ICT vital to tertiary institutions – AOCOED Registrar
For a planned repositioning of a tertiary institution or any other organisations to be successful, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is a necessity. Besides, nothing must be taken for granted. Though workers are often rigid to change, yet the individual at the helm of affairs must convince his/her subordinates of the need to adopt new measure in line with 21 century demands, said Mr Owolabi Amisu at the maiden Registry lecture of the Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education Otto/Ijanikin Lagos.
Amisu said any organisation that is crisis-ridden, or wants to remain relevant needs to continuously carry out re-engineering.
Amisu, a former Registrar of AOCOED spoke on the topic: ’Change for real: A case of organisational renewal in colleges of education,’ at the college auditorium on Thursday last week.
He said: “Once you are behind in ICT, you are as good as dead. With ICT, it will help make the job flexible and more efficient. It will also keep track of individuals and expose ghost workers. Networking is also made a lot easier because workers in a particular unit can also link up with another through emails. And with each unit or individuals allotted password, one can easily navigate to other departments and carry our certain administrative activities without much physical stress.”
Corporate Planning is central in the process of re-engineering, Owolabi explained, adding that it entails college mandates (vision/mission statements) as handed down by her Governing Council. Human resources are also key as they are catalysts that will drive the planned re-organisation.
To continue to build on its Human Resources (HR), Amisu suggested repeated training of workforce while also identifying workers that are ideal for certain job designations.
In carrying out HM however, Amisu contended that certain questions must be asked:
“Is workforce planning required? Is performance system in place? Do manager needs help to address poor performance and in communication and team skills? Could grievances and disputes be handled locally and for better working relationship? Does godfatherism exist? Should all aspect of training be improved? And will professionals and skilled HR practitioners add value,? among other posers.
With HR in place, Amisu is optimistic that evaluation which is the next by the college management, will reveal an appreciable improvement in understanding of HR. Aside, subordinates in the college system are most likely to endorse the new measures in work approach resulting in significant improvement in HR framework.
Source: TheNation
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