Effect of leadership styles on strategic plan implementation in the federal universities of Northern Nigeria

Abstract

This study examined the effect of leadership styles on the implementation of strategic plan in the federal universities in Northern Nigeria. Contrasted Group Design was employed in the study. Descriptive statistics was used to answer the research question of the study while Kruskal Wallis Analysis of Variance by rank was used in the study with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21 in determining the extent to which leadership styles of the organization affect the implementation of strategic plan implementation in the federal universities in northern Nigeria. The result revealed that authoritarian and laissezfaire leadership styles of the Universities to a large extent affect the implementation of strategic plans. Thus, the study recommends among others that universities should give priority on having a democratic leadership in an organisation because lack of that affects strategic plan implementation. At the management level university authorities should focus on consulting other units in the university before embarking on new changes in the universities.