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THE PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS OF STAFF TRAINING

ABSTRACT This research work is on the problems and solutions of staff training and development. The major objective of this work was to find out the problems and solutions as it relates to staff training and development.  This works is made with  introduction etc.  It points to the concepts of training.  Reviews the existing related literatures and works of eminent authors. The methodology comprising area of study, research design, population of study, sample and sampling procedure, ins...

A CRITIQUE OF THE CONCEPT OF HUMAN RESOURCE ACCOUNTING

ABSTRACT The idea of human resource valuation and reporting existed for more than half a century. The concept continues to be debated by economic, accounting, and psychology theoreticians universally. The main thrust of Human Resource Accounting (HRA) is to identify, quantify and report investments made on human resources of an organization that are not presently accounted for under conventional accounting practice. This study critically assesses the concept of HRA in order to unveil its str...

Exploring Factors Influencing the Adoption of Mobile Commerce

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...

ELECTRONIC BANKING/ INVESTMENT AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT (A CASE STUDY OF FIRST BANK NIGERIA PLC )

BACKGROUND OF STUDY The Nigeria banking industry has witnessed a lot of changes since the mid 1980’s and this is reflected in the increased volume and complexity of bank operations, increased innovations and varieties in product and service delivery. These development have not only been technology  driven but have influenced move technological advances.Information technology which is the foundation of modern electronic banking through desktop computers and terminals provide the tools for ...

BANK SUPERVISION

INTRODUCTION In any field of human endeavour, the place of supervision tends to assume an all important position, the place of supervision in the banking industry most especially the commercial bank cannot be down played.Orjih (2011:25) often, insider misconducts are discovered during examination of the accounting records of those commercial banks by the CBN, being one of the key supervisory institution in Nigeria.Adelusi (1994) opined that misconduct might equally be brought to the attentio...

INFLUENCE OF GENDER AND SELF – ESTEEM ON DEPRESSION AMONG DIABETIC PATIENTS

ABSTRACTThis study investigated influence of gender and self-esteem on depression among diabetic patients. One hundred and thirty (130) diabetic patients (77 with low self-esteem and 53 with high self-esteem) were used. Males and females were 65 each. Self-rating depression scale Zung (1965) and index of self-esteem Hudson (1982) were used. A 2x2 factorial design was adopted while two way ANOVA statistics was used for data analysis. Gender was found to significantly influence depression among...

USEFULNESS OF COST-VOLUME-PROFIT ANALYSIS IN MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION (A CASE STUDY OF INNOSON TECHNICAL ENUGU)

ABSTRACT  In all business enterprises, the implementation of cost volume profit analysis is very important and can never be over emphasized and to achieve this goal, target and objective, it is beckoned on the decision of managers. So the aim of this study is to find out the responsiveness and relationship of cost volume profit analysis that could be positive or negative in business decisions.In the study, a questionnaire was used to collect relevant data from the staff of Innoson technical...

ACCOUNTING FOR PENSIONS AND GRATUITY (A CASE STUDY OF ANAMBRA STATE)

ABSTRACT A research work into Accounting for pensions and Gratuity (A case study of Anambra State) cannot be over – emphasized. In pursuance of this investigation the research used both primary source of data collection, like Questionnaire as well as secondary sources such as text books, Journals, Articles, etc. The data collections were the analysis using are Agree, Strongly Agree, Disagree, Strongly Disagree. Effect was made in this research work to investigate on the constraints encoun...

INTERNAL AUDITING AS AN INSTRUMENT OF EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT ( A CASE STUDY OF IMT ENUGU)

ABSTRACT The  study was carried out essentially to find   out  the place of  internal  auditing  as  on instrument of effective  management, taking IMT, Enugu  as a case  study.It looked into the extent the internal audit  has  faired in this  role, the definitions and objectives of  internal audit.Four  research question were analyzed  to establish the instrumentality of internal  audit  to effective management to senior and junior staff of the  audit and bursary  depart...

APPRAISAL OF FRAUD CONTROL TECHNIQUES IN NIGERIA COMMERCIAL BANKS. ( A CASE STUDY OF FIRST BANK NIGERIA PLC