Abstract

Descriptive survey research design was used for the study. The population of the study comprised, management members from tertiary institutions in South West, Nigeria. This included; Ekiti, Ondo, Osun, Ogun, Oyo and Lagos states. The sample size of the subject was One hundred and eighty (180) subjects or respondents selected through, a purposive sampling technique. Ten (10) respondents were selected from a College, Polytechnic and University from each of the six states in South West, Nigeria. Two research questions were raised to guide the conduct of the study. Data for the study were generated through, self- strutted and developed research instrumenst by the researchers, titled, “Questionnaire on Management by Objectives: Pathway to Achieve Effective Management of Tertiary Institutions in South West, Nigeria. “QMOPAEMTISWN”). It was fashioned or modeled on four likert rating scale; Strongly Agreed (SA), Agreed (A), Disagreed (D), and Strongly Disagreed (SD), rated on 4, 3, 2 and 1 points, respectively. The research instruments were validated by two experts in Measurement and Evaluation at Adekunle Ajasin Universtiy, (AAU), Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria. The reliability of the research instrumenst was done using, test- retest method at two weeks interval, and 0.71 coefficient reliability was obtained. Data generated for the study was analyzed using, descriptive statistics (Simple percentage, frequency count and mean). Based on the results of the study, conclusions were made that MBO could enhance staff’s motivation, communication and collaboration in South, Nigeria. Therefore, recommendations based on the conclusions were made that, MBO should be embrace by Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria, so as to achieve set-out goals. Also, MBO should be used as a mechanism by management of tertiary institutions in Nigeria by involving their subordinates in policy making and in decision process, and so on.