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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I wish to acknowledge the immense contributions of my Supervisor, Dr. U. G. Moti whose guidance and general direction saw me through this research work. I must admit that he had to put in extra hours to ensure the success of this work. I am particularly grateful to my Academic Adviser, Professor David Iornem, who encouraged and inspired me to complete this programme. To the Director General/Chief Executive of the Raw Materials Research and Development Council, Dr. Abubakar Abdullahi and my colleagues Dr. D. B. Ayo, Dr. Ado K. Abdullahi, Mr. B. A. Adegbesan, Mr. R.N. Ihenacho and Dr. H. D. Ibrahim, I wish to say thank you for your encouragement. My special thanks to Mr. K. B. Ajoku who has made significant contributions to this work. His words of encouragement and advise are immeasurable. I also owe the Secretaries Messrs Dooshima Ngwoke, H. Okorie and Mr. A. O. Oduyemi my gratitude for the production of this work. I wish to thank all those who have contributed in one way or the other to the success of this work but who for one reason or the other have not been individually mentioned here. I wish you all God’s blessings. Finally, I am indeed grateful to the Almighty God for his grace and loving kindness in strengthening my resolve to complete this work. vi
LAWRENCE EDET NSA ABSTRACT This study is an examination of the management of research and technology organizations (RTOs) in Nigeria with particular emphasis on how well this is done to enhance the technological and national growth of the economy. The term "management" generally defined as getting things done through people is looked at in this work in terms of organizational management, project management, business management, financial management, personnel management, capacity building and support services to industries. An attempt has been made to assess the performance of the Research and Technology Organizations in Nigeria and ascertain the reason( s) for their poor performance and inability to contribute significantly to the technological development of the country and develop best practices that would enhance improved performance for the realization of national development goals. After extensive literature review on the subject matter, field studies were carried out through surveys and face-to-face interviews. Both quantitative and qualitative data generated were analyzed and the findings discussed exhaustively. The findings from the research work identified Government as the major financier of RTOs in Nigeria, while industry, NGOs, and the private sector contribute minimally towards their funding. This, therefore, reflects the tremendous influence of government on the management of RTOs. Their autonomy is limited as even the leadership takes directives from supervising bodies and political office holders. The challenges posed by inadequate funding of RTOs as well as the absence of an appropriate mission makes it imperative for them to restructure. Restructuring here implies, a change in direction of management or a total transformation in ownership, strategy and organization. These findings led to a number of conclusions: inadequate funding of RTOs militates against their effective performance; absence of market-driven thrust is a major weakness of RTOs activities; RTOs are more effective in organizational management than in business and project management. vii
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Page 5: DEDICATION I dedicate this research
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2002). Organizational culture plays
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local raw materials as input to man
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industrial development and were ful
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force in research is accountability
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This historical review of the inabi
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and not to the users of their R & D
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linkages should be forged between r
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capacity and relies almost entirely
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In discussing these critical areas,
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RTOs were based. While the system r
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Consequently, management of researc
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This implies that in future, partne
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society (WAITRO, 1999). Hence, the
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of their group and meet their highe
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Bozeman and Rogers (2002) in their
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and preference functions. Evaluatin
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conditions is desirable. This will
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governments establish a market-orie
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Capability Building and Project Man
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other scientists and their willingn
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organization, a data base system is
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exploit new technologies and busine
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In addition to the use of the above
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the same field within the same set
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process; funding structure; linking
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9. Basant, R. and P, Chandra. “Bu
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27. Kumar, U. and U. Kumar “Incub
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43. Rush, H, M, Hobday., J, Bessant
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contribution to the growth of Niger
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work for the organization and the c
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The essence of the open-ended quest
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� Respondents were also asked to
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and effects of activities embarked
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Quantitative descriptive analysis w
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Apart from the assessment of manage
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TABLE 4.1 LIST OF MAJOR RESEARCH AN
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15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. Cocoa R
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The analysis and distribution patte
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Ownership Govt. Private 4.2 MANAGEM
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It was obvious from this analysis t
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Type of Autonomy On the level of au
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Model A: GOVERNANCE Box 1 The Proce
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� The mandate, mission and vision
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Level of funding S/N Level of Finan
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controls. The majority of responden
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The respondents were asked whether
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Model of management practices as it
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4.5 CLIENT BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Res
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explained that they do encourage gr
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development. (Table 4.11 and Figure
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Focal Point activities C. Revenue G
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delegation of responsibilities is t
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Risk taking (Change) Threats (SWOT)
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aising programmes. Prospective info
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identified when users indicated tha
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and field of specialization determi
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The responses to this question were
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Managers should be given the author
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Lack of technicians Managerial skil
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Obstacles to R&D Poor Funding Lack
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Furthermore, the recruitment system
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To appreciate these obvious issues,
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Communication on R&D Scientists in
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programmes that can help them meet
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5.1 INTRODUCTION CHAPTER FIVE DISCU
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LIMITED NETWORK - Collaborators - P
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Also, network from the responses it
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objectives (Ohaba, 2001: 195-6). Oh
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accorded to senior management staff
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globally for successful performance
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traditional R&D management approach
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Testing of Hypothesis on Funding of
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Decision Rule We reject Ho at = 0.0
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this study which indicate limited i
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practice whereby the supervising Mi
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improved and quality services have
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of fund outside government and info
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� Acceptance - the extent to whic
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time frame and budget. Apart from t
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The quality of R&D of RTOs, which t
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Response Agric S & T RTOs Total Yes
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Recruitment however, should be a co
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potential client industry and the R
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CHAPTER SIX SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CO
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15. It was established from this st
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significant increase in their earni
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These outputs cannot be easily asso
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Based on the answers to these quest
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Lack of satisfactory working condit
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of government. Government should pu
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environments that stress short-term
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BIBLIOGRAPHY Ackerman, R. G. “Wal
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Boyett, J. and Jimmie Boyett The Gu
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Herrera, A. Social Determinants of
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Pack, H. and L. E. Westphal. “Ind
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Appendix 1 QUESTIONNAIRE This Quest
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2.2 GOVERNMENT SUPPORT: Does govern
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and successes, including your failu
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Information Across the management C
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6.0 PROJECT MANAGEMENT 6.1 PROJECT
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6.9 What were your sources of resea
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8.7 STAFF EVALUATION: How often do
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Appendix 2 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
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9. Federal School of Wildlife Manag
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