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PG/MBA/00/31018
Title Faculty
Business Administration
Department
Management
Date
May, 2003
Signature
Digitally signed by Ezema Jonas Uwakwe DN: CN = Ezema Jonas Uwakwe, C = NG, O = University of Nigeria, OU = University Library Reason: I have reviewed this document Date: 2008.11.19 22:05:15 -12'00'
MAY, 2003.
TITLE PAGE
The Role of
Effective
Management
in
Insurance
Industry.
CERTIFICATION
This is to certifjr that this research project was undertaken by NZEPUOME HYACINTH CHIJIOKE with REG. NO. PG/MBA/00/3 1018 of school of Post-Graduate Studies, Department of Management, Faculty of Business Administration. University of Nigeria Enugu Campus.
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DEDICATION This Research work is dedicated to my dear parents, Mr & Mrs H. A. Nzepuome for their untiring financial and moral support to me throughout my academic pursuit.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
invaluable contributions towards the successfd completion of this research work. I must express my profound gratitude to my project supervisor Prof. E.
U. L. IMAGA who inspire of his lousy periods scarified to me to read
through the work and offered useful advise and corrections. My gratitude also goes to the management and staff of NICON Insurance PIC for their co-operation in suppling data for the research. My sincere appreciation also goes to all the Lecturers in the Faculty of Business Administration especially those in management department. My special thanks goes to my parents Mr. & Mrs. H.A. Nzepuome and my brothers for their Love, understanding and patience which saw me through this turtions journey. Finally my special thanks goes to all my fiiends and colleagues in MBA Class to them I say God's blessing.
ABSTMCT
This research project theme is on the role of effective Management in Insurance Industry. A Study of NICON Insurance Plc. The management of the company represents the administrative machinery of the company
in achieving the efficient implementation of company's policies and
programmes. Unfortunately, these government companies organizations has over the years been criticized for being responsible for the inefficient implementation of the company's good intention. The idea thus implies that the admininstrative organisation responsible for its implementation is inefficient. This research study in effect takes a critical analysis on militating factors that affect the performance level of this company and attempts some few suggestions which the researcher belives will improve their productivity. From the definitions of management, it is quite evident that at times the emphasis on management is people, at other times it is the goals to be attained as well as the resources for attaining them. Yet at other times, the h c t i o n s are emphasized in which case ~nanagementwill essentially be concerned .with the use of available resources to attain a predetermined goal which therefore necessitates performing certain functions.
The arbitraries of management and unwitty pianlessness compounding the managerial incompetence of government owned enterprises have consequently led to the high mortality rate of government owned companies. Here lies the precarious state in which NICON Insurance
Plc. has found itself. From the analysis of the data collected, it was seen that this company is inefficient in its performance and in view of this, somc recommendations were made to help alleviate these problems.
vii.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.4
1.6
14
CJMPTER- THREE
3.1
40
3.3
41 42
3.4
3.7
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52
CHAPTER FOUR
4.1 PRESENTATION, ANALSIS AND INTERPRETATION
OF THE FINDINGS
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tudes to management.
the public liability companies reveals that these individuals either engage in some other part-time jobs or operate one business unit or the other.
This situztion brings about loyalty whereby the concerned public enterprises stands the risk of receiving
less than ful! attention of these managers not minding k l l y employment contract existing with the enterprise.
tives.
government should provide the need for management programmes because the board of management were mainly composed of party loyalists and not chosen on qualification and for effective management, qualified managers were needed to actively understand the problems of the organisation. This will not only increase the effectiveness of organisation, but also increase the esteem and morale of the workers.
since NICON Insurance Plc. is insuring people's lives and properties and is also the insurance company owned by the federal government, the Nigeria's present watch towards efficient and effective operation on this industry should only become a realizable venture if this public enterprise is found performing to the required standard. Hence, there is the need to study the role of effective management in insurance e industry: NICON Insurance
1.2
National Insurance Corporation of Nigeria (NICON) Insurance Plc. has been experiencing a lot of problems in
the management of the company. Excessive government
interference has led to the company being inefficient. Over the years numerous studies have been conducted which have investigated the condition of the role of managemect in the progress of public enterprises. The company has been experiencing poor implementation of policies.
