The Need For Introducing Decision Support System (DSS) In Nigerian Universities Management And Administration.

Abstract

Decision support system (DSS) is a computer-based information system that supports business or organizational decision-making activities. Management and Administration deals with the organization and mobilization of human and material resources in a particular system for the achievement of identified aims and objectives in the system. Decision making is an essential leadership, management or administrative skill. DSS serve the management, operations, planning levels of an organization and help to make decisions, which may be rapidly changing and not easily specified in advance. Decision support systems can be either fully computerized, human or a combination of both. Decision support systems are gaining an increased popularity in various domains such as business, engineering, military, medicine as while as administration and human resource management. They are especially valuable in situations in which the amount of available information is prohibitive for the intuition of an unaided human decision maker and in which precision and optimality are of importance. We explained administration and management as it patterns to education, briefly discuss types of decision support systems, components of DSS, qualities to be considered when building a Decision support system for Nigerian university administration. Finally, its roles in decision making as it patterns to administration of Universities in Nigeria if introduced. The paper concluded with strong opinion that DSS should be introduced in Nigerian universities administration and the administrators trained to make use of it because of its significant roles to educational administration.

Keywords: Administration, Decision, Management, Support system, Universities