Influence of Application of Management Information System (MIS) on Administration of Private Polytechnics in Benue State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study invested the influence of application of Management Information System (MIS) on the administration of Private Polytechnics in Benue State, Nigeria. The purpose of the study was to investigate influence of application of MIS on administration of Private Polytechnics in Benue State, Nigeria. Two research questions guided the study and two hypotheses were tested. The design adopted for the study was descriptive survey design. The population comprised of 788 staff in four accredited Private Polytechnics in Benue State, Nigeria. The sample size was 315 or 40% of 788 staff in four accredited Private Polytechnics in Benue State Nigeria. The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire titled: ‘‘Management Information System and Administration Questionnaire (MISAQ)’’. The questionnaire was made up of 10 items. Each variable carries 5 items. It was validated by three experts, two experts in Educational Management in the Department of Educational Foundations and one expert in the Department of Science and Mathematics Education, Faculty of Education, Benue State University Makurdi. The instrument was trial tested using 30 staff in two Private Polytechnics using Cronbach Alpha and reliability coefficient of 0.86 was found. The collected data was analyzed using the descriptive statistics of mean scores and standard deviation to answer the research questions while Ch-square was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study showed that application of MIS has significant positive influence on communication and personnel management in Private Polytechnics in Benue State, Nigeria. The study concluded that application of MIS has significant positive influence on the administration of Private Polytechnics in Benue State, Nigeria. It was recommended that proprietors and rectors of Private Polytechnics in Nigeria should ensure the proper use of effective communication in personnel management by using MIS tools such as telephones and computers. This would help in achieving the objectives of Private Polytechnics in Nigeria.