Observations of workers at work showed lack of coordination among different departments. Each has its own peculiar problem.
Other problems were lack of training programmes, employment of unqualified staff and so on, all these hinders the management of the company.
- be
enable them to get feed back information regarding the effectiveness of their regulatory policies and with that
they would improve on their subsequent policy formula-
public enterprises not only managers. Other federal government owned companies like (Nigeria Reinsurance, N itel, Nigerian Coal Corporation and so on) would be among the beneficiaries.
The stuff of this study should not only be useful at the practical level, but also in theory where it would assist in
propagating knowledge in the role of effective management in the progress of an industry. It should constitute a usefbl and. interesting text in the library
research work.
1 . 5 OnR-=JBEW OF Tm
STUDY
This study is designed to investigate the role of effective management in the progress of an industry. A case study of National Insurance Corporation of Nigeria (NICON) Plc, comprised five chapters and under this arrangement.
Chapter one comprise Introduction, Statement or Problem, Purpose of study, Significance of the Study, Over-view of the study, Limitations and Delimitations of the study and Definitions of terms.
Chapter Three dealt with the Research methodology and this involved the following:- Research Questions, Research Design and Methodology, Setting and Selection of Subjects, Instrumentation, Collection of Data, Description
Chapter four was the findings of the study. It started with the presentation, analysis and interpretation of the findings.
mendations.
AND DELIMITATIONS OF
L.MITATION
The time span for the research was limited as one had
accura,cy of information gathered, because most of the workers always wait to say what interests the management instead of saying exactly what was happening in NICON
Plc. The questionnaire collected was not an excellent
percentage as some of the workers did not see the need for the research work. They believed that the research was not going to be of any help to the organization since other ones done have not been able to put in practice, according to them.
what would have been the case if the company was easily
accessible by commercial vehicles.
DELIMI[TATI[ONS
DEFINITION OF TERNIS
St a R
Group of assistants working together under the management.
Management:
tion and the systematic selection of goals and purposes (what to be done), the systematic development to achieve
selected purposes and finally motivating and regarding of people to do the work.
Study Area:
The geographical location which the study is aimed at covering in this case.
Respondents:
Sample Size:
The end towards which activity is aimed - the end point of planning.
Survey:
Efficiency:
Effectiveness:
i
It is the degree to which pre-determined objectives are achieved. describe the extent to which It
an
Organization:
1.
2.
Pita N.
(Onitsha, African
Feb.
Publishers Limited,
3.
Harold Koontz, Management, (Japan, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 7th Edition, 1983) page 806
808.
CHAPTER TWO
Numerous studies have been conducted to investigate the role of management in the progress of an industry.
development to achieve these goals, the marshalling of the required resources to attain the selected purposes and finally the motivating and rewarding of people to do the
work".
H.D. KOONTZ and C.J.0 DONNEL 2, "It is the accom-
plishment of desire objectives by establishing environ ment favourable to performance by people operating Managing is essentially in all
in organized' group".
levels of
organisation in an enterprise. It is the function not only of the corporation president and the army general but also of the shop supervisor and the company commander.
amount of knowledge of a temporary, local specific character, of a General value or interest, that it is not the fimction of a science to have or to present and only to explain to the extent that is generally significant".
importance of effective and efficient group co-operation in any society is appreciated, it is not difficult to argue that managing is the most important of all arts.
The most productive art is always based on an understanding of the science underlying it. This science and art are not mutually exclusive, but are complementary. As science improves, so should art, as has happened in the physical aid biological sciences. Physicians without a
knowledge of science becomes witch doctors, with science, they may be artful surgeons. Executives who
attempt to manage without theory, and without knowledge
structured by it, must trust to luck, intuition, or what they did in the past; with organised knowledge, they have a far
better opportunity to design a workable and sound solu-
However, mere knowledge of principles or theories will not assure successful practice, because one must know how to use them. Since there is no science in which everything' is known and all relationships are proved, science can not be a comprehensive tool of the artist. This is true whether one is diagnosing bridges or managing a company.
