Research Papers/Topics in Business Administration

INTERNAL CONTROL IN AN EXAMINING BODY- A CASE STUDY OF THE NATIONAL EXAMINATION COUNCIL, ENUGU ZONAL OFFICE

INTRODUCTION Background of the study: Internal control was defined by the Auditing standards and guideline as a whole system of control both financial and otherwise, established by management in order to carry on the business of on enterprise in an orderly and efficient manner, ensure adherence to management polices, safeguard the asset and secure as far as possible the completeness and accuracy of records.’’(1)  In reality, internal control form the bedrock of auditing both from the poi...

LEASING AS A MAJOR FINANCING DEVICE FOR SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES IN ENUGU URBAN (A CASE STUDY OF HAPEL NIG. LTD)

ABSTRACT  Small-scale enterprises like Hapel Nigeria limited generally suffer from lack of adequate finance. The introduction of the structural adjustment programme compounded the problem such that the enterprise could hardly finance the fixed capital requirements.  In this circumstance, small-scale enterprise like Hapel Nigeria Limited would seek for a financing device that would enable them to obtain the use of required equipment without making outright payment. Leasing seems to be the an...

Ascertain cost minimization strategies in the manufacturing companies

GENERAL  INTRODUCTION The desire of every national producer is to minimize the resource invested to achieve a desired objective thus at any point in time he should be devising ways of minimizing the  cost of achieving the desired benefit.  This situation is equally relevant to organization of any kind whether profit oriented on nonprofit oriented and therefore make it imperative for every organization especially the profit oriented ones not to stop at controlling the use of resources to co...

THE STUDY OF MANAGEMENT OF WORKING CAPITAL IN BANKING INDUSTRY (A CASE STUDY OF UNITED BANK FOR AFRICAN PLC) ENUGU.

ABSTRACT Working capital is known to be the background and life wire of any business organizations in every part of the world.  This makes it imperative that there should be efficient management of working capital, to help in reducing constant incidents/cases of banks distresses (i) Banking industry since this has been a source worry to the users of financial statements.  Consequently this project has attempted to give an expository discussion on the management of working to enhance the con...

THE PROBLEMS OF PARTNERSHIP BUSINESS IN NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF ESCO & CO WARRI DELTA STATE)

ABSTRACT This research is aimed at identifying the problems of partnership business in Nigeria and how to sole some of them. This as an attempt to present the frame work which will help various group of persons in partnership businesses and others desiring to become one to have a clear understand of some the problem they are to encounter in the business, especially those of them who are in a haste to form one without understanding the terms of the business neither having any form of agreemen...

INVENTORY CONTROL PROCEDURES IN MANUFACTURING ORGANIZATIONS (A CASE STUDY OF EMENITE LIMITED, EMENE)

ABSTRACT  This is a research project on inventory control procedures using Emenite Limited as a case study of manufacturing company.  This study is necessitated by the fact that many manufacturing firms can no longer meet up to installed capacity due to poor management of inventories. This has led to closing down of various companies or retrenchment of workers due to lean pockets. Therefore in this project, I am at critically examining the inventory control procedures of Emenite limited wit...

THE ROLE OF OFFICE MACHINES IN MODERN BUSINESS ORGANIZATION. ( A CASE STUDY OF ANAMMCO)

ABSTRACT This research has been conducted for the purpose of assessing the role of office machines in modern business organization, A case study of ANAMMCO. The research methodology, focuses on the instrument used for data collection which were mainly questionnaires and oral interview i.e. primary and secondary data respectively.  Determination of sample size was possible through the help of stratified random sampling technique.  The stratification was based on the ANAMMCO staff.  The suit...

