Abstract
Communication is
one of the essential elements for achieving organizational effectiveness,
growth, and sustainability. Several organizations around the world have been so
much concerned about improving communication as it plays a critical role in
planning, organizing and coordinating organizational activities. The purpose of
this paper is to examine the effect of communication as a tool for effective
organizational management with focus on Kano state universal education board.
The paper used survey design in which both qualitative and quantitative methods
were used. The study has a total population of 560 but Krejcie and Morgan
(1970) was used to arrive at sample of 226. Data was obtained from both primary
and secondary and was presented in tables and charts while the hypothesis was
tested using regression analysis. It has been discovered that there is a strong
positive relationship between communication and effective organizational
management practices such as planning, organizing, decision making and coordination
processes. Statistically, the finding shows that with p value of 0.000,
communication has the capacity to bring 70.1% effectiveness in organizational
management (O.M) under the KNSUBEB. It
is therefore recommended that considering the key role that communication plays
to organizational management, the KNSUBEB should develop effective
communication channel that ensures smooth flow of communication upward and
downward the organizational hierarchy.