Assuming the one of the major goals of any society is productivity (evsn though this apnears somrtirr :s to be unrealistic), managerizl effectiveness is defined as simple
how well and efficiently the manasers of an erlterprise in
a given environment accomplish enterprise objectives if we can assume that the objective is productively, the efficiency is given by E = 0/1, where E is efficiency, 0 is output, and 1 is input. While this efficiency of management, an analyst will encounter extremely difficult problems in measuring inputs and outpuk These problems
include:
1.
2.
The problem of clearly defining goals, since I if not so defined, outputs can not be accurately measured,
3.
adequately
the
4.
The problem of resources mobility, since imputs, such as labour and capital can not be easily shifted
number of factors. One of there is profitability as measured either by the return on net worth or assets employed. Another is how well the firm competes with other firms in the industry. A third is the output per employee, such as how dfectively the employee is performing with
where applicable is the level of costs and process and their relationship to those of another firm. A final type
of measurement involvcs the matter of long-run optimiz-
concerned with what has to be done rather than with how it has to be done. It is a helpful definition because it is concrete and pinpoints different aspects of the manager's job.
NWACHUKWU~ defined management as "getting things done through others". It can be more scientifically defined as the co-ordination of all the resources of an organization through the process of planning, organizing, directing and controlling in order to attain an organizational objective.
Management is the guidance or direction OF people to-
EJIOPCX~
working, particularly through people, for the achievement of the broad goals of an organization. In trying to achieve these goals, the manager has to map out his strategy, find people and the material to do the job, assign different people to accomplish different jobs, ensure that these jobs are being done as planned, and report the result of his work to his boss".
subordinates, and therefore more easily implemented, may involve them in the process of decision - making.
J t is not necessary to consider here which policy are made
to the changing environment, not only able to understanding it, but also to predict it. This requires an ability to handle and analyse information, as well as an adaptability and flexibility of style and approach. He must be able to comprehend the forces that will shape his social policy
wider participation in goal-setting and policy implementation. A manager who thinks of a firm as an integration
integrated by flows of resources, sac11 as material and information an eac'l area depends on the other for
suwivaZs'.
and every department of it. Without efficient management, there is no place for the enterprise to go, for the simple reason that no one knows where it is intended to go. Yet, despite the obvious importance of efficient management, it is believed that lack of efficient management is the cause of many managerial failures. He gave
strategy to meet IMO head on, to mimic IBM and even undersell it could not work without RCNs having a strong commitment to the computer business and plans to build up a sales and service organization, as well as a full line of business computers that could meet IBM's exceptional strengths in this field. This is because of the inefficiency
of the management in making a good plan.
ARM ST RUNG^ 0
effective results by organizing and directing the co-operative efforts of human beings. With efficient management, there will be an effective effort and co-operation and trust between all the people working in it and achieving a stipulated goal. The prime resources available to management is finance and people. Given sufficient finance, the key resource is people".
URWICK''. has said, "Lack of good management (in an organization) is illogical, cruel, wasteful, and inefficient".
is cruel because the main sufferers from lack of ineficient management in ar organization are those individuals who work in an undertaking. It is wasteful because unless
jobs are clearly put together along !ines of functional
specialization it is impossible to train new men to succeed to positions as the incumbents are promoted, resign or retire. And it is inefficient because unless based on principles, managing becomes, based on personalities with the resultant rise of company policies, for a machine will not : run smoothly when fundamental engineering principles have been ignored in construction".
