The Relevance of Programme Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) Network and Management by Objectives (MBO) Towards Organization Efficiency at the Export Processing Zone, Calabar Cross River State
The reality that the Nigeria Government has judiciously invested over three billion naira towards the improvement of the Export Processing Zone (EPZ) in Cross River State is a significant demonstration of the degree of productivity which is expected from the EPZ operations there. This is the time for all Local Government administrators in Cross River State to adopt the information management styles relevant to export products specification, assessment, and Evaluation and transportation modalities to help process goods to the required destinations of the EPZ. The Local Government officials must open EPZ offices in their areas and establish viable links between those offices and the main EPZ office at the State Capital. Management by Objectives (MBO) has been applied to indicate how the EPZ can succeed if the MBO is practiced. Also, Programme Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) network can be used to enhance EPZ activities as specified projects can be broken down into identifiable activities, where it can be calculated mathematically to know which activities could be done within specified time frames. When, for instance, Government agents give the dates when some specific commodities are to be assembled for them at the State Capital, the Local Government administrators become mandated to work with the local producers to ensure that specific projects are commenced at appropriate times, since PERT analysis of time durations for accomplishing the activities in the plans can be measured mathematically and evaluated to know which pathway is the most appropriate to follow.
