DISCIPLINE AND DISCIPLINARY MEASURES IN THE NIGERIAN PUBLIC SERVICE: A CASE STUDY OF KADUNA POLYTECHNIC

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2006-07
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EGWOBA, GINA LAMOSI
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Discipline and disciplinary are very important organizational dynamics. Its success or failure can be of great effect on other aspects of organization dynamics i.e. training, motivation, moral, performance etc. The study is aimed at appraising the nature and extent of staff indiscipline and its effects in Kaduna polytechnics. Data were sourced from primary and secondary sources. The primary data were source through questionnaire drawn and interview conducted on both academic and non-academic staff of the polytechnic. The secondary data include official documents of Kaduna Polytechnic, Journals, books and so on. These data were presented and analyzed to test the two hypotheses postulated using table, frequency count and percentages. The findings revealed that there is high rate of staff indiscipline in Kaduna polytechnics. The major reason for this as revealed in the study includes; the disregard for rules and regulations of the Polytechnic despite the efforts of the management in ensuring that every member of staff has access to the rules and regulations guiding their conducts at work as well as communicating those rules and regulations to them. The findings also show the inconsistency on the part of those responsible for taking disciplinary actions when necessary. The implications of all these as revealed in the study is that the morale as well as the performance of the staff is being affected. The study however recommended that the institution should adopt the idea of the Red-Hot-Stoop theory approach to discipline. Also honest and hardworking staff should be encouraged by rewarding them.
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BEING A THESIS PRESENTED TO POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF MASTERS OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (MPA) JULY, 2006
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DISCIPLINE,, DISCIPLINARY,, MEASURES,, NIGERIAN,, NIGERIAN,, PUBLIC SERVICE,, KADUNA POLYTECHNIC
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