International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume V, Issue VII, July 2021 | ISSN 2454–6186

Decision Making and Strategic Management: an Appraisal of The #Endsars Protest in Nigeria

Odili, Chukwuemeka Pope¹, Egobueze, Anthony^2
1Department of Management, Faculty of Management Sciences Rivers State University, Nkpolu- Oroworukwo, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
²Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, Rivers State University, Nkpolu –Oroworukwo, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

Abstract: The study examined strategic management and decision making in Nigeria with an appraisal of #ENDSARS protest in perspective. Theoretically, the study evaluated the impact of strategic management on the decisions taken by both the State and the Protesters on the conflict. Adopting secondary data and content analysis as methods of data collection and analysis and human resource-based theory as a theoretical framework, the study observed that good strategic management was not employed by both partings in managing the conflict and recommended that decision makers should be transformational and strategic in making decisions. It also recommended that the state should create jobs for the army of unemployed youths, and improve the condition of service and welfare of the Nigeria Police, amongst others.

Key words: Strategic Management, Decision Making, Nigeria Police Force, Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Protesters, Government.

I. INTRODUCTION

According to Maleka (2014, p.4), strategic management has become an attractive management tool to reformers, and instills accountability with regards to the organizational management. With the present trend of global activities and operations, strategic management is the drive that ensures that organizations use the right arsenal that would enable them become efficient in their day-to-day operations. Strategic managers view the fact that market dynamics have created challenges for public organizations. With the emergence of the global economy, advances in technology, increased societal demands, and the need to provide more social services with fewer resources, strategic management brings to bear a widespread desire for increased organizational scrutiny that has increased the pressure for change.
The success of an organization largely depends on decisions made by managers. Strategic management identifies and describes methods required to be carried out by managers so as to achieve better performance and a competitive advantage for the organization. It is a bundle of decisions and acts which a manager undertakes and which decides the result of the firm’s performance (Pishkari, 2017, p.108). “Every manager, regardless of the nature of the organization he/she belongs to, needs to design a comprehensive plan of action, articulate it and direct it towards organizational activity to accomplish a task. By doing so, a series of decisions are involved (Nura and Osman, 2012, p.296).”