Enhancing Efficiency in Nigeria’s Oil and Gas Sector: The Role of Strategic Intelligence in Addressing Micromanagement (Published)
The Nigerian oil and gas sector plays a critical role in the country’s economy, yet it faces numerous challenges, including inefficiencies aggravated by pervasive micromanagement and the underutilization of local talent. This paper explores how strategic intelligence can mitigate the negative impacts of micromanagement and enhance overall operational efficiency. Drawing on Strategic Management Theory and Intelligence Theory, the study introduces frameworks such as the Visionary Collaborative Leadership (VCL) Framework, the Strategic Intelligence Management Matrix (SIMM), Strategic Intelligence Visionary Leadership Integration (SVLI) Framework, and Leadership Intelligence Management Matrix (LIMM) to foster innovation, improve decision-making, and empower teams. Additionally, the paper advocates for a paradigm shift towards visionary servant leadership and transformative leadership, which optimizes resource allocation, reduces bottlenecks, and creates an environment that supports autonomy and collaboration. Ultimately, this conceptual study offers recommendations for Kevin’s Pedestal Matrix, an integration of four major frameworks that will aid in transforming leadership practices, enhancing organizational efficiency, and driving sustainable growth in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry.
Keywords: Productivity, collaborative leadership, enhancing efficiency, micromanagement, strategic intelligence
Agro-Firms Strategies and Firms Productivity in Premier Feed Mill Calabar (Published)
Citation: Udoh, P. N., and Usoro, M. U. (2022) Agro-Firms Strategies and Firms Productivity in Premier Feed Mill Calabar, European Journal of Business and Innovation Research, Vol.10, No.4, pp. 36-53
This research was designed to examine the relationship between Agro-firms Strategies and Firms Productivity, a study of Premier Feed Mill, Calabar. Cross sectional survey design was adopted for the study and a sample size of 194 respondents was drawn using purposive technique. For the objective of the study to be achieved, four hypotheses were formulated. The major instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire administered to the respondent using random sampling techniques. Data collected were analysed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation. Results show that there is a significant correlation between agro-firms strategies and firms productivity. Based on the finding of the analysis, it is concluded, firms should adopt the cost leadership, differentiation, focus and innovation strategy to drive productivity in organization. It also furthered the notion that Agro-firms strategies is important in creating organizational effectiveness, efficiency and profitability. Consequently, this study recommends that more studies should be done to study the effect of agro-firm strategies in the region and their influence on organizational performance. A study may also be carried out to find out how respective customers and stakeholders too are affected by change adopted in an organization. A detailed study of ways to maintain and sustain change should be carried out. Similar studies can be carried out in other firms to compare findings as this study was carried out only in the Premier Feed Mill Calabar.
Keywords: Cost Leadership, Productivity, agro-firm strategies, differentiation and innovation
The Effect of Work Environment on Employee Productivity (Published)
This research study investigated the effect of work environment on employee productivity using Edo City Transport Service whether inadequacy of the various conditional factors can affect productivity of employee. The objective of this study therefore geared towards ascertaining whether the nature of work environment lead to low productivity, absenteeism and lateness among employees. With the objective of the study in mind, this research project work focused on examining the effect of work environment. To achieve the study objectives and for the purpose of this seminar paper, secondary data were collected and analyzed as well. From the research findings, if good office environment is provided for employees, it will go a long way to enhance their morale and performance. Also, if office is neat, noiseless, properly arranged well lighted and ventilated, employees will feel a sense of belonging and this will make them to work efficiently and effectively. Good physical working environment inspires workers to spend more time in their various offices, employees responded emotionally better towards the provision of good office environment by not absenting themselves unnecessarily from work, lateness to work and other negative attitude will be drastically reduced. Good working environment increase individual output therefore leading to growth of the organization. Based on the research study findings, the researcher recommended the followings: The organization should map out programme for provision of good work environment to increase productivity and of promoting occupational safety and health of workers. The organization should ensure that the office of its workers is always clean, tiding up and properly arranged for easy movement and comfortable to the workers and customers.
Keywords: Environment, Job Security, Loading Bay, Morale, Productivity, Prospective
The Effect of Work Environment on Employee Productivity: A Case Study of Edo City Transport Services Benin City, Edo State Nigeria (Published)
This research study investigated the effect of work environment on employee productivity using Edo City Transport Service whether inadequacy of the various conditional factors can affect productivity of employee. The objective of this study therefore geared towards ascertaining whether the nature of work environment lead to low productivity, absenteeism and lateness among employees. With the objective of the study in mind, this research project work focused on examining the effect of work environment. To achieve the study objectives and for the purpose of this seminar paper, secondary data were collected and analyzed as well. From the research findings, if good office environment is provided for employees, it will go a long way to enhance their morale and performance. Also, if office is neat, noiseless, properly arranged well lighted and ventilated, employees will feel a sense of belonging and this will make them to work efficiently and effectively. Good physical working environment inspires workers to spend more time in their various offices, employees responded emotionally better towards the provision of good office environment by not absenting themselves unnecessarily from work, lateness to work and other negative attitude will be drastically reduced. Good working environment increase individual output therefore leading to growth of the organization. Based on the research study findings, the researcher recommended the followings: The organization should map out programme for provision of good work environment to increase productivity and of promoting occupational safety and health of workers. The organization should ensure that the office of its workers is always clean, tiding up and properly arranged for easy movement and comfortable to the workers and customers.
Keywords: Environment, Job Security, Loading Bay, Morale, Productivity, Prospective
Manager’s Perception of What Constitutes Good Management Which Should Enhance Productivity in Institutions of Higher Learning (Published)
Perceptions inform the way people behave and how they see their environment, thus the perceptions are the realities of the perceiver. Managers themselves are appointed based on the perceptions of the selection and recruiting team, either through an interview or simply through long association in an organisation. But, every human being moves around with their own baggage emanating from childhood, cultural background, religion, interaction with other people, the level of education and what was taught them, and of cause from peers and role models. The manager, like any being is a mixed bag of all sorts of information, ideas, values, beliefs and traits all culminating into the perception the manager will have about what constitutes good management. This empirical research sought to understand how the average Cape Town manager perceives managerial behaviours are considered to be ideal to enable the subordinates to be productive. Primarily to establish their perceptions about what constitutes good management behaviour. This research seeks to evaluate good management in the eyes of the manager – more like self-evaluation by evaluating the other manager. It should be pointed out that South Africa just recently emerged from apartheid and not much has changed within the organisational and racial structures in relation to “who the managers are.” The work environment is very diverse with whites (dominating) and coloureds (as second class citizens) with blacks at the tail end. To add to this, there has been an influx of foreigners as economic refuges whose perceptions about work and the environment are radically different. The research finds that many managers use the X theory though there are elements of the Y theory displayed. The Cape Town manager does not show much interest in the welfare of the subordinates and has no interest in getting closer to these subordinates.
Keywords: Good Management, Institutions, Manager’s Perception, Productivity