.afribary.org: Retrieved Dec 24, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/management-techniques-and-principals-administrative-effectiveness-in-south-east-nigeria-7-2
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