CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

This talks about An Effective leadership and how it’s widely acknowledged as a potent instrument for achieving organizational goals and objectives especially in the institute of Management and technology (IMT) Enugu.

The word leadership is an important aspect of managing the ability to lead effectively. It is also one of the keys to beings an effective manager; the essence of leadership is fellowship.

Moreover, people tend to follow a person as a leader who they perceive as providing a means of achieving their own desires want and needs; that is why any organization that desires to achieve her objectives must have an effectives and efficiency leader who knows how to apply all the management principles in achieving her organization objectives.

A leader is one who is willing to work with zeal and confidence. Zeal here reflects other earnestness, experience and technical ability. To lead is to guide conduct direct and proceed.

A leaders acts to help a group achieve their objectives with maximum application of it capabilities.

They should not be leaders who to not stand behind a group or organization to push and to proud. They should place themselves before. The group as they facilitate progress and inspire the group to accomplished organizational goals.

This is the kind of leadership we desire to have in our institution especially in institution of management and technology (IMT) Enugu.

Furthermore, this should be noted that any organization without an effective and efficient leadership is like one driving a car without a head-lamp in the right, and this could be very dangerous and could also limit its chance of achieving their objectives.

For an institution like Institute of Management and Technology (IMT), to realize all her laudable organizational goals, should have an effective leadership who possess all the required leadership traits and qualities.

Leadership according to Katz and Kahn (2002) is generally defined simply as influence, the art or process of influencing people so that they will strive willingly to achieve a group goal. This concept can be enlarged to imply not only willingness to work but also willingness to work with zeal and confidence.

The Institution of Management and Technology have the following problems in the achievement her goals. They include, inefficient leadership, environmental factors, policy inconsistency, political instability, interference from the government, poor funding, poor management.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEMS

The Institute of Management and Technology, (IMT) Enugu, has been one of the leading polytechnics in the country and in Enugu State, particularly in terms of enhancing qualitative education in both management and technology.

One of her objectives is the integration of the individual with the society and the preparation of the individual for effective function in the society.

This remark was made known by Management and the Rector of this institution. This institution has trained and educate so many prominent Nigerians and has helped in the enhancement of Science, management and technology in the country.  Most parents organisations prefers to send their wards, Children and their staff to undergo some courses in management and technology.  This is because of the satisfactory performances of others who have attended their higher institution here in IMT.

To this regard, there have been concerned effort by both the Federal and State Government and even the governing council of IMT in the enhancement of the roles of effective leadership in the achievement of her objectives.  The vice president of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar had announced a handsome reward or package a waiting the best institution of higher- learning who had distinguished herself in stepping or producing cultism meanness in our tertiary institutions, checking drug abuses among students, examination mal practices and above all in achieving her organisational goals and objectives.

But inspite of all the effort being made by government, most higher institutions are still experiencing various problems in the achievement of their goals, particularly in I M T, Enugu.

There is relatively low level of standard in our educational system, cultism, incessant strike actions, mismanagement of funds by these in the holism of affairs, there is relatively low level of productively as most personnel are not putting in their best poor planning and implementation and their subordinates as this will not bring fruitful result in the achievement of organizational goals especially in IMT Enugu.

To this extent, therefore to the objectives of this institution in this regard has not been comprehensively met.  One can therefore safety assume that.  When one passes through an institution like IMT will be well prepared for participating and leadership roles in the development of the Nigeria society.

These give rise to the following pertinent questions as regards to the above-mentioned problems what are the roles of the effective leadership in the achievement of organisational goal?  What goals are they expected to pursue?   What impact would their roles have in the employees utilization of capability?

What strategies were been adopted in enhancing the roles of effective leadership?  What strategies are currently been used?

Is their any need for the roles of effective or efficient leadership, are the students satisfied with the roles of efficient leadership in the achievement of the institution’s goals and objectives. Do they have the efficient and effective machinery to implement her planned programmer ?  What leadership styles and the best climate would enable them achieve her objectives, what factors or problems affecting the roles of efficient leadership in the achievement of organsitional goals, what other possible ways would be recommended in the realization of these goals and objectives.

OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

        The study will address the following objectives.

i.               To evaluate the roles of effective leadership in achieving organizational goals and objectives

ii.             What roles does effective leadership play in the achievement of organization goals.

iii.           What environment factors affect the roles of effective leadership in the achievement organizational goals.

iv.            To find out the problems limiting the efficacy of the roles of effective organizational goals.

v.              To recommend on how best to enhance the effective and efficient roles of effective leadership in the achievement of organisational goals.