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

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.