BURNS and
STALKER^^
between management practices and characteristics of the external environment. Specifically, they interviewed key persons in twenty English and Scottish companies and developed a conceptual scheme with two different systems of management practices. One system was called "mechanistic" and the other "organic".
appropriate for a relatively stable organization environment. This system is characterised by, among other things,
specialized differentiation of tasks by individuals viewing their tasks as being distinct from the whole, by precisely
defined rights and obligations by a hierarchical structure,
The organic management system on the other hand, is characterized by individual performance based on knowledge of the task of the whole and a great concern, continued redefinition of tasks through interaction with others, and z great deal of lateral interaction and consultation. This system, it is suggested, is more suitable for copying with unstable and changing condition and unpredictable problems.
matters is for correct examinatior. and diagnosis of a situation, formation of the right policy and implementation of the most appropriate form of management skill to suit the given circumstances. This is extremely difficult to carry out in practice because even if the diagnosis is correct and the presc ription right, tradition, custgm and practice and resistance to change might stimulate a reaction against the seemingly 'perfect' plan. Timing itself is likely to be critical. A scheme rejected at one time may
be welcomed, perhaps under slightly differing circum-
or supervising
more on the role of management - the efficiency and effectiveness of any organization depends solemnly on the role of the management within that organization.
FOX'^
deals on all aspects of managerial concern. Constantly, they are paid to keep the organization - the people, effective and moving. They must manage the organization, they can not delegate this management, they must do it.
He 'went filrther to say that for management to be successful, they must be managing people. Many manag-
ers must deal with "customers". The "customers" may be truly customers, like the users of the firms product, the
policy holders as the case would be with insurance company, or inside customers.
does one but not both jobs is not doing a good job.
the organization changes, evolves, shifts its purposes, takes a new personnel, matures, the management function
MAS LOW^*
hierarchy must become a diagnostician. Diagnosis in management involves analyzing and identifying events in such a way that causes can be assigned to them. Often, diagnosis is used in the negative sense of being able to recognize diseases or sickness from their symptoms. In the organizational sense, the people involved in manage-
opinion is that concentrating on finding causes of positive events and encouraging and strengthening them will produce more long-run effectiveness than diagnosing negative events and performing emergency surgery.
contemplation of our belly bottom should not be our purpose, yet we must have some glimmer of what we are really about before we can be expected to serve our lives' purpose meaningfully by spending the greater part of our
working day the best years of our lives working as
members of the organization, no matter how noble its social purposes may appear to be".
STONER"
planning, organizing, leading and controlling the effects of the organization members and of using all other organizational resources to achieve stated organizational goal".
skills engage in certain inter-related activities in order to achieve their desires goals.
government companies makes them profitable and encourage industrial growth of the economy. He went further to say that situations whereby government companies in which it has equity interests were poorly
managed, which often resulted in less profits, was disconcerting and does not encourage the government to establish more companies".
From the above exposition, it is quite evident that we have in one wsy or the other contributed to the failure
1
of companies set up with out hard-earned money because of the inefficient role of the management. It is quite clear now that no organization can thrive if bedeviled by an inefficient management.
REFERENCES
R. N. Farmer and B. M. Richman, Comparative Management and Economic Progress, (Homewood, 111: Richard
13.
14
15.
Richard Hacon, Personal and Organizational Eflectiveness, (U.K., McGraw-Hill Book Company
Limited, 1972) P.29 1.
1
1G.
17.
18.
1965 P. 8.
7.
Pita N. 0. Ejiofor, Management in Nigeria. Theories and Issues, (Onitsha, Africana Educational Publishers Nigeria, Limited, 1981) P. 101
8.
George Kanawaty, Managers of the 1980's, (New York Holt Rineharct and Winaton, 1979) P. 8.
9.
10. Michael Armstong, A Handbook of Personnel Management Practice. (London, the Auchor Press Ltd, Tiptress, Essex, 1977) P. 13.
11. L. Urdick. The Elements of Administration. (New York: Harper and 'Brothers, 1944) P. 38.
12. T. Burns and G.M. Skalker, The Management of Innovation. (London: Tavistock Publications, 1961) P. 32
19.
