Challenges Of Information Communication Technology (ICT) On Organizational Objectives

INTRODUCTION
Information Communication technology consist of people, equipment and procedures to gather, sort, analyze, evaluate and distribute accurate, timely and patient information for management decision makers.
The chapters is broken down into subheadings, via background of the study, statement of problem, objective of the study, research question and research hypothesis , significance f the study, scope and limitations of the study, operational hypothesis and definition of terms.
Each subheading is discussed one after the other below.

1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The focus of these research is an to challenges of information communication technology on the achievement of organizational objective. Information is an indispensable research in every organization. We are actually in an information era, through organizations had passed through different era, the manufacturing and industrial era but now we are in the information era, organizations activities get improved with time, accurate and patient information that help to make better decision in organization.
Information communication Technology is essential and significance for effective and efficient operation of any business venture.
For information to be effective there must be a good communication network, which will enable the information to flow in accordance with the intended direction. Good communication technology aids organization to achieve their desired objectives through the people employed in its service, and communication is the only effective means through which member of the organization interacts.
It enables the people to know the expectation of management from them as they try to carryout their duty.
The plans, policies, procedures, strategies and goals of the organization are made known to the different levels of management operation and workers through which effective communication and feedback is obtained through Communication.
Communication can therefore be defined as the transfer of information, ideas, beliefs and instruction from one person to another through sign, symbols and writing, it can be defined another vein as a means of transmitting information so that the person effected receives and understands it. This is to that, for Communication to be effective, there must be a feedback.
Therefore effective Communication needs to exist in an organization so that management can receive information that can help them in decision making.
The management function and other group activities are impossible without good information technology and as such, it is through Communication that management gives direction to their subordinate. It is due to the absence of poor implementation of the above stated importance of Communication and information that led the researcher to investigating the reasons for poor to implementation and also gives device a means through which the situation will be ameliorated.
In order to improve a good information technology In Communication, there should be allowance for horizontal, vertical and lateral Communication in order to enable the workers to participate in decision making that will affect engineering of the organization affairs.
This study therefore examines the challenges of ICT on their achievement of organizational objectives with particular reference to Paterson Zochonis (PZ) Nigeria PLc, Aba.
The objective is to survey the various challenges faced by management and their subordinates is running the organizational activities with regards to conformation Communication technology.

1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
The researcher after due consideration of the research topic has decided to shortlist the challenges wherent in the study.
Effective information Communication technology is basic pre-requisite for the insurance of instruction and accomplishment of the organization goals. Besides it has remained he biggest problem facing our business organization this recent day. Meanwhile, these problems are as a result of inefficient and archaic communication channels.
Some of the manager does not understand the important of Communication. Inadequate and distortion of information in PZ Nigeria Plc Aba has led to several ugly scenarios/consequences like strike action demonstration, work to rule and misunderstanding including others lack of adequate equipment for Communication is a result of misconception of ideas between management and their subordinate and which appears to be the highest factor militating against the effectiveness of Communication in an organization.
In view of the above challenges, the researcher attempts to find out some of the immediate and remote causes of cause associated with poor and inefficient Communication network system in general and PZ Aba in particular.

1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The purpose of this study is to examine the challenges of information Communication technology background, in an organization and recommend probable ways of ameliorating the issue so that the impact Communication will be left in PZ Aba and organization
1. To determine If there is a channel I the Communication between management and works of PZ Aba.
2. To maintain a cordial superior subordinate relationship between management and workers of PZ Aba.
3. To deter mine clear and unambiguous instructions to subordinate for maximum compliance.
Therefore, the researcher is of the view that to facilitate Communication of instructions, the employee responsible for the execution should be involved in decision making through upward Communication and a suitable designed Communication network.

1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
1. Is there any clearly defined channel of Communication between management and workers in PZ?
2. Does information Communication technology have any impact towards achievement of organizational o objectives?

1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
This study is of immense and innumerable significance to the researcher, the case study PZ PLc Aba and the society at large with reference to my successor in this field of study.
To the researcher, this study will help the researcher to be alert of some certain organizations challenges in terms of Communication and devise a means of overcrowding them at ease when they are encountered in future and also it serves as a partial fulfillment for the qualification of an award of National Diploma. To the case study, this through infestation of PZ PLc Aba has the aim of indentifying the causes of performance in their Communication system. Apart from this, the following will be examined to ascertain the true position of the statement.
– Analyse the Communication network existing in PZ Plc Aba.
– Evaluating the challenge that hindered effective Communication in the organization
– To identify the Communication in the organization
– To identify the Communication channel already in use in PZ Plc Aba.
– To make recommendations on ways of rectifying the challenges of Communication technology or system in PZ Plc Aba in order to enhance the productivity.

1.6 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
The cope of this study will be limited to evaluate the position impact of ICT in PZ Nigeria Plc Aba, factors that impact free flow of information in PZ Nigeria PLc, solutions to such problems which will be adopted in organization effectiveness.

1.7 LIMITATION OF THE STUDY
Due to the present economic stagnation in the country, the researcher was constrained in cause of carrying out this study by many factors especially the following.
1. Time factor: The researcher was failed with time shortage including much loaded activities in this short semester ]like, assignment, sports, departmental jobs, and fast approaching examination all these contribute to the limited nature of the study below its expectations.
2. Insufficient fund: Finance are the major factor that limit the scope the study more especially the fund to design enough questionnaires which led to the limited nature of the sample size.
3. Non challant attitude of management staff: The research was made to go to different offices in search of information that could have been provided by one office due to the above process, the information are reluctant in allowing the researcher to source the information needed for the work.
1.8 DEFINITION OF TERMS
Information: Information is the knowledge are can gather from various sources such as education research.
Communication: Communication is the process through which information idea and belief are exchanged between individual and corporate bodies through a common system of symbol either orally or writing.
In this vein, communication is a process by which management issues instruction to subordinate on how to execute them duties and obtain feedback by performance. (B.O. Nwosu 2002:19).
Management: Management according to MC Forland (1979) is the process by which managers create, direct, maintain and operate purposes organization through coordinate corporation human efforts.
It is also a process by which managers execute the functioning of planning organization directing and controlling the organizational activities through the co-coordinating of the require human and material resources for the achievement of the organizational objectives.
Organization: An organization according to Trewatha and Newport (1982:188) is social structure designed to coordinate the activities of labour and hierarchy of authority for the achievement of common purpose of goal.