The main thrust of the social contract theory is that the government exists at the behest of the citizens to protect, and to promote the well-being of, the people. This study examines the relevance of the social contract theory to the Nigerian system of government. The term “social contract theory” is defined; the views of the trio of Thomas Hobbes, John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau on the social contract theory are presented; the relevance of the social contract theory to the current ...
The study of organisation is incomplete without the study of the human component of the organisation. It is the interest in the human aspect of organisation that has led to the study of the means and modes of interaction among the employees in, or the workforce of, an organisation as well as the ways in which these interactions affect the organisation as a whole, in its quest for goal-attainment. In other words, the interest in ascertaining the role of human relations in organisations brought...
Abstract This study examined corruption as a main plague of Nigerian Civil Service; The Analysis in Retrospect. Hermeneutics model of Analytical Conceptual pattern was adopted for this study. It deduces its facts from literature on records of activities proceeding of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) and Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) (which are the main anti-corruption agencies in Nigeria) and data from Transparency International on corruption. This st...
ABSTRACT This research work was designed to see to the way the areas could be developed through the co-operative society with Idah Local Government Area of Kogi State as a case study, Oral interview were carried out, several book were consulted and also, finding of registered co-operative societies and number of their members were carried out. From the findings, it revealed that those areas with co-operative societies gain more government attention than those without co-operative soc...
Abstract This study presents an extended technology acceptance model that integrates innovation diffusion theory to investigate what determine user mobile commerce acceptance. This paper models the factors relationships such as perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, personal innovativeness, subjective norms, behavioral control and intention to adopt mobile commerce. The proposed model was empirically tested using data collected from a survey of mobile commerce consumers. Empirical da...
Abstract. The civil service has over the period lost its inherited professionalism, political neutrality and developmental meritocratic ethos. The multiplier effect of which is the failure of the efforts made to date to reform and revitalise the Nigeria civil service and create economic development in Nigeria. In this speech, Prof. Ikenna Onyido explored the contributions of the civil service to the legitimisation of the Nigerian state generally and to the attainment of the country’s goal o...
Abstract. The civil service has over the period lost its inherited professionalism, political neutrality and developmental meritocratic ethos. The multiplier effect of which is the failure of the efforts made to date to reform and revitalise the Nigeria civil service and create economic development in Nigeria. In this speech, Prof. Ikenna Onyido explored the contributions of the civil service to the legitimisation of the Nigerian state generally and to the attainment of the country’s goal o...
INTRODUCTIONDefinition of Public Policy Implementation:What is Policy Implementation?• Represents the stage where government executes an adopted policy as specified by the legislation or policy action. • At this stage, various government agnecies and departments, repsonsible for the respective area of policy, are formally made responsible for implementation. • Policy implementation is what happens after a bill becomes law. (Theodoulou and Kofinis, 2004)
ABSTRACTThis report provides a comprehensive summary of the basic information on the importance of the course co-operative development to the public administration student. It covers the nature and extent of the use of co-operatives its historical background on its development both in and out of Nigeria and equally show its relevance to the public administration students. The purpose is to make available, in a single report, the information someone would need to acquire the understanding of...
INTRODUCTION:Customer relationship management aims to increase an organization's sales by promoting customer satisfaction, and can be achieved using tools such as relationship marketing. CRM is particularly important in the sphere of e-commerce, as there is no personal interaction between the vendor and the customer. A website therefore has to work hard to develop the relationship with customers and demonstrate that their business is valued. A CRM system generally includes some or all of the ...
ABSTRACT The research is on role of non-government Organizations in Community Development with a case study of Ngor – Okpala South L.G.A The burden of developing a community is not an easy task. To develop a community entails an advancement in it’s socio-economic, political and cultural life. Most communities in this struggle for self improvement. In Ngor-Okpala South Local Government Area, non-governmental Organizations are the moving spirit in the field of community development....
ABSTRACT The development of an efficient transportation system is often regarded as crucial to the process of economic development of a country (Nigeria). This is because transport in any form is essential to the execution of daily economic and social activities in any given area.The Nigeria Railway corporation (N R C) which was established for this purpose of enhancing socio – economic activities in the country, is not living up to expectation. The corporation has been accused of ineffici...
ABSTRACTThe study has investigated the extent of problems of Nkanu local government area financing two research question: What are problems that affect the existing allocations to Nkanu local government area ? How effective are the management of resources in Nkanu local Government Area? etc were used whole two hypothesis were also postulated.Six and eleven questions respectively used to find out the extent to which allocations to Nkanu local government is not enough to run the area, manage...
ABSTRACT This project work centers on local Governments:The plat form for political participation.(A CASE STUDY OF UDENU L.G.A). The study aims at finding out the role and contributions of citizens in the local Government level. This research work therefore tries to explore foundational participatory role of local government, their level of awareness and education.This work is divided into five chapters.Chapter one deals with the introduction and background of the study, the research problem,...
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION SCHOOL OF BUSINESS STUDIES TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE PAGE APPROVAL PAGE DEDICATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE 1.0Introduction 1.1Background of the Study 1.2Statement of the Problem 1.3Purpose of the Study 1.4Important/Significant of the Study 1.5Scope and Limitation 1.6Hypothesis 1.7Definition of Terms Reference CHAPTER TWO 2.0Literature review 2.1Collective bargaining structure 2.2Negotiable and Non-negotiable items in Co...