Information Management Practice: A Reagent to University Employee’s Productivity

Abstract

The aim of any organization is to make profit through improved productivity in the manners and ways employees relate and transact the business of the organization. The University as a multifaceted unit of activities has also lent herself to this same opportunity of making transaction of information a cruise one that cannot be ignored in her business operation. It is clear that the University as the highest cadre of learning becomes a hear say, gossip and an assumption center of lies through information. Debatably, the major connectivity between the multifaceted units is communication and transformation of information into knowledge. This information needs to be managed in a way that each layer of the department will be more productive in their approaches and dealings. This paper glances at information management practice as a reagent of university development and employees’ productivity with specific reference to university employees. The paper adopts a survey design research, using a mixed approach to gather necessary information from the subjects. The findings reveals that the real purpose of information management practice is to encourage employees meet standards of job performance and behave sensibly and safely at work. The paper concluded that employees do self-evaluation themselves and see whether they are contributing or not contributing to the distortion of university activities through their action and in-actions. The paper also recommended that organization management should do self-information management practice, self-actualization and job enrichment activities to improve productivity.