The International Institute for Science, Technology and Education (IISTE)
Abstract
In the face of decidedly poor public service delivery in Nigeria over time, series of public sector reforms had been undertaken with varying outcomes. In form, scope and dimension, these reforms had been characteristically different. An important innovation introduced in one of the major nation-wide reforms is the ‘Target-Setting Technique’. As a management tool, the technique was deigned to improve service-delivery in the public sector in Nigeria. This paper is an effort to assess how far this administrative innovation has succeeded in achieving its goal. Using the descriptive analytical approach, the paper examine the face s and application of the technique. The conclusion drawn is that the coming of the mechanism had changed little or nothing as far service-delivery in the public sector in Nigeria is concerned