IMPROVED LEAVE SCHEDULING ALGORITHM FOR IMPROVED SERVICE  DELIVERY IN THE NIGERIAN UNIVERSITY SYSTEM

BU Stephen; GA Chukwudebe; DO Dike; N Chukwuchekwa

doi:10.4314/njt.374.1867

IMPROVED LEAVE SCHEDULING ALGORITHM FOR IMPROVED SERVICE DELIVERY IN THE NIGERIAN UNIVERSITY SYSTEM

Authors

BU Stephen DEPT. OF ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC ENGR., FED. UNIV. OF TECHNOLOGY, OWERRI, IMO STATE, NIGERIA
GA Chukwudebe DEPT. OF ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC ENGR., FED. UNIV. OF TECHNOLOGY, OWERRI, IMO STATE, NIGERIA
DO Dike DEPT. OF ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC ENGR., FED. UNIV. OF TECHNOLOGY, OWERRI, IMO STATE, NIGERIA
N Chukwuchekwa DEPT. OF ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC ENGR., FED. UNIV. OF TECHNOLOGY, OWERRI, IMO STATE, NIGERIA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4314/njt.374.1867

Keywords:

Staff mix by rank, Leave management, Lecturer-to-students ratio, Human Resource Planning

Abstract

service delivery centered yardsticks like staff mix by rank and lecturer-to-student ratio. This leave management solution is intended to interface with a staff database, course registration system and a staff appraisal system. In working mechanism, it is an algorithm that assesses leave requests and schedules the leave requested for periods having least impact on staff mix by rank and lecturer-to-students ratio. In the Nigerian university system, leave can be managed to avail academic staff for training, research and even rest. In pursuance of these, human resource planners may overcommit staff to it, leaving the system understaffed at key moments, or under commit to it and lose out on the benefits. Either way, service delivery is adversely affected. The algorithm was developed following iterative incremental process model, in three increments, each executing their corresponding set of requirements. The algorithm was implemented using MATLAB. The work features generation of sample data of academic staff in a particular engineering degree program, sorting of that data into staff mix by rank, and then computation of available and recommended staff mix by rank given the number of students the engineering program has. The algorithm schedules leave for periods of least impact on service delivery of University academic staff by picking the year with the least shortfall in available staff mix considering the recommended staff mix.

http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/njt.v37i4.25

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Published

2018-09-30

Issue

Vol. 37 No. 4 (2018)

Section

Computer, Telecommunications, Software, Electrical & Electronics Engineering

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IMPROVED LEAVE SCHEDULING ALGORITHM FOR IMPROVED SERVICE DELIVERY IN THE NIGERIAN UNIVERSITY SYSTEM. (2018). Nigerian Journal of Technology, 37(4), 1039-1048. https://doi.org/10.4314/njt.374.1867