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Leadership And It's Effects On Performance, Achievement And Goal Realization
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SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
In
the words of Asika (1991).A project of this nature is to give
opportunity to the local government to assess itself on their leadership
style and their impact on employee productivity in its area. The
research work is aimed at improving employee productivity thorough the
adoption of various leadership styles.
In addition this study will
also provide basis for workers to enjoy a feeling of strong commitment
and dedication towards achieving dividend of democracy through close
relationship between leadership expectation and the resulting
performances of the workers in Kaduna South Local Government.
There
study will also be of immense benefit to various stockholders in the
field of leadership which includes students, government agencies,
organizations and individuals by serving as point of references in the
course of their study and work.
The finding will also old to the
knowledge of the problems militating against local government
performances including inter-government relationship that is to say the
state leader (Governor) and the local government leader (Chairman).
Finally
it will prove to the local government chairman that as a political
leader at the grassroots level he was elected to carryout public
policies at the local government at the local government level within
available human and material resources.
SCOPE OF THE STUDY
According to Yusuf (1996) one aspect in research study that gives beginners problems is how to decide the scope of the study.
The
scope is the extent of work the research intends to carryout: that is
the margin of the coverage of the research work in terms of phenomena to
be examined and the number of subject required to provide useful
information about object of the study.
The scope of this research is
one local government out of 23 local governments in Kaduna state. The
time frame covers the period 2000 to 2010. The study centers in the
concept of leadership style and their impact on public service delivery.
The study covers ten (10) years of democratic local government rule.
If
excludes the period of military administration, but it covers political
leader who were elected as well as those who were appointed as
caretaker chairman by the state governor.
Since leadership also
affects the happiness and morale of workers the researcher will examine
the condition of service of the local government staff.
The research
concentrates on political leaders with little reference to other
traditional, religious, social leaders in the area of study.
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