Organizational Hierarchy And Administration Effectiveness In Education On Students’ Academic Performance In Secondary Schools In Ikeja Local Government Area

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ORGANISATIONAL HIERARCHY AND ADMINISTRATION EFFECTIVENESS IN EDUCATION ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN IKEJA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA

CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background to the study
Due to the different approaches to the definition of the term “organization,” problems seem to arise.
Simon (1976) sees the organization as something that is drawn on charts or recorded in elaborated manuals of job descriptions he refers to it as a complex pattern of communication and relationship in a group of human beings in which members have explained the ideas and assumptions goals and attitude that go into decisions.

Nwankwo (1982) sees the organization as an arrangement in which individual activities are properly coordinated to achieve set objectives and also involves the free flow of ideas and effective channels of communication.

Castelter (1962) explains it as a systematic plan for unifying the people's activities to accomplish a unified purpose. Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (8th edition) says that an organization is a group of people who form a business, club, etc together to to achieve a particular aim. In this study, an organization is arranged hierarchically, and in this type of organization, Duru (1997) is of the view that authority power, power, and order flow from the person on top to the one down, and responsibilities and reports from the person down to the once up.

Organizational hierarchy is significantly involved in the education sector as could be seen in the chain of hierarchy e.g. from the Commissioner to paramount Secretary or Director General – Zonal Directors-School Principal – Dean of Studies – Senior Perfects (students). Activities in secondary school administrations are coordinated in such a way that some factors contribute to raising the position of high-level officials. The factors include good academic qualifications, training, and years of experience. This makes it so that higher-level officials are seen as superior to those of lower cadres.

This research work is to X-ray the secondary education system in the Keja Local Government Area to see how administrative effectiveness can be attained, influenced, and enhanced via functional organization hierarchy and how it can affect academic performance.

1.2 Statement of the problem
In Ikeja Local Government Area, there is a problem with administrative effectiveness and a lack of staff motivation on the side of secondary schools which results in poor student academic performance.

The survival of any organization is dependent largely on the quality of management or administrative services available. The common characteristic involved does not contribute as such only constitutes problems. The problem is how to determine the efficiency of the workers and the students ' academic performance. What are the instruments to be used to determine and measure the efficiency of this worker and student's performance? For this reason, the Researcher decided to research secondary schools in Ikeja Local Government Area.

1.3 Purpose of the Study
It is the intention of the researcher to:
i. Determine the essence of hierarchical organizational structure to the efficiency of an organization.
ii. Determine the administrative effectiveness of students’ academic performance.
iii. Examine the effect of bureaucracy in an organization
iv. Identify appropriate superior-subordinate relationships.

1.4 Research Questions
i. To what extent is hierarchical organizational structure essential to the efficiency of the organization?
ii. To what extent does bureaucracy affect the organization?
iii. Does the school administration have any effect on students' performance?
iv. To what extent is a superior-subordinate relationship required for administrative effectiveness?

1.5 Research Hypotheses
The following hypotheses were formulated and tested in this study.
Hypothesis 1
Ho: There is no significant relationship between organizational hierarchy and administration effectiveness.
Hypothesis 2
Ho: There is no significant effect of bureaucracy on an organization.
Hypothesis 3
Ho: There is no significant effect of school administration on student academic performance
Ho: There is no significant relationship between superior-subordinate and administrative effectiveness

1.6 Significance of the Study
An X-ray of how organizational hierarchy affects administrative secondary education and civil servants in embarking on this project stands justifiable.
i. This project was embarked on because it will shed more light on the chain of command between the higher and lower-level officials in education and other sectors.
ii. The researcher examined the performance of the different levels of workers in the secondary education sector.
iii. The research will guide the test of time; it will stand or educate new workers who will wish to know the mode of parades in the secondary education sector.
iv. This research will also be a guide to other education students who may want to embark on similar research.
v. Finally, the discoveries and recommendations of this will (to a greater extent) help the secondary education board to come up with better and more efficient services rendered to the teachers and students even the public.

1.7 Scope of the study
Ikeja Local Government Area which also doubles as the capital of Lagos State lies between latitude 5.05 North and longitude 80 East, with a total population of 309,573 (Source 2006 National Census).

1.8 Delimitation of the study
This study focuses on how organizational hierarchy and administration effectiveness have affected the academic performance in secondary schools in Ikeja Local Government Area of Lagos State.

1.9 Limitations of the Study
To say that this research was conducted without problem is not possible. Many problems were encountered in the course of the study. In the first place, it is a tasking venture, and in light of this, it took me time and energy to ensure that standard and profitable work is achieved. Another problem was that of finance, this was concerning transportation and the accumulation of data. This sometimes led to a little delay in work; moreover, the economic crunch in the nation did not alleviate issues but aggravated them. Furthermore, the distribution and collection of the questionnaire was a bit tedious pulling them together was not an easy job.
Finally, the researcher encountered difficulties in the collection of literature and data, in availability of adequate and very recent material was a major problem.

1.10 Definition of terms
1. Organization: This is an entity comprising multiple people, such as an institution or an association that has a collective goal and is limited to an external environment.
2. Hierarchical Organization: This is an organizational structure where every entity in the organization accepts one, and is subordinate to a simple other entity.
3. Bureaucracy: Ann organization made up of many departments and divisions that are administered by lots of people.
4. Bureaucratic Organization: This is a form of management that has a pyramidal command structure. It is very organized with a high degree of formality in the way it operates.
5. Management: In a business or an organization, management is the function that coordinates the efforts of people to accomplish goals and objectives by using available resources efficiently and effectively.Organizational Hierarchy

6. Management Effectiveness: This is an act where the manager of any organization manages the resources of her organization efficiently and effectively and it is measured in the effectiveness of the organization in achieving the organizational goal.Organizational Hierarchy

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