DISCIPLINE AND DISCIPLINARY MEASURES IN THE NIGERIAN PUBLIC SERVICE: A CASE STUDY OF KADUNA POLYTECHNIC
DISCIPLINE AND DISCIPLINARY MEASURES IN THE NIGERIAN PUBLIC SERVICE: A CASE STUDY OF KADUNA POLYTECHNIC
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2006-07
Authors
EGWOBA, GINA LAMOSI
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Abstract
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
Keywords
DISCIPLINE,, DISCIPLINARY,, MEASURES,, NIGERIAN,, NIGERIAN,, PUBLIC SERVICE,, KADUNA POLYTECHNIC