PERCEIVED INFLUENCE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ON ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS IN THE TERTIARY INSTITUTION IN AKWA IBOM STATE

Abstract

The paper under analysis herein is the perceived influence of artificial intelligence on administrative tasks of University of Uyo, Uyo. There were three hypotheses and three research questions leading to the study. The research design based on this study was cross-sectional survey. The study sample was a population of 2780 non-academics staff in the University of Uyo, Uyo. Data collection will be based on a self-develop structured questionnaire called: Perceived Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Administration of University Makurdi Questionnaire (PIAIYMQ). The research questions were answered in terms of data analysis with the use of descriptive statistics through mean values of scores and the standard deviation. The hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance by using the Chi-Square Statistics. The results indicated that the perceived impact of AI on admission process in University of Uyo, Uyo is huge. The second discovery indicated that the perceived impact of AI on decision making process in University of Uyo, Uyo is significant. The third finding indicated that there is a considerable perceived effect of AI on resource administration in University of Uyo, Uyo it was advised among others that the university needs to develop a complex implementation plan of embodying AI in university procedures, making sure stakeholder buy-in, foreseeable difficulties including the safety of information and ethical concerns should be solved. The university must make investments on training programs with the aim of ensuring the establishment of AI literacy among the staff and faculty to empower them to make appropriate use of AI tools in decision-making, resource administration, and even admissions.