I.T Policy Implementation in Organizations: Case Study of Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi, Nigeria
Lasisi K. Alamu and Sanni S. A.
ABSTRACT
This study discussed issues related to effective implementation of Information Technology Policy in an organization, with a focus on the Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi, Nigeria. The participants of the study were staff of the selected organization. A sample size of 124 was selected from the target population of 180 using Sloven’s formula of sample size computation. The data analysis was made using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS 20). There is a positive strong significant correlation between Information Technology Policy Issues: Attitude towards IT Policy, Awareness, Policy enforcement, Policy updating and review and Implementation of IT Policy. Findings indicated that the t-statistic and significance level of Information Technology Policy Issues are 0.713 and 0.478 respectively, which is greater than P-value 0.05. The beta value of Information Technology Policy Issues is 0.069 which is less than the acceptance level. The implication is that change of 1% in Technology Policy issues will course a change of 0.067 percent in the Implementation of the Policy which is very minute and negligible. IT policy issues has significant effect on the implementation of IT policy. Therefore, IT Policy Issues when emphasized in the organization will lead to improved implementation of Information Technology policy.
