ICT ADOPTION AND INTEGRATIONIST IMPACT ON PERFORMANCE OF BUSINESS UNITS OF UNIVERSITIES IN SOUTH WES
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ODUYOYE Oluseyi
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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.