IOSR Journal of Sports and Physical Education (IOSR-JSPE) e-ISSN: 2347-6737, p-ISSN: 2347-6745, Volume 6, Issue 4, (Jul. –Aug. 2019), PP 11-16 www.iosrjournals.org DOI: 10.9790/6737-06041116 www.iosrjournals.org 11 | Page Knowledge Management Initiatives and Productivity among Adult Education Academic Staff of Tertiary Institutions in North- West Zone, Nigeria 1 Mahmud Abbas (Ph. D), 2 Yusuf Muhammad Madaki 1 Department of Adult Education and Extension Services Faculty of Education and Extension Services Usamnu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto 2 School of Special, Adult Education and Non-Formal Education Department of Adult Education and Non- Formal Education Federal College of Education, Zaria Kaduna State Abstract: The study examine on Knowledge Management initiatives and Productivity among Adult Education Academic staff of Tertiary institutions in North-West Zone, Nigeria. The study has one research question and two objectives. What are the knowledge initiatives and productivity among adult education academic staff, to determine knowledge management initiatives and teaching productivity and to determine knowledge management initiatives and research and publication productivity of adult education academic staff of tertiary institutions in north-west zone, Nigeria. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The population of the study was 195 adult education academic of tertiary institutions from the department or schools of adult education. The instrument used for the study was questionnaire. The data was analyzed using frequency count and percentage for the research question. Pearson product moment correlation (PPMC) was also used to analyze the two hypotheses formulated for the study. The findings from the two hypotheses revealed that; knowledge management initiatives has significant relationships with teaching productivity and research and publication productivity of adult education academic staff of tertiary institutions in north-west zone, Nigeria. Based on the findings the study recommended that: Head of Department and managers of higher institutions should provide all required needs of academic staff and students to practice knowledge management and increase academic staff productivity. Key words: knowledge management, initiatives, productivity tertiary institutions -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date of Submission: 25-07-2019 Date of Acceptance: 10-08-2019 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I. Introduction The place of education in the society, no doubt, is exceptional one, that development of individual socially, culturally, and politically is realized because it assist in community and country at large developed economically, scientifically and technologically. Therefore, it becomes paramount important with the need to develop fast and catch up with the knowledge explosion and development into a country’s economy. More so, education has been accepted globally as an essential tool for achieving national growth and sustainable development. Tertiary education is the type of formal education given after the secondary level. The tertiary education system in Nigeria is made up of universities, polytechnics, monotechnics, colleges of Education and other Institutions that offer Correspondence Courses. The aims and objectives of each form of tertiary level of Education are well documented in the National Policy on Education (FGN 2017). Universities play a key role in nation building. They make significant contributions in molding the character of the youths to influence adult life and to equip the entire populace with capabilities required to achieve life goals. The primary functions of higher education is teaching and research which help in producing and widening the frontiers of knowledge and enables society to attain its social and academic goals. Knowledge management provision of required resources for better productivity According to Sekar (2011) as cited in Wajinku (2016) knowledge management reflects relationship between work, the workplace and the tools of work where workplace becomes an integral part of work itself. Knowledge management functions put the intellectual capital at the center to maximize productivity by enhancing academic staff motivation, the infrastructure (facilities) and friendly environment. According to Kudyba (2003) productivity or efficiency has largely been attributed to technological capital within corporations but, in reality, he remarked that productivity comes from the strategic use of a combination of an organisation's entire resource base which includes capital, IT capital, and labour. Thus, Knowledge management involves the incorporation of management policies including strategic decision making, technological implementations and firm level cultural issues with the intent to identify, develop, communicate and utilize the skills and talents of the employee base within the firm.