Paper Title
Administrators’ Managerial Skills and Institutional Efficiency in South–West, Nigeria
Abstract
This study investigated the relationship between Administrators’ managerial skills and the efficiency of
universities in South-West Nigeria. The descriptive survey research design was used for the study. Two hypotheses were
tested in the study. The population comprised all the 197 management staff in the 14 public universities in South-West,
Nigeria. The sample comprised 148 participants making up of six Vice-Chancellors, six Deputy Vice-Chancellors, 12 Deans
and 120 academic staff. While the Vice-Chancellors, the Deputy Vice-Chancellors and Deans were chosen using purposive
sampling technique, the academic staff were randomly selected. Data were collected for the study through the administration
of a 20-item self-designed questionnaire. Instrument validation covered face and content validity by experts in Test and
Measurement and a test-re-test reliability method was used to estimate the reliability of the instrument with a co-efficient of
0.88. The two hypotheses were tested using Pearson Product-Moment Correlation coefficient statistical tool at 0.05 level of
significance. The results of the hypotheses tested showed that a significant relationship existed between the Administrators’
problem-solving skills and institutional efficiency; and also that the university administrators’ social judgement skills are
significantly related to institutional efficiency. It was recommended among others that appointment into administrative
positions in the university should be based on possession of professional training in institutional administration and
management.
Key Words: Administrators, Managerial skills, Institutional efficiency, Productivity and Institutional Administration.