INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL RESILIENCE IN RETAIL BUSINESSES IN YENAGOA METROPOLIS, BAYELSA STATE
The study focused aptly on the effect of information management on organizational resilience. The study collected data from selected retail businesses in Yenagoa metropolis, Bayelsa State, using primary and secondary sources population of the study was one hundred and forty five (145), gotten from five selected retail businesses in Bayelsa State. We used a sample size of one hundred and eight (108), gotten through the use of Tayo Yamane formula method. While, Spearman Rank Order Correlation Coefficient where used to test the significant of the hypotheses. The study exert a positively and significant relationship between knowledge management and organization adaptability. Furthermore, the study exerts also information technology competence has a positive and relation with organization adaptability. The study concludes that information innovation strategy and agility capability positively correlates. The study, therefore, recommends that all policy makers (management) should pay more concern on policies and practices related to the organization resilience which allows organizations to respond, and adapt and anticipate to incremental change and sudden disruptions in order to survive and prosper.
Keywords: Information, Management, Organization and Resilience