James A. F. Stoner, Management, (New York, Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication data, 1935)
P. 7.
21. Colonel M. Rufai, Daily Star Newspaper, 1990,
P.
I.
CHAPTER TI-IRIEE
their customers?
How do you rate the activities of vow comnanv?
3.3
DESIGN Rt METHODOLOGY
This research is an investigation and exploratory case study on the role of effective mangement in an insurance industry: A study of NICON Insurance Plc.
The questionnaire was backed up with personal interviews. The-purpose of this was to minimize the problem of error which might arise due to unreturned questionnaire. The interviews were limited to a few selected workers since the researcher codd not reach all the respondents.
Also the heads of sections were interviewed. Tlie interview afforded the researcher the opportunity to explain some difficult questions to the respondsnts. Moreover, the questionnaire and the interviews were complemented by what the researcher was able to observe by herself during her frequent visits to the organization.
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NICON Insurance Plc, Enugu Zonal Office is located at Independence Layout in Enugu North Local Government
to Nwabuoke 1,
"Cluster sampling is a sample technique whereby the population is divided into zones or clusters of groups, and
three different categories of management in the corporation fated the task of dividing the population into three.
dom sampling according to ~wabuoke2,"is a method of sampling in which every unit of the population has a
calculable chance of being selected into a sample".
For the middle management, the same simple random sampling procedure was followed. Here, there were 20 employees, out of which the researcher selected a sample
of 12. Once again, the researcher got 20 identical cards and numbered them from 1 - 20 accordingly. The cards
TABLE 3.1
Proportion of the employees in each
Management Category
-No. Of
Percentage
Employees
Junior Management
TABLE 3.2
Proportion of the number of samples in each Management Category to the total sample size:
Management Category
No* Of
Employees
Percentage
Top Management
Middle Management
Junior Management
TOTAL
were put in a sack and reshuffled thoroughly. Cards were drawn o m after arother until 12 cards were picked, again reshuffling the cards afier every draw. The numbers on the
cards were noted, and the employees bearing on the cards
were noted, and the employees bearing the numbers were selected and given the questionnaires by the Administrative Manager to be completed.
At the end of this exercise, the samples picked from the three categories of management totalled 36 representing
3.5 INSTRrnNTATION
instrument. Validity here refers to the process of measuring what the researcher purported to measure.
According to Nwabuoke3 , the pilot survey is a "miniature of the main survey in which all the operations intended to be used in the main survey are tested, to see how they work and what modifications are needed to make them work even better". In other words, the pilot
survey is a microscom experiment of the main survey, or
a test or trial survey carried out in a small scale before the main enquiry.
By this technique, 15 employees who did not belong to the sample were selected and each given a questionnaire
required of hem in the questions. This distribution and collection of the questionnaire items were effectively done by the Training Officer. Consequently, the researcher relied much on his competence. Thus the validity and the effectiveness of the instrument was established.
The validity of the instrument having been established, its reliability was determined by whether responses by various respondents were consistent over a number of items, and with ane another. This was done through the test and retest technique. This is system whereby a given experiment is repeated over a number of times, therefore 10 questionnaire items were given to 10 respondents who do not belong to the sample to complete. After completion, they were collected back, and anew set distributed. This was repeated until they completed three identical sets of the questionnaire. The data contained in the three sets were compared and found to be consistent. Hence, the reliability of the instrument was established.
3.6
COLLECTION OP DATA
The researcher mat'e her first visit to the study area, NICON Insurance Plc, Zonal Office, Independence Layout Enugu, in October, 2002. The aim of this was to get some facts about the firm. The survey gave the researcher ample opportunity to establish friendly relationship with both the management and security men at the gate. Having created such friendly relatioiiship with the people concerned, she had little difficulty in collecting the date during study.
Later, an introduction was made between the res9archer and the Administrative Secretary ; office of the establishment (NICON Insurance Plc), this was to get the researcher formally introduced as a research student of University of Nigeria Enugu Campus and his mission to the organization.
