ICT Adoption and Integrationist Impact on Performance of Business Units of Universities in South Wes
Authors:
BINUYO Adekunle
Publication Type: Journal article
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Abstract
The study examinedthe influence of human action on the effect of the adoption of ICT solutions
on the performance of business units of Universities in South West Nigeria. To do this, the entire
population of Universities in South Western Nigeria comprising of seven Federal, ten state and
twenty private Universities were sampled for the study. Both primary and secondary data were
employed for the study. One hundred and fifty two questionnaires were administered out of
which one hundred and forty two were returned representing 93% response rate. The secondary
data were derived from the annual reports of each of the Universities covered by the study. The
variables of interest from the secondary data were: Return on Capital employed (ROCE),Net
Profit Margin (NPM), and ICT Cost Efficiency (ICTCE). Data collected were analysed using
both inferential as well as descriptive statistics especially the Multiple Regression technique. The
study found out that there is a significant relationship between ICT use and Performance of
business units of the said Universities [F(1,40) = 9.452; P<0.05]. The study concluded that if
properly managed, the use of ICT solutions has a significant potential to boost considerably the
performance of business units of Universities in South-western Nigeria.Furthermore, competent
hands engaged should be trained and retrained for effective use of the facility to exploit to the
optimum the benefits of ICT.