MANAGING EMPLOYEES IN HIGHER EDUCATION TRANSFORMATION: EXPLORING THE GOAL OF VISION 10: 2022 OF COVENANT UNIVERSITY, NIGERIA
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Education is a tool of high value to the welfare of any soc1ety as 1t IS cruc1al to the resolution of
complex problems and development challenges in the world today. It is in this regard that, Covenant
University (CU) has set out to achieve the goal of transforming higher education by becoming one of
the best ten universities in the world by the year, 2022 (otherwise known as Vis1on 10:2022). Thus,
the objective of this study is to investigate the preparedness of the employees to accept the CU vision
and the factors that would s1gn1ficantly motivate the desired level of acceptance This is important
because organizations can hardly grow beyond the quality and support of the1r workforce. The study
utilized data collected from a randomly selected sample of both academic and admmistrative
employees of the university. Thereafter regression analysis was performed to identify the
determinants of acceptance of the vision 10:2022. The results of th1s study show that the v1s1on has
the potential to be actualized within the set period. However, the management of the university should
take proactive steps to address the factors which have been identified in the study that could constrain
the effective implementation and actualization of the vision. This IS crit1cal , especially that the mean
score for the accepfance of the vision is moderate. Given the time frame within which the vision IS
expected to be actualized, the moderate score needs to be improved upon by strengthening the
variables currently impacting the vision positively and address1ng those others that .have the potential
to stall effective implementation and actualization. To this end, management should address more
specifically the issues bordering on job security. promotion trust and adopt a more participative
approach to management
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H Social Sciences (General), HM Sociology