The use of questionnaire formed the researcher's major source of primary data. Fortunately, almost all the respon-
Out ofthe 36 questionnaires administered to the respondents, 34 were returned. Also 4 were rejected because of
were correctly completed an returned. Therefore 3 questionnaire items were used for the purpose of analysis.
not be entirely foolproof. This is because some respondents would see it as beingofflcial matter and thus might
the management. However, the accompanying letter in the questionnaire reminded the respondefits to be true and fair
t.
7 DATA ANALYSIS AND PROCEDURES After the collection of data, they were analyzed and classified. After this, tables were used to present data. Since these were five research questions upon which that
5 3 .
REFERENCES
1.
Precious Nwabuoke, Fundamentals of Statistics (Enugu, Nigeria, Korona Books, 1989), P. 21.
2.
Ibid F. 19.
3.
OF THE FINDINGS
In the presentation of the data, the researcher employed tabular method of data presentation
Out of the 36 questionnaire item distributed analysis was based on 30 questionnaire items which was filled
Table 1 has to do with the level of the organizationally structure the respondents belong.
management. Those at h e upper and middle management were found not to be too familiar with the enterprises because of the length of service.
When the respondents were asked what level of education did you attain before joining tha company, it was fcund that out of the 30 respondents, there were only 8 graduates and that makes it difficult for the company to know what management is all about because that was on
26.7% of the sample size.
The researcher also asked the respondents to mention at what age they entered the company. She found out that those at the Senior Management are made up of people without experience. Most of them have not had enough experience in the practical management of an organization. It is worthy of note that lack of experience on the part of the management will effect the progress of the Industry.
,
RESEARCH QUESTION 2
This research question was intended to find out what actually the management of this company expect fiom the operations of their company.
TABLE 4.2
Does Management expect efficient performance in the
Response
Yes
Frequency
10
f
Y ercentage
33.3%
60%
6.7%
No
18
Do not know
2
30
TOTAL
'
10OYo
From the questionnaire, a lot of questions were asked to see actually how the management are involved in the effective management of the company in order to get an efficient performance. From the questionnaire, it was
10 representing
means thzt NICON Insurance Plc staff are not all that experts in their various fields and it could be possible also that no management education was given to them and without experts in various management field, the company will not achieve its goals. Also 18 respondents representing 60% said 'No' which means that the majority of the
effectively with workers at all levels of management. The respondents were to choose the option 'Yes' if they feel
that they negotiate at all levels of management and select
the option 'No', if they do not so. Also they are to select
the opinion that the management of the company do negotiate with workers at all levels of management.
However, 18 respondents said that they do not negotiate at all levels of the management. Also 2 respondents shared the view that they are not aware of this.
whether the management of N E O N is efficient. In this regards, the respondents were to choose options 'Yes',
lrrcla~uu~.
XXESEARCMI QUESTION 3
This research question intended to find out how the management plant for their employees welfare.
TABLE 4.3
Response
Frequency
2
Percentage
Yes No
Do not know
TOTAL
not organize an employees welfare like providing staff bus for the whole workers or provision of medical allowance or pension/gratuity for their workers. The only 2 employees that said 'Yes' have stayed with the management
longer than others. The management have been organizing this type of welfare for their employees years back but it has not been so with them recently, and this shows poor management in the company.
ment adequately motivate the s t a r of NICON for eficient performance. But of the 30 respondents, 20 respondents shared the opinion that the management do not motivate their staff for efficient performance adequately. And the respondents with this opinion took the highest percentage, that is 66.7% which shows inadequate management. How-
From the data collected, 10 out of t k respondents said 'Yes' which is 33.3% of the total respondents and 18 said
'NO' which is the highest percentage while 2 out of the
respondents were ignorant of what was happening. Based on these respondents answers, it could be deduced that the management of NICON has been ineficient and from
the majority of the respondents, it is believed that they
respondents.
