Evaluation of Some Factors of Time Management among Civil Servants in Nigeria

Abstract

In Nigeria and other developing countries, governments, due to lack of well developed private sectors, are carrying the bulk of the burden of socio-economic development at critical time schedules. Time is a valuable resource available to every organization. Time management is as essential component of the civil service as well as every organization. This study has evaluated the level of appreciation and adoption of the concept of time management in the Nigerian civil service. The paper had focused on the appreciation and adoption of the tenets of time management among the civil servants. The challenge of time management seems to be a missing link in the civil service.  Time management ensures adequate and proper utilization of the available resources. This research is based on evaluation and survey research designs. The adopted sampling design was the stratified random sampling with equal allocation. The reliability of the research instruments was computed based on a pilot survey; and the instruments were found to be reliable. The results showed that the civil servants have low appreciating of the process of time management as well as low adoption of its principles. Hence, the missing link is obvious in the Nigerian civil service. Moreover, the civil servants have shown some traces of time wastage in their work. However, the problem of time management can still be corrected by training and sensitization.

Key words:Civil servants, civil service reforms, missing link, time management