Strategic Planning and Academic Staff Productivity in the University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

Abstract

It has been observed that the productivity of many academic staff of the 
University of Ibadan in terms of teaching and research is low. This research 
was therefore carried out to investigate strategic planning and academic staff 
productivity in the University of Ibadan, Oyo State. A descriptive survey 
research design was employed for the study. Total enumeration sampling 
technique was used to select all the population of lecturers (18) and 300 
level undergraduates (65) in the Educational Management as sample size 
for the study. Data was collected using two self-designed questionnaires 
titled – “Strategic Planning Questionnaire (r=.898)” and “Academic Staff 
Productivity Questionnaire ((r=.781). Two research questions were 
answered. Descriptive statistical method was used to analyse the data 
collected. The findings revealed a high level of strategic planning (x?=2.578)
and high level of academic staff productivity, teaching productivity 
(x?=2.510) and research productivity (x?=2.578). It was concluded that the 
high level of strategic planning could be responsible for the high productivity 
of academic staff. On the basis of the results, it was therefore recommended 
amongst others that strategic planning though high should be sustained so 
as to keep improving the productivity of the academic staff.