INTRODUCTION
Management is said, to be the heart and engine of any organization. Campbell and Gregg (1957) defined Management as a “distinct process consisting of planning, organizing, actuating and controlling the work of others performed to determine and accomplish objectives”. It is pertinent to state that no worthwhile organization can grow beyond the managerial competencies of the said organization.
Nigeria, being one of the developing countries in the world is yet to provide enough social amenities to her citizenry inspite of the abundant human and material resources at her disposal. Specifically, all the efforts of government towards the provision of water to all the nooks and crannies in the country have not yielded any good fruit principally because of lack of ineptitude, law technological progress, low labour productivity, lack of unity of purpose and under funding in our public corporations. The most worrisome of all these is that the management cadre which is a sine qua non for any organizational success is lacking in Nigeria.
The 1999 constitution on the Federal Republic of Nigeria Stated that,
The State shall control the national economy in such manner as to secure the maximum welfare, freedom and happiness of every citizen on the basis of social justice and equality of status and opportunity.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title page ii
Approval iii
Acknowledgement iv
Dedication v
Table of contents vi
CHAPTER ONE
Introduction 1
1.1 Background of the study 3
1.2 Statement of the problem 6
1.3 Objectives of the study 9
1.4 Significance of the study 9
1.5 Scope of the study 11
CHAPTER TWO
Review of related literature 12
2.1 Theoretical framework 12
2.2 Application of management theories 16
2.3 Contingency theory 26
2.4 Problems and prospects of
corporations in Nigeria 27
2.5 Summary of literature review 32
CHAPTER THREE
3.0 Research method 34
3.1 research design 34
3.2 area of the study 34
3.3 populations for the study 34
3.4 sample and sampling technique 35
3.5 instrument for data collection 35
3.6 Validation of instrument 35
3.7 administration of the questionnaire 35
3.8 method of data analysis 36
CHAPTER FOUR
Data analysis and results 38
CHAPTER FIVE
Discussion, conclusion and recommendation 42
5.1 Discussion of findings 42
5.2 Recommendations 48
5.3 Conclusion 49
5.4 Suggestion for further studies 51
5.5 Limitation of study 51
References 52
Appendix a: management questionnaire 54
