This research work is aimed at the assessment of the effect of the New Public management on service delivery in the public service. New public management is a new paradigm of public administration or management is aimed at enhancing effectiveness and efficient service delivery. Therefore, this work has asssed that.
ABSTRACT This research work is on market segmentation as a competitive strategy in manufacturing companies, a study of Sunseed Oil Mills Plc., Zaria. The major problem noted is lack of market segmentation knowledge and its importance which has a negative effect on the company’s competitive strategy. 47 copies of questionnaires were distributed and 41 copies were duly completed and returned. Using SPSS statistical tool chi–square to test hypotheses, it states that: “There has been an...
ABSTRACT Over the last decade, much research has been conducted in the field of human resource management (HRM) and its associations with organizational performance. Prior studies have found substantial positive evidence for statistical associations between HRM and organizational performance. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationships between HRM practices and firm performance. This study examines the relationships among HRM practices and firm performance. The researcher a...
ABSRACT This study examined the activities of the CJTF in suppressing counter terrorism in Maiduguri (MMC), Borno State, Nigeria. The different security challenges across the nations, most especially in the African Continents have necessitated for emergence and creation of different vigilante groups (Civilian JTF ) outfits form different parts of the Civilian JTF aimed at suppressing counter terrorism security threats. In MMC, the civilian JTF emerged to restore peace, law and order which has...
ABSTRACT Abstract: This paper examines the effect of Capital Adequacy and Operational Efficiency on profitability of Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) in Nigeria for the period of 2008-2016 using panel data of 15 listed banks drawn from the Nigerian stock exchange. The independent variables were proxied by Capital Adequacy and Operational Efficiency while profitability was proxied by Return on Assets (ROA). The study adopts correlational research design to examine the effect of the bank specific fa...
Maintaining diversity and ethics practices is important to most small businesses who want to gain the loyalty of employees and trust of consumers. According to Joshua Joseph of the Ethics Resource Center, ethics training is becoming an increasingly popular trend in business, helping to align staff efforts with the organization's broader vision. Nigeria is often regarded as one of the most populous industrially developing nations in the world and richly endowed with abundant human and natural...
Photography began historically, as an art of the Person: of identity, of civil status, of what we might call, in all senses of the term, the body’s formality. It was not on the exalted heights of autonomous Art that photographic portraiture made its lasting place, but in a profane industry which furnished the cozier spaces of the bourgeois home (Adeeko 2012).With the changing trends and people’s love for preserving memories in the best possible way, photography has a big market, not just ...
Portfolio diversification is the practice of spreading one’s money among many different investments. It is a common sense concept that has many parallels in popular language and Culture (for example “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket”). Its theoretical foundations were introduced in the normative work of Harry Markowitz (1952, 1959), and later confirmed by the work of William Sharpe (1964). Despite documented benefits of diversification, many investors do not diversify their stock...
Nigeria is the largest economy in Africa; in 2013 its population was in excess of 170 million, with GDP of over US$500 billion (World Bank 2014). The continent’s biggest oil exporter is also home to large natural gas reserves. The economy has recorded considerable acceleration in growth; real GDP grew by 6.3 per cent, 7.6 per cent, and 7.4 per cent in 2009, 2010, and 2011 respectively. Despite this, poverty is persistently high, and the structure of the economy is that of a typically under...
This study was carried out on the role of social media in marketing of consumer products in Kano state, a case study of fast food industry. It was premised on the proliferating notion of online retail businesses in Nigeria particularly through the use of many social media like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google Stores, LinkedIn, etc. despite the nefarious atrocities of internet fraudsters. Two objectives were sought; to determine the perception of the consumers toward online fast food shoppin...
Budgeting is no longer an action limited to governments, corporations and authorities, but rather extends to include families as social entities with multiple socio-economic goals. Budgeting brings considerable benefits to the family, whether on daily basis, short term or long term benefits, where the family plans for both the present and future. As such, families in all societies have attached a considerable importance to drawing up monthly and annual budgeting in an optimum manner servi...
This research examines the CBN code of corporate governance on financial performance of Listed Banks in Nigeria. The study employed the non-surveyed research design, to quantify the level of compliance with code, compliance index, correlation matrix and simple regression method of data analysis was used to access the effect of compliance with CBN code on financial performance of banks in Nigeria. It was discovered that Compliance with the CCG by Nigeria banks has greatly improved the quality ...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted to investigate Immunization Attitude of Mothers in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State. The cross sectional design survey was used for the study. One hundred and thirty mothers were drawn using multi-sampling procedure involving three stages. The instrument for data collection was self-structured questionnaire to investigate the attitude of mothers. The findings revealed The overall attitude of mothers towards immunization of their children is po...
Gombe 2018 Abstract Most countries strive to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) because of its acknowledged advantages as a tool of economic development. Africa – and Nigeria in particular – joined the rest of the world in seeking FDI as evidenced by the formation of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), which has the attraction of foreign investment to Africa as a major component.The main objective of this study is to establish quantitative relationships among the ...
Government in Nigeria be it federal state or local are always faced with similar problem of funding. Islamic financial instruments have been regarded as an attractive alternative to traditional financial instruments. The funding requirement by the government are available but not necessarily healthy and cheap as they are mostly being characterized with high interest rates, unimaginable charges or even stringent repayment plans. Also Islamic financial instrument such as Sukuk generated a lot...