240 ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE AND INNOVATION IN NIGERIAN QUANTITY SURVEYING FIRMS A. F. Haruna 1 ; K. J. Adogbo 2 and M. Abdulrazaq 2 1 Department of Quantity Surveying, The Federal Polytechnic Idah, Kogi State Nigeria 2 Department of Quantity Surveying, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria ABSTRACT Quantity Surveying firms in contemporary times have evolved into structurally standard organisations where there is the understanding of organisational culture as an essential management philosophy that drives innovation. This study seeks to analyse specifically, the relationship between organisational culture and innovation in quantity surveying firms. Using a quantitative research approach, the research examined the relationship between organisational culture and innovation in Quantity Surveying firms. Eighty one (81) Quantity Surveyors from Twenty Seven (27) firms completed the questionnaires used for this research. Spearman's rank correlation was used to evaluate the relationship between organisational culture and innovation types. The study revealed that Quantity Surveying firms exhibited multiple types of innovation. The study further revealed that quantity surveying firms exhibited multiple types of organisational culture. The study concluded that organisational culture has a significant relationship with innovation in quantity surveying firms. The findings from this study implied that there were need for the management of quantity surveying firms to embrace organisational culture as a strategy for improving innovation practice and they were also need for the management of quantity surveying firms to embrace innovation as a strategy for improving organizational culture. Keywords: Innovation, Organisational Culture, Quantity Surveying INTRODUCTION Studies have shown that an innovative and efficient construction industry contributes to a stable global economy. However, the construction industry is notorious, conservative and slow to adapt to change (Olatunji, 2009) and quantity surveying practice as an integral of the construction industry is not free from these shortcomings.