Managing Employees In Higher EducationudTransformation: Exploring The Goal Of Vision 10: 2022udOf Covenant University, Nigeria

摘要

Education is a tool of high value to the welfare of any society as it is crucial to the resolution ofudcomplex problems and development challenges in the world today. It is in this regard that, CovenantudUniversity (CU) has set out to achieV,.e the goal of transforming higher education by becoming one ofudthe best ten universities in the wor1&1>y the year, 2022 (otherwise known as Vision 1 0:2022). Thus,udthe objective of this study is to investigate the preparedness of the employees to accept the CU visionudand the factors that would significantly motivate the desired level of acceptance. This is importantudbecause organizations can hardly grow beyond the quality and support of their workforce. The studyudutilized data collected from a randomly selected sample of both academic and administrativeudemployees of the university. Thereafter, regression analysis was performed to identify theuddeterminants of acceptance of the vision 10:2022. The results of this study show that the vision hasudthe potential to be actualized within the set period. However, the management of the university shouldudtake proactive steps to address the factors which have been identified in the study)hat cou ld constrainudthe effective implementation and actualization of the vision. This is critical , especially that the meanudscore for the acceptance of the vision is moderate. Given the time frame within which the vision isudexpected to be actualized, the moderate score needs to be improved upon by strengthening theudvariables currently impacting the vision positively and addressing those others that have the potentialudto stall effective implementation and actualization. To this end, management should address f)1oreudspecifically the issues bordering on job security, promotion, trust and adopt a more participativeudapproach to management