Management & Human Resource Management
People management, organisational behaviour, leadership, employee performance and the management of human resources within complex institutions.
Academic Profile • Management • Defence Management
About Suleiman Abubakar Babagana
Management Scholar | Military Performance Management (MPM) | Strategic Performance & Defence Management
Reader (Associate Professor) of Management
Nigerian Army University Biu, Nigeria
Coordinator, Centre for Military Performance Management (CMPM)
Director, Directorate of Basic and Pre-Degree Programmes (DBPD)
Academic Profile
Management Scholarship, Performance and Institutional Effectiveness
I am a Management scholar at Nigerian Army University Biu, Nigeria. My academic work spans human resource management, organisational behaviour, performance management, strategic performance management and institutional effectiveness.
Building on this foundation, my current research programme focuses particularly on Military Performance Management (MPM)—its conceptual and theoretical foundations and its application to military and defence institutions. My work examines how the performance of military personnel, units and institutions connects with organisational effectiveness, military capability, accountability and the achievement of strategic defence objectives.
My broader scholarly interest is in understanding how management systems, people, leadership, organisational arrangements and performance processes can strengthen institutional capability and improve strategic outcomes. This provides a basis for engagement across conventional management scholarship, public-sector institutions, defence and security organisations, and interdisciplinary research environments.
Scholarly Orientation
Areas of Academic and Research Interest
My scholarship combines established Management perspectives with a developing programme of research focused on performance and institutional effectiveness in military and defence settings.
Performance & Strategic Performance Management
Performance systems, strategic alignment, organisational capability and the relationship between individual, organisational and institutional outcomes.
Military Performance Management
The conceptual, theoretical and applied development of performance management within military and defence institutions.
Defence Management
Management perspectives on military institutions, capability development, accountability and the achievement of strategic defence objectives.
Military Effectiveness
The organisational and management conditions through which personnel, units and institutions contribute to military capability and strategic performance.
Institutional Effectiveness
Institutional arrangements, management systems, organisational performance and capacity development in military, public-sector and related organisational settings.
Distinctive Research Programme
Military Performance Management (MPM)
Military Performance Management represents the distinctive strand of my current scholarship. The programme seeks to develop a coherent management-based understanding of how individual military performance connects with unit performance, institutional performance and effectiveness, military capability and strategic defence performance.
The programme provides a platform for conceptual development, empirical research, comparative studies, policy engagement, professional and executive education, institutional capacity development and national and international scholarly collaboration.
Individual Military Performance
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Unit Performance
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Institutional Performance & Effectiveness
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Military Capability
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Strategic Defence Performance
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