QUESTION 5
TABLE 4.5
Frequency
Percentage
Activities
I
30
I I
I I
100Y0
total of 30 respondents representing 100% of the total respondents said fair. The 100% result obtained in this question 'Is the operation of your company satisfactory/
' could be treated to the fact that every Dick and Harry
in the company knows that the operations of their company are not satisfactory.
be deduced here
organization depends crucially on the type, direction, effectiveness and efficiency of its management. The management guides the workers towards the goal achieve-
tion.
Furthermore, efficient management devoid of management problems can only come about by the company,
CHAPTER FIVE
From the data presented in the preceding chapter, the following findings were made.
fields.
Thu: the management do not negotiate at all levels
of management.
That NICON has been experiencing a lot of problems
That the management have not been organizing employees' welfare for their workers.
merit.
Final!y, the researcher was able to find out that the rate of the management operations of the company
is average.
it was founded on Simon's principle of efficiency. It was from this principle of simon that the research questions from where the questionnaire for this study was merged and developed'. In the questionnaire, attempts were made
cover the role of effective managtnent in an Insurance Industry. It is important to note that the roles which
that all categories of the workers were covered by the researcher while preparing the questionnaire.
The
view, management means a mult-purpose organ that manages a business and manages macagers and worker and work for efficient productivity.
cided to collect primary data in which case the issue was channelled to N E O N Insurance Plc, Enugu. At this juncture, questionnaire was mad to investigate the role of effective management in an industry. A total of 36 questionnaire items were distributed to a specified randomly selected respondents. At the end of distribution and collection, 36 questionnaire items were received from the respondents among which 6 were not in order. The adjust-
5 . 3 COMCTdUSIION
It could be rightly said that the general results of the present study on the role of Effective Management in Insurance Industry with particular reference to NICON Insurance Plc., Enugu with hope that the results from this
study would form basis for generalizing on the entire
The use of questionnaire and direct observation as instruments for collecting data for this study seemed to be very effective and suitable as it yielded much of the expected positive result. The distribution of the questionnaire was done by face to face method to the respondents and collected in the same manner, enabled the researcher see
face interaction.
All the same. One can really say, looking broadly at the findings of this study that there is inefficient management
in NICON lnsurance Plc. Inspite of the skcletal activities
5.4 RECOMMENDATION
1.
Provision of adequate management training for the management. This will go a lung wsy in improving the efficiency of the company. Training should, as a matter of fact, include such things as organizing seminars, tours, workshops, to mention but a few. In doing these things, efforts should always be made to see that such management training has relevance with efficient management development.
chose between efficient management of her companies and wasting of tax - payers money.
4.
In the questionnaire, it was asked whether the post of the Chairman is an full time or part-time. the respondents said that it is on part-time. In view of this, it should be seen
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(1988).
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Farmer, R. No
Ross, J. E. and
Corporate Management in Crisis Why the Mighty Fall: Eaglewood Clifts. N. J. Prentice-Hall Tnc. (1973).
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(1944)
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Whit
U and
and Ibbetson
Dear Respondents,
Management in Insurance Industry and National Insurance Corporation of Nigeria Plc, (NICON) as the Study.
DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT
UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA
ENUGU ChMPUS
1.
Sex:
Male
l-.l
Female
2.
Primary Six
WASCIGCE
3.
-3
yrs
Above . 3 yrs
4.
In what level of the organizational structure do you work? Senior Management Middle Management[-]
Junior Management
5.
What was your age when you joined the company? Below 20 yrs
I 20 ] - 30 yrs I 3 1- 40 ( y r s r l
1(
6.
Are the staff of NlCON experts in their various fields? Yes No Do not know
7.
8.
Does the Management negotiate effectively with workers at all levels of organization?
9.
Wow do you rate the management operations of you-r company? Do not know Good No
r . 1
I [
1(
10. Does the lnanagement of your company rotate? Yes No Do not know
11. Does the management base their employment criteria on merit? Yes No Do not kno4-1
Does management adequately motivate the staff of NlCON for efficient performance? Ycs(1 No[-1 Do not know
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Do your company organize an employees' welfare for the workers? Yes NO Do 110t know
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