Abstract
Information is vital in decision making; and bad decisions most of the times are as a result of lack of adequate information. This research examined the administrative staff’s use of information in their decision making process in Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta. The descriptive survey, total enumeration technique, and a well-structured questionnaire were used to obtain data. Most of the administrative staff members were fully aware of how the use of information aids in administrative decisions. The most frequently consulted information sources were internal memo, minutes of meeting, schedules of meeting, past conference papers and dictionaries. The reasons for administrative staff’s use of information were according to confronting issues like scheduling appointments, calling up meetings, and recruiting new staff. The use of mobile phones by administrative staff should be encouraged since the administrators could receive messages anywhere and at any point in time to make both individual and administrative decisions.
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- Information Use Search this journal for Information Use (opens in a new tab)
- Information Source Search this journal for Information Source (opens in a new tab)
- Decision Making Search this journal for Decision Making (opens in a new tab)
- Administrative Staff Search this journal for Administrative Staff (opens in a new tab)
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Keywords
- Information Use Search this journal for Information Use (opens in a new tab)
- Information Source Search this journal for Information Source (opens in a new tab)
- Decision Making Search this journal for Decision Making (opens in a new tab)
- Administrative Staff Search this journal for Administrative Staff (opens in a new tab)
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