CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Organisation becomes what they are largely because of their leaders. This explains why in any organisation, there are usually individuals responsible for organizing in directing the affairs and activities of such organisation. These individuals are usually people who have the ability to lead the other people in an organisation. They are people who have the managerial ability to influence employees under them (subordinates) to work towards the realization of the goals and objectives of the organisation in order to move the organisation forwards. To this end, every organisation need dedicated, capable and trustworthy leader (manager) to be able to build the organisation without manager an organisation is but a middle of men and machine. Thus the roles of managers all over the world can be over emphasized, hence it is been noted in the recent past that any attempt to delicate on the roles of managers in any modern organisation, one must involves himself in the concept of administration and management on organisation unlike other field of study, one can not quantify in terms of derived benefits that have been or can be attended through manager of any organisation.
However, with some instrument and techniques, quantifiable personnel could be raised but this is not easy to come by through in spite of the drawback mangers and to management bodies still play an important role in the running and growth of the organisation. Infact, it is to this basis that administrations have taken a huge amount of money in the organisation budget. It therefore means that couscous and deliberate effect must be made to ensure that modern organisation and the roles of managers been administered to the door step of every well doing manager.
And if this is done, then he can meet our demand goals and objectives. It means that manager should be able to perform the following plan; communicate, orgnise, direct, coordinate, staff, control and command.
This is to achieve the set objective of the organisation. But be it as it may administration and management will be viewed in a separate concept.
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEMS
Many books have been written on the roles of managers in modern organisation in particular. But to the best of my knowledge, no systematic study on the roles of managers in Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) where my study is base on has been written.
Admittedly, the research on those work carried out in Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC). Therefore, to eliminate the pit fall involved knowing the process of the information of the role of modern manager in Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) there is the need for the study. It is hoped that at the end of this study most of this fact will be exposed and appropriate solution suggested.
