Palladan, Ahmad Aliyu and Abdul Kadir, Kadzrina (2016) The role of organizational innovativeness in enhancing the effectiveness of public tertiary institutions in Nigeria. In: International Conference on Government & Public Affairs 2016 (ICOGPA2016), October 5th - 6th, 2016, School of Government, Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia.

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Abstract

Empirical evidences from the extant literature reveals that if public tertiary institutions are to survive and achieve long-run viability in this contemporary era, they must be effective. Management argued that internal organizational competencies are safer in creating organizational competitive advantages.One of the internal organizational competencies is organizational innovativeness (ability of organizations to innovate).Organizational innovativeness has been penciled as an important tool for improving the effectiveness of tertiary institutions. The current business environment that tertiary institutions are can best be describe as dynamic, turbulent as well as unpredictable.Their success largely depends on their ability to strategically innovate and timely respond to the rapidly changing environment.The aim of this paper is to discuss the correlations between organizational innovativeness and effectiveness of public tertiary institutions in Nigeria.Thus, the paper looks at the two types of innovations (technical innovation and administrative innovation) and how they could be employed by the Nigerian tertiary institutions in order to enhance their effectiveness.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Additional Information:	ISBN 978-983-44661-7-6 Organized by: School of Government, Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia
Uncontrolled Keywords:	competitive advantage, competition, performance
Subjects:	L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education
Divisions:	School of Business Management
Depositing User:	Dr. Kadzrina Abdul Kadir
Date Deposited:	22 Dec 2016 07:08
Last Modified:	22 Dec 2016 07:08
URI:	https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/20421

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