EFFECTIVE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AS A TOOL FOR
CRISES CONTROL IN ORGANISATION
CHAPTER
ONE
1.0
INTRODUCTION
1.1
BACKGROUND OF STUDY
The
level of crises in most of the organization Nigeria has increased overtime
because the unit heads and other department can not really communicate
effectively among themselves,information
and communication technology play a vital role not in the crises management but
also in other areas of our lives; there are some of these organisation in
Nigeria especially the ones with high level of non educated staff always have
crises and misunderstanding because lack of proper information management, the
level of crises in such area became much. To get this information is one thing,
to make proper use of the information is another thing.
Information
management is the major thing most organisation in Nigeria need to improve on.
It may seem simple but the truth is; information management is one thing most
department in the Nigeria sector negelet maybe because they do not know the
importance of information management. If there is a good information management
in Nigeria, this level of crises will not be this much.
The
major difference in crises management in Nigeria and the rest of other
developed nations is information management; because information cannot go
through the right channels in time of crises.
Information
management is a very important aspect of any growing organization; to
understand the environment and the invention of new technologies.
Before
crises in a particular area go out of hand, there might have being a delay of
information in reaching the higher authorities in those organizations.
Lack
of good management of information in most organization has effect on the
working condition of the workers in those organizations.
Take
for instance a meeting is schedule by a particular time by the management of
the organization, but because of lack of proper information management most of
the workers of the organization could not hear of the message concerning the
meeting; at the end of the day they face penalty for their absence. An organization
with a good information management programs will have things like circular,
memos, messages via email, text etc to ensure every on in the organization received
the notice.
1.2 STATEMENT OF
PROBLEM
Most
workers in some of these organization lost their jobs because of poor
management of information, crises is not only on the level of relationship but
also financially, and otherwise. Most companies are in financial crises today
because of mismanagement of information; information can bring new ideas in a
business, organisation with a good team can get this information and act
accordingly. Crises in most organisation can be financially, it can be on
worker to worker relationship, it can be boss to workers relationship.
An
instruction that was given by the CEO of an organisation might not be properly
discussed among the junior staff of some of these organisation by the unit
heads; at the end of the day the junior staff work out of instruction.
Poor
information management is one of the major causes of crises in most organizations
in Nigeria today.
1.3 RESEARCH QUESTION
1.
What are the major causes of crises in an organization?
2.
Does the level of crises in an organization have significant effect on the
employee performance?
3.
Does effective management of information increase the financial stand of an organization?
4.
Why does lack of information management affect the worker to worker
relationship?
5.
What the best ways to manage information in an organization?
1.4 RESEARCH
HYPOTHESIS
H0:
There is no mean difference in gender responses of the respondents that lack of
information management in an organization has no significant effect on the
level of crises in the organization.
H1:
There is mean difference in gender responses of the respondents that lack of
information management in an organisation has significant effect on the level
of crises in the organization.
H0:
Poor information management has no significant effect on the financial stands
of an organization
H1:
Poor information management has significant effect on the financial
stands of an organization
H0:
proper information management does not have significant effect on the
performance efficiency of an organization
H1:
proper information management has significant effect on the performance efficiency
of an organization.
1.5 AIMS AND
OBJECTIVES OF STUDY
The
main aims of the study are to determine:
1.
The major causes of crises in an organisation
2.
whether the level of crises in an organisation have significant effect on the
employee performance.
3.
if effective management of information increase the finanacial stand of an
organisation.
4.
The effect of lack of information management on worker to worker relationship.
5. The best ways to manage information in an
organisation.
1.6 SIGNIFICANCE OF
STUDY
The
study is a very important one as to goes to reveal the effect of lack of
information management in an organisation, the study will discuss the possible
solution to crises in an organisation of because of lack of information
management. The study will be very useful to managers and directors of
companies as it will guide them on the importance of effective management of
information in an organisation today.
The
stduy will be an interesting one as to seeks the responses of respondents on
the issue of crises in an organisation as a result of poor information
management in an organisation today.
1.7 SCOPE OF STUDY
The
study studies only on the effect of poor information management on the level of
crises in organisation, it covers the concept of crises, the disadvantages of
crises and the advanatages of effective informartion in an organisation. The
study made use of the responses from the respondents through the distribution
of questionnaires to get the primary that will be used for the purpose of
analysis.
1.8 LIMITATION OF
STUDY
FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS:
The research was with limited funds; which made him not to be able to visit
almost all organisation in Nigeria but the researcher was able to gather good
responses from the few organisation he or she visited.
TIME CONSTRAINTS:
Due to the nature of the roads in Nigeria and traffic, the research was with
limited time to do more concerning the research topic but the researcher was
able to meet up with the time given by the supervisor for the research work to
be completed.
1.9 DEFINITION OF
RELATED TERMS
CRISES: is any event that
is, or is expected to lead to, an unstable and dangerous situation affecting an
individual, group, organisation, community or whole society.
REFERENCES
Duffy,
cathy (2004) crises maangement vs. risk management” global trade review
Seymour,
M., moore, s. (2000). Effective crises management: worldwide principles and
practices