Documentation and Corporate Memory af Oil and Gas Companies in South-South, Nigeria

Author(s): NNYECHE, Theresa Chidinma and Prof (Mrs.) E.A BESTMAN.

Abstract:
This study was carried out to ascertain the relationship between documentation and corporate memory in the Oil and Gas companies in the South-South region of Nigeria. Two research questions and two research hypotheses were formulated for the study. The study adopted quasi experimental design approach taken into cognizance the cross-sectional method. The population for the study was ninety respondents, that is three respondents which comprises of the administrative manager, research and development manager as well as the government and community affairs manager from the thirty indigenous oil and gas companies in the south-south region of Nigeria. Ninety copies of the questionnaire representing hundred percent of the study respondents were administered. Seventy-two copies of the question, representing eighty percent of the study respondents were retrieved properly filled and were suitable for the study while eighteen copies of questionnaire representing twenty percent of the study respondents though were returned were returned but were not suitable for the study therefore were completely excluded from the study elements. Data were collected and analyzed with arithmetic mean and standard deviation while the hypotheses were tested using the Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient with the aid of Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). Findings showed that there is a significant relationship between documentation and corporate memory in the indigenous oil and gas companies in the south-south, Nigeria. The study concluded that documentation is an essential factor in building corporate memory in the indigenous oil and gas companies in south-south, Nigeria. The study recommended that Management of indigenous oil and gas companies should ensure documentation are actively practiced, utilizing all necessary information needed from different department, functions and geographical locations.. That documentation of knowledge within the organization should not just be a mere bureaucratic obligation because when proper documentation is done, it weaves a tapestry of institutional memory that transcends the individual employee thereby helping the organization to have an efficient corporate memory as well as enhance collaboration in the organization.

Keywords: Documentation, corporate memory, collaboration

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