INFORMATION MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES AND EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATOR’S JOB PERFORMANCE IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN RIVERS STATE.

Abstract

This study assessed the relationship between Information management techniques and educational administrator performance in Tertiary Institutions in Rivers State. The study was conceptualized given the dimensions of information management techniques as strategic information, information security strategies and record management policies while office managers performance are decision making service delivery. Three (3) objectives, three (3) research questions were raised and six (6) hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design to assess the correlation between information management techniques and educational managers’ performance. The  population of the study was 260 educational managers’ of two selected tertiary institutions in Rivers State, where a sample size of 155 was drawn. Stratified random sampling method was used in selecting the respondents. A self-administered structured questionnaire was distributed to respondents. Mean, Standard deviation and percentages were used to analyze responses from the questionnaire while Pearson Product Momentum Correlation Coefficient was used to test all the hypotheses. For the data analysis, SPSS (23.0) was used. The Findings of this research revealed that there is a statistically significant relationship between Information management and office managers performance in Tertiary ^Institutions in Rivers State, the study thus, concludes that a significant relationship exists between Information management and educational managers. Based on these findings a number of recommendations were made amongst which -are the need for development that will improve the management of records in the institutions.