Abstract
The study investigated strategic planning in job performance of selected university librarian in university
libraries in South-East, Nigeria. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design using
questionnaire as instrument for data collection. The population of the study consists of 6 university
librarians from university libraries in South-East, Nigeria. A total of 6 questionnaires were distributed, all
were retrieved. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics mean and percentage mean score
of 2.5 and above and percentage score of 50% were considered. The study revealed that strategic planning
is for decision making, provides organizational long-term direction. analyzing the situation of an
organization, it reveals and clarifies future opportunities and threats and strategic planning looks ahead
towards desired goals. The study also affirmed the challenges affecting the implementation of strategic
planning and among university librarians in selected university libraries in South-East, Nigeria as poor
alignment, resistance to change, inadequate communication, lack of accountability, and slow adoption.
The study recommends that university librarians should ensure that they adopt some good strategic plans
in order to enhance their job performance and also, the challenges affecting strategic planning should be
avoided by all cost.
Keywords: Strategic planning, Job performance, University librarians, University libraries
Publication Date: 2024-08-25