INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGERIAL EFFICIENCY OF UNIVERSITIES’ HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS IN LAGOS STATE

This study examined the influence of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on managerial efficiency of Heads of Departments in the universities in Lagos State. Two research questions and two hypotheses were answered and tested respectively. The descriptive survey research design was adopted. The population comprised 137 Heads of Departments in the two conventional public universities in Lagos State. The sample for the study consisted of 128 participants. Data were collected through the use of questionnaire.Descriptive statistics such as percentage and frequency counts were used to answer the research questions, while Pearson Product Moment Correlation and Chi-square statistical tools were used to test the hypotheses. The finding of the study showed that ICT significantly influences HODs’ managerial efficiency and there existed a significant relationship between application of ICT and HODs’ managerial efficiency in the universities. Based on the findings, it was recommended, among others, that HODs should be provided with ICT tools to enhance their managerial capacity in the departments.