Business Management Research Papers/Topics

CHALLENGES, PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISES (SMEs) IN NIGERIA

Abstract Small and Medium scale Enterprises have been accepted worldwide as instrument of economic growth and development. No wonder that government, particularly in the developing countries has made tremendous efforts and establish policies to enhance the capacity of micro and small scale enterprises (MSEs). However, despite government institutional and policies support to enhancing the capacity of small and medium scale enterprises, small and medium scale enterprises has fallen short of exp...

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AS A STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT TOOL

ABSTRACT Numerous types of management tools can be applied to innovation management -conceptual and mathematical models, frameworks, checklists, benchmarking tool and specific techniques and methodologies. This paper reviews a variety of such tools, examines their take-up by and usefulness to industry and speculates on their relevance and applicability in complex product system industries. The development of many of the tools has been informed by the large body of research into the success an...

COMMUNICATION AS A TOOL FOR EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT IN AN ORGANIZATION (A CASE STUDY OF POWER HOLDING COMPANY OF NIGERIA, ENUGU.)

INTRODUCTION In business sense, communication is the means by which people in organization exchange views and information regarding the operations of an enterprise or business. Communication takes place at all levels in the organization both among and between the executives, managers, personnel, supervisors foremen and employers. Communication process  is continuously in action, conveying information, ideas of individuals. Communication affects all aspects of management since none of them ca...

THE RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC SECTOR AND PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT TO NIGERIA’S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SINCE 1960

THEORETICAL ISSUES It  is  generally  agreed  that  economic  development  implies  sustained  increases  in  income  per capita  coupled  with positive  structural  changes  (political,  cultural  and  social  etc)  within  an  economy  over  a long  period  of  time.  It  follows  that  economic  growth  may  not  result  in  economic  development.  For  development  to  occur,  there  must  be  visible  positive  changes  to  income  dis...

THE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF EMENITE ASBESTOSES ON THE HOST COMMUNITY (A CASE STUDY OF EMENITE ASBESTOS LIMITED)

ABSTRACT The trend contemporary to the business organizations of our time is that the business organizations such as Emenite Asbestostes Limited owe certain responsibilities to the area, more specifically, inhabitants of the Community in which the business operates. Among these responsibilities is social responsibility.  Every Emenite Asbestostes Limited is expected to show interest on the issues relating to its responsibilities, and should by no way attempt to evade or ignore it. An organiz...

THE ROLE OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN THE PROMOTION OF SMALL SCALE BUSINESS IN NIGERIA

PREFACE The federal government of Nigeria has continued to support small and medium scale business enterprises in its bid to promote the general economic development of the country and to lay a solid foundation to industrialization. In this essay, an attempt is made to create awareness amongst students as well as the general public on the various forms of support the federal government gives the important aspect of the national economy. The essay covers three main chapters: chapter one contai...

THE ROLE OF COMMERCIAL BANKS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL SCALE ENTERPRISES

ABSTRACT  In the last fifteen years Nigeria has been experiencing the most serious small – scale crisis. The first major factor that put the country’s small – scale on the tendons position was the main stay of the economy. Nigeria being among the major producer of crude oil, suffered adversely from the effects of hurt in the wide oil market. Nigeria depend on oil exportation for over 90% of its foreign exchange earning and 85% it government revenue. I also observed that if banks declar...

THE IMPACT OF MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (MIS) ON EFFECTIVE HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN AN ORGANIZATION

ABSTRACT The extended essay focuses on the “impact of management information system on the effectiveness of employees’ productivity in an organization”. However, management information system plays a vital role in stimulating the operation of an organization worldwide. This essay revealed that the regular training and workshops on MIS organized by the organizations influence the effectiveness of staff to be more productive. It also revealed that information processing devices must not o...

PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL AS A TOOL FOR ENHANCING ORGANIZATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY

INTRODUCTION In any evaluation of the condition necessary for the growth and survival of an organization, the role of performance appraisal is a strategic factor. It is believed that both the individual and the organization need to know how well actual performance is contributing to the accomplishment of the job plans, the staffing plan, and ultimately the overall strategic plan of the organization. In addition, the individual employee requires feedback relative to his or her own goals develo...

THE IMPACT OF TEAMWORK ON ORGANIZATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY

ABSTRACT The extended essay reviews the impact of teamwork on organizational productivity. As such the literature review the concept of teamwork in organization and indicates that teamwork is an integral part of an organization that involve everyone working together to support the organization in order  to attains the organization goals. This implies that team work involves joint action and synergy that facilitate right yield through joint human resources and effort of team members. But insp...

THE IMPACT OF PARTICIPATIVE MANAGEMENT ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE (A CASE STUDY OF ANAMBRA MOTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY-ANAMMCO)

ABSTRACT This research investigation studied “The impact of participative management on employee performance (a case study of Anambra Motor Manufacturing Company- ANAMMCO). The major Objectives of this study is to find out whether employees participation in management decision making in organization, and if they participate, what effect it will have on their productivity. The study also identified the major determinants of participation in Organization.  This Work is divided into five chap...

EMPLOYEE JOB SATISFACTION A TOOL FOR ENHANCING ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE

Abstract:Employee satisfaction is the terminology used to describe whether employees are happy, contended and fulfilling their desires and needs at work. Many measuring tools support that employee satisfaction is a factor in employee motivation, employee goal achievement and positive employee morale therefore enhancing organizational performance. Basically Employee satisfaction is a measure of how happy workers are with their job and working environment. In this paper the need for employee sa...

THE IMPACT OF EMPLOYEE’S PARTICIPATION IN MANAGERIAL DECISION-MAKING IN PUBLIC SECTOR ORGANIZATION IN NIGERIA WITH REFERENCE TO EMENITE PLC.

INTRODUCTION 1.1GENERAL BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY It should be recounted or said that a decision is a choice where by a person forms a conclusion about a station. Ostallo, 1 and Zackind, SS (1963) P=334), confirm that the term decision making, to choice process, choosing one from among several possibilities however decision theory in Costello, TIN (1963,P=387) largely consider decision the process of making a single choice among course of action at a particular point in this depicts a course of...

THE IMPORTANCE OF INVENTORY MANAGEMENT AS A TOOL FOR COST REDUCTION IN MANUFACTURING COMPANIES. (A CASE STUDY OF NIGERIAN BREWERIES, PLC 9TH MILE CORNER)

ABSTRACT A major sources of great concern to manufacturing companies has been the all-important, all pervading recurring issue and question of inventory  management. This is understandable; as a dominant constituent of current assets is attributable to the very nature of inventory and the fact that it is among others, a potent tool for cost reduction. The importance of inventory management as a tool for cost reduction cannot therefore be over emphasized since it has been established to play ...


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