The study investigated creativity and organisational efficiency in Nigerian private organisations to ascertain the extent to which workforce creativity enhances organisational efficiency. The quantitative methodology was employed and the research design was a cross-sectional survey. Stratified sampling was employed in selecting respondents from ten multinational companies across the six geopolitical zones in Nigeria. Research data were elicited from the respondents with the help of a structured questionnaire. The question response format of items addressing the research questions in the questionnaire were of the five-point Likert scale. The study used measurement items related to the extant literature for all the measures. Structural equation modeling was employed in data analysis with organisational efficiency serving as the latent variable while creativity constructs served as the measured variables. Results show that three out of the four constructs of creativity were significant predictors of creativity Thus, the competitive environment, social capital and technological factors influence creativity and that creativity predicts organisational efficiency.
This study investigated the extent to which teachers' time utilisation influences students' enrolment in certificate examination and compared the realized teaching time by teachers in public and private secondary schools in Benin, Nigeria to draw the attention of school leadership to the importance of teachers' time utilisation to the attainment of educational goals. The survey design was employed to elicit data from three hundred and sixty randomly selected senior secondary school students from five public and five private senior schools. Questionnaire served as the data collection instrument and the data were subsequently analysed using Kolmogorov Smirnov test, Mann Whitney U test and Kruskal Wallis test. Results indicate that realised teaching time and time utilisation by the teachers in public secondary schools is significantly lower than what obtains in private secondary schools and significantly lower than the expected teaching time. The realised teaching time and time utilisation also varied significantly within the public and private secondary schools and between classes in public and private secondary schools. Lastly, class sizes were significantly large in uencthe public schools but generally small in the certificate classes, thus implying that teachers' time utilization has a significant impact on students' enrolment. The need for school leaders and administrators to ensure increased teachers' time utilisation for enhanced enrolment in certificate examinations was suggested, among others.
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