Business Administration Research Papers/Topics

Climatic Change as a Factor in the Management of the Universal Basic Education Program for Quality Assurance and Standards in Anambra State

Abstract This study was carried out to investigate the climatic change as a factor in the management of the UBE programme for quality assurance and standards in Anambra State. The research approach adopted is descriptive survey research design, four research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. Population of the study is 1,310 which comprises of 1,198 teachers , 36 principals and 76 members of ASUBEB, the sample size of the study is 262 respondents’ which comprises of 150 te...

Conflict Management and Resolution in Small and Medium Scale Enterprises in Anambra State

ABSTRACT This study looked at the extent to which conflict management and resolution affect productivity in small and medium scale enterprises in Anambra state. The objectives of the study include to identify the causes of conflict in small and medium scale enterprises, to highlight the positive and negative causes of conflicts, to evaluate the strategies for managing them and to assess to which worker’s productivity are affected by conflicts.This study utilized data from primary and second...

Planning And Sustainable Tourism Development in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda

ABSTRACT Sustainable tourism is about re-focusing and adapting. A balance must be found between limits and usage so that continuous changing, monitoring and planning ensure that tourism can be managed. These require thinking long-term (10, 20+ years) for the economic, social and environmental aspects of sustainable development and involve all stakeholders including native people, local communities, visitors, industry and government. To assess tourism plans on sustainable tourism in Rwanda, wi...

Procurement Risk Management and Competitive Advantage: A Case Study of Brookside Dairy Limited in Ruiru, Kenya.

ABSTRACT The problem in Brookside Dairy Limited is alarming competition from the other dairy farms on the pricing of their products since BDL has been continually increasing the prices due to the informal markets, perennial milk shortage are brought about by drought related challenges and also there is a rising case of livestock diseases in a number of counties in the country. The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of procurement risk management on competitive advantage in Brook...

Human Resource Management Practices and Employee Commitment in Private Organizationsin Burundi: A Case Study Of Viettel Group Bujumbura

ABSTRACT This study examined the effect of human resource management practices on employee commitment in private organizations in Burundi, a case study of Viettel Group in Bujumbura-Burundi. The study was based on three specific objectives; to examine the effect of employee recruitment and selection processes on employee commitment, to evaluate the effect of employee career development on employee commitment, and to examine the effect of employee health and safety management on employee commi...

Means Of Attaining Transparency and Accountability in Public Procurement Process: A Case Study of Mukono District Local Government

ABSTRACT The research sought to address the effects of Public Procurement System in attaining Accountability and Transparency for Public Procurements in Selected Local governments a case of a Selected Local government-Mukono District. Three objectives were set for this research which involved identify the procedures and guidelines set for public procurement processes categorically to the factors affecting public procurements, Assess the public procurement system and determine how these factor...

Public Expenditure and Economic Growth in Gisagara District, Rwanda

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study Public expenditure and economic growth in Gisagara District, Rwanda was to generate new information from the existing one, to test the null hypothesis, and to establish the relationship between public expenditure and economic growth and to confirm or deny the theory of economy by Keynes (1936). The study was in Gisagara District, Rwanda. Four specific objectives were stated and these were to; Identify the profile of the respondents in terms of gender, age, o...

Examining The Effects of Budgetary Control on Profitability in Dairy Industries in Rwanda (A Case Study of Nyanza Dairy Plant)

ABSTRACT This research study was undertaken to examine the effects of budgetary control on profitability of milk factory in Rwanda and the case study was Nyanza Dairy Plant. The period of the study was two years (2006-2008). This study was done because most of industries proceeded on employee retrenchment thinking that this could help them to increase the rate of profit. Some managers had avoided budgeting because of the time and effort involved in the budgeting process. In addition of this, ...

Factors Affecting the Performance of Smallholder Dairy Farmers of Central Division in Kitui District of Eastern Province Kenya

ABSTRACT The study set out to establish the factors affecting the performance of smallholder dairy farmers of Central division in Kitui district. Milk production in Kitui dropped significantly in the last few years. This has led people to seek supplies from neighbouring places. The decline in milk production has also contributed to increased poverty among smallholder farmers in the division. There has been clear need to identify those factors which significantly influence milk production in g...

Effective Communication as a Tool in the Management of Organization

ABSTRACT This project work examines the effective communication as a rudiment in organization management. Therefore the viability of any existing organization depends wholly on the effective management and communication ability. No action taken in an organization without communication leading to it. There is no life without effective communication. Consequent upon the fundamental roles of communication, this work tries to x-ray the important of effective communication in every business of our...

Monitoring and Evaluation as a Tool for Achieving Success in the Performance of Government Project

CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY A well-thought and effectively executed project to a large extent contributes to national development. For a project to be implemented and objective of it realized, a thorough monitoring and evaluation of it has to be carried out. Any government intervention project embarked upon without adequate monitoring and evaluation is just like flogging a dead horse as the project is going to be abandoned at last. So before a project is embarked ...

Automated Systems and Cost Management in Selected Commercial Banks in Bosaso, Puntland, Somalia

ABSTRACT .The study investigated the effect of automated systems on the cost management processes of commercial banks in Bosaso, Somalia. There were three objectives that guided the study. The first objective required the establishment of the effect of transaction processing systems on cost management. The second objective required the determination of the effect of management information systems of cost management. The third objective concerned the effect of decision support systems on cost ...

Project Implementation and Hunger Reduction in Selected Sub-counties, In Soroti District - Uganda

Abstract The fact that hunger and food security are fast becoming common phenomenon on the global scale, and the former most especially affecting developing countries, its imperative that all the efforts to eradicate hunger are monitored to ensure that they achieve their full potential. This study is aimed at making an analytical assessment of project implementation by NGO5 on hunger reduction. The main objective of the study was to establish the relationship between project implementation an...

Working Conditions and Labour Retention in Oyam District, Uganda

ABSTRACT This study looked at working conditions and labour retention in Oyam District Local Government of Uganda with the major objective of determining the correlation between these variables. Specifically it looked at: demographic characteristics; the level of working conditions and the extent of staff retention in order to determine relationship between working conditions and labour retention. The problem identified was poor working conditions causing poor attraction and retention where m...

Internal Control Systems and Financial Performance of Higher Learning Institutions in Rwanda

ABSTRACT The topic of the study was ‘Internal Control Systems and Financial Performance of Higher Learning Institutions in Rwanda’. It was guided by 4 objectives, they included: 1) To determine the profile of HLIs in Rwanda in terms of Age, gender, education level, positions and years of experience, 2) To examine the functionality of Internal Control systems in Institutions of Higher Learning in Rwanda, 3) To examine performance of Institutions of Higher Learning in Rwanda, and 4)To exami...


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