PROBLEMS OF MANAGEMENT IN GOVERNMENT OWNER CORPORATIONS A CASE STUDY OF ENUGU STATE WATER CORPORATION

INTRODUCTIONManagement is said, to be the heart and engine of any organization. Campbell and Gregg (1957) defined Management as a “distinct process consisting of planning, organizing, actuating and controlling the work of others performed to determine and accomplish objectives”.  It is pertinent to state that no worthwhile organization can grow beyond the managerial competencies of the said organization.Nigeria, being one of the developing countries in the world is yet to provide enough social amenities to her citizenry inspite of the abundant human and material resources at her disposal.  Specifically, all the efforts of government towards the provision of water to all the nooks and crannies in the country have not yielded any good fruit principally because of lack of ineptitude, law technological progress, low labour productivity, lack of unity of purpose and under funding in our public corporations.  The most worrisome of all these is that the management cadre which is a sine qua non for any organizational success is lacking in Nigeria.The 1999 constitution on the Federal Republic of Nigeria Stated that, The State shall control the national economy in such manner as to secure the maximum welfare, freedom and happiness of every citizen on the basis of social justice and equality of status and opportunity.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title pageii Approvaliii Acknowledgementiv Dedicationv Table of contentsvi
CHAPTER ONE Introduction1 1.1Background of the study3 1.2Statement of the problem6 1.3Objectives of the study9 1.4Significance of the study9 1.5Scope of the study11
CHAPTER TWO Review of related literature12 2.1Theoretical framework12 2.2Application of management theories16 2.3Contingency theory26 2.4Problems and prospects of  corporations in Nigeria27 2.5Summary of literature review32
CHAPTER THREE 3.0Research method34 3.1research design34 3.2area of the study34 3.3populations for the study34 3.4sample and sampling technique35 3.5instrument for data collection35 3.6Validation of instrument35 3.7administration of the questionnaire35 3.8method of data analysis36
CHAPTER FOUR Data analysis and results38
CHAPTER FIVE Discussion, conclusion and recommendation42 5.1Discussion of findings42 5.2Recommendations48 5.3Conclusion49 5.4Suggestion for further studies51 5.5Limitation of study51 References52 Appendix a: management questionnaire54