CARROT AND STICK APPROACH ON EFFECTIVE DECISION ENHANCEMENT (A CASE STUDY OF SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN EDUCATION DISTRICT III IN LAGOS STATE )

Abstract

The study examined carrot and stick approach on effective decision enhancement among teachers/instructors in public secondary schools in Lagos State Education District III. In this study, relevant and extensive literatures were reviewed under sub-headings. The descriptive research survey was used in the assessment of the opinions of the selected respondents with the adoption of the self-constructed questionnaire and the sampling technique. A total of 200 respondents were selected and used as samples for this study. A total of four null hypotheses were generated and the Chi-Square Statistical tool was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. At the end of the data analyses, the following results emerged: there is a significant relationship between carrot and stick approach and decision enhancement among instructor/teachers, there is a significant relationship between the role of gender among teacher/instructors and carrot and stick approach, there is a significant relationship between the year of experience of the teacher and the effectiveness of carrot and stick approach. There is a significant relationship between age of instructor/teacher and the effectiveness of carrot and stick approach in enhancing decision making. Based on the findings of this study, the following recommendations were made: Managers should increase the frequency and level of teachers’ participation in decision-making because they are the ones carrying out the main operative work and they are in the better position to know what goes on in school operations. Schools should recommend proper mood to discipline students who violate the school codes and conduct through the knowledge of the teacher or instructor, There should be reward for good conduct in the school in other to motivate student’s behaviour and learning habits, teachers/instructor should serve as a mediator between the student and the management and teachers should be drafted into the management system so as to be balance measure in dealing with the student