THE USE OF COMMITTEE AND GROUP MEETINGS IN ENHANCING DECISION-MAKING (A CASE STUDY OF ANAMBRA STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY)

ABSTRACT
This research is concerned with inquiring. The use of committees and group meeting in enhancing decision making in Anambra State House of Assemble. The problems facing this research work is the inadequate use of committee and group meeting in solving the day to day problem of the House. The main purpose of this study is to identify how committee and group meetings are used in the Anambra state house of assembly to enhance decision making and also to assess the important and impact of group meeting.     The research question that guided this research work was included. They researcher post three hypothesis. The theory employed in this research work focus on forest maltzman (1995) who proposed a conditional model of committee behaviour and others. This work carried an indebt literature review on similar works carried out by other scholars like Mackenna (1974). The methodology of this work is descriptive in nature and the method of data collection is based on primary and secondary sources, the population size was 2000 and sampling technique adopted was yaro yamein, After distribution the researcher collected 150 questionnaire which was used for data analysis and simple percentage was employed during data analysis, the hypothesis was tested using chi-square. The hypothesis was either accepted or rejected. Based on the above findings of this research work it was reveal that those who took part in decision making are highly literate. The researcher then concluded that the use of committee and group meeting enhances decision making. The following were recommended, that the government of Anambra state should erect the present legislative edifice in order to have enough rooms for committee facilities, since their deliberations are always time consuming and tiresome and also should borrow a leaf form their administrative machinery. 


TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title page
Abstract
Table of contents
CHAPTER ONE:
INTRODUCTION
1.0     Background of the study
1.1            Statement of the problem
1.2            Purpose of the study
1.3            Research Question
1.4            Statement of Hypothesis
1.5            Theoretical frame work
1.6            Significance of the study
1.7            Scope of the study
1.8            Limitation of the study
1.9            Definition of  terms

CHAPTER TWO:
Introduction
2.1            The concept of committees & group meetings
2.2            House of assembly
2.3            The speaker and functions Government
2.4            General overview of the law of group meeting
2.5            Committees and group meeting in the House of Assembly
2.6            The opposition party in the House of assembly

CHAPTER  THREE:
RESEARCH DESING AND METHODOLOGY
3.1     Design of the study
3.2     Area of the study
3.3     Population of the study
3.4     Sample size / sampling techniques
3.5     Instrument  for data collection
3.6     Reliability of  the instruments
3.7     Validity of the instruments
3.8     Distribution and Retrieval of the instrument
3.9     Method of  data Analysis
CHAPTER FOUR:
          DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS
4.1     Data Presentation
4.2     Analysis of research question
4.3     Testing of Hypothesis
4.4     Interpretation of results
CHAPTER  FIVE:
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS / CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
5.1            Summary of Findings
5.2            Conclusion
5.3            Recommendation
References
Appendices
Questionnaires 


CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

Mc Kenna and Fleming (1977) defined committee as “A group of individuals which is formed to consider and report on various matter which have been referred to them”. At the out set it will be necessary to explain in a compendium the two major terms of the topic for better understanding. A committee can be for important issue is that it is responsible to the body, which forms it, and infact reports to at the end of its assignment.
While there is a specific connotation on the formation of committee towards the performances of an identified and specific task a meeting according to shaw et al (1965) is “An assembly of person such assembly may arise in circumstance infinitely diverse in their character and combination.From this definition, a group meeting is just a meeting of a group of people with common objective and interest; it may be a committee, The primary pre-occupation of the house of assembly anywhere is the holding of group meetings because it is only through such meeting that decisions can be reached on its varied functions.
Since the legislative time is limited matters to be deal with most of the time either technical or highly specialized, the need therefore arises to form committees to solve problems. This is exactly the case in the Anambra State House of Assembly Awka. while a body containing many members is suitable for discussing principles, it is in appropriate for the examination of details. The usual course is to form a committee of a few members in the House, which can discuss details of the proposals and report back to the full body of the house with recommendation.
1.0   BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Anambra state is one of the youngest state carved out of old Anambra in August 1991. It is one out of the....

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