Management Development Research as a Route to Sustainable Development in Nigeria

Abstract

Management is defined as the provision of an environment within groups and organizations, so that the organizations and the individuals within them can achieve their goals and objectives by utilizing human, material and financial resources. Development is defined as the process of increasing the socio-economic condition of people from a lower to a higher state of a society by the education and training of the people. So Management Development entails an increase in the socio-economic condition of the people occasioned by the provision of a conducive environment for achieving goals and objective. Management Development Research entails searching again and taking a cursory look at Management Development phenomena of interest. Management Development Research could be a route to Sustainable Development of a Third World Country like Nigeria by sustaining the momentum and extending the reach. Sustainable Development is the process of meeting the needs of the present generation without jeopardizing the chances of meeting the needs of future generations. The main objective of the paper is to determine how Management Development Research could be used as a route to Sustainable Development in Nigeria. The specific objectives of the study are to determine if Management Development Research could be used as a route to Sustainable Development in Nigeria, to ascertain if Management Training Research could be used as a route to Economic Development and beyond it in Nigeria, to find out if Management Learning Research could be used as a route to Economic Growth and beyond it in Nigeria. All the objectives were achieved in the study.