Leadership And Organizational Performance: A Case Of The Kogi State College Of Education, Ankpa 2007 - 2013

ABSTRACT

The importance of leadership in determining the success and failure of any

organization cannot be over emphasized. Leadership is therefore so pivotal

in organizational discourse that most scholars have come to agreement that

its quality determines the quality of organizational performance. However,

leadership in most organizations are usually found wanting and performing

below expectation which in turn adversely affect the realization of

organizations’ stated objectives. This study is geared towards “Leadership

and organizational performance: A case of the Kogi State College of

Education, Ankpa”. It was discovered that the leadership of the College

was high handed, there was no consultation in the process of decision

making, staff welfare was not given high priority, in most of the

appointment and posting of staff the NCCE (National Commission for

Colleges of education) was not followed among others. To help solve the

problems, it was recommended that the leader should adopt a democratic

leadership style where genuine views and opinions of staff are sought,

government should employ the services of external auditors to audit the

college account every year, heads of Departments should be involved in the recruitment of staff to them etc.