THE EFFECTS OF MANAGERIAL SKILLS ON STAFF EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS IN ORGANIZATIONS

¹Alimi Baba Gana and ²Ifah Sunny Sunday

¹Department of Agricultural Technology Ramat Polytechnic, Maiduguri Borno state, Nigeria

²Department of Sociology and Anthropology University of Maiduguri, Borno State. Nigeria

E-mail: bgalim@yahoo.com  ifahss@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT

The study examines the effects of manager’s managerial skills on staff efficiency and effectiveness in organization. Recent evidence confirms that despite more than a decades scholarly available strategies of managerial skills to enhance staff efficiency and organizational effectiveness and productivity, many organizations in various countries currently experiencing managerial skills problems led to organizational under productivity and staff inefficiency and ineffectiveness. The total population of sixty (60) staff were used as data sources. Administration of self-designed questionnaire was also used to gather information. The data collected were subjected for appropriate statistical technique of Pearson Product Moment (PPM) (correlation coefficient r). The result obtained from the analysis showed that there existed a strong relationship between manager’s managerial skills and staffs efficiency and effectiveness in organization. The study also emphasize the needs for managers to acquire basic skills approach such as technical, human, conceptual, diagnostics and communication skills  through education, experience and mentor relationship. This paper further appeal for organizational manager’s to learn the roles and functions necessary to practice for organizational success. On the basis of this finding, several recommendations were highlighted for further research.

Keywords: Effects, Managerial, Skills, Staff, Efficiency, Effectiveness, Organization