ATTITUDE OF CONSUMERS TOWARDS PUBLIC UTILITIES. (A CASE STUDY OF POWER HOLDING COMPANY FORMERLY CALLED NEPA)

ABSTRACT The success or failure of product or service depends on the attitude of consumers towards it. That is why the research instrument I used was questionnaire and interview. The questionnaire was drawn and randomly distributed within the indicated area of study. The research also made use of oral interview to supplement questionnaire. Data was collected from seven zones such as New Heaven, Asata, Achala-Layout, Ogui Urban, Ogui  New Layout, Ogbete (Camp) and Agabni Road. Bourley was use...

FUEL DISTRIBUTION IN NIGERIA: PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS (A CASE STUDY OF NNPC ENUGU DEPOT)

ABSTRACT  The research seek to study fuel distribution in Nigeria: Problems and solutions. A case study of NNTE Enugu Depot. The major objective of the study is to determine solutions to fuel distribution problems. The study is generally descriptive. The major findings of the study are as follows:  i)Inadequate maintenance of pipelines  equipment and pumps lends to fuel shortages.  ii)Delivery of right quantity and quality of petroleum products to filling stations promoted effective suppl...

MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS OF RURAL WATER SUPPLY IN NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF WATER CORPORATION AWKA)

ABSTRACT This research work is aimed at finding the courses of the organization and management problems of rural water supply programme in Nigeria, with a case study of Anambra State Water Corporation Awka. To guide this study thirteen (13) research questions were formulated and tested with percentages.  Based on the findings, some major findings include that the Anambra State Water Corporation have adequate materials for implementing their works and services.  Consequently, it is found tha...

Standard costing and budgetary control system in the manufacturing firm,. A case study of flourier Nig

1.1INTRODUCTION Most businesses use planning and budgeting procedures to prepare for the future. Manufacturing firms need to understand the relationship of sales revenue to product costs, selling expenses and administrative expenses as yearly as possible in product development. Therefore, the practice of standard costing and budgetary control system has been a crucial area of concern for manufacturing firms in Nigeria it is known that in this technological age, that for an organization to mak...

FRAUD AND FINANCIAL MALPRACTICE AS A LEADING FACTOR IN BUSINESS FAILURE A CASE STUDY OF NIGERIAN TELECOMMUNICATION [NITEL] ENUGU

ABSTRACT The study is concerned with an investigation into found and financial Malpractices as a leading factor in Business failure – A case study of Nigerian Telecommunication Ltd (NITEL) By way of background, the study commenced with an overview of the business environments and its effects on business growth and survival.  Using NITEL as a case study it was established that in spite of its privatisation. NITEL is still saddled with the problem of bad image arising mostly from fraudulent ...

THE PROBLEMS OF ACQUISITION AND REPLACEMENT OF PLANT AND EQUIPMENT IN A MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY A CASE STUDY OF ANAMBRA MOTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED ENUGU.

ABSTRACT This research is a study of the problems of acquisition and replacement of plant and equipment in a manufacturing industry.  It is aimed at examining the activities involved in the production process with a view to using it in determining whether or not resources were fully utilized.  It is also aimed at discovering the bottlenecks and weakness in the operations of manufacturing firms using Anambra motor manufacturing company limited as a case study. This study has five chapters, w...

MICROFINANCE BANKING AS A STRATEGY FOR SMALL SCALE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

INTRODUCTION The revitalization of the agricultural sector has been the cornerstone of the government development policy. This is aimed at moving the country quickly to self-sufficiency in food production of agricultural raw materials for domestic agro-based industries. The need to increase agricultural productivity is implicit in the fact that It remains the leading non-oil sector of Nigerians population. The main objective of the agricultural policy as laid down by “Agricultural Policy fo...

A Comparative Study of the Role of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises in the Economic Growth of an Economy

ABSTRACT This study was aimed at examining the role being played by the small and medium scale enterprises towards economic growth of an economy with E-nugu state as our case study.  From the study, it was observed that indeed, small and medium scale enterprises contribute to the economic development of Enugu state. Lack of adequate finance was identified as one of the mayor problems hampering the development of small and medium scale enterprise in Enugu state. In order to provide a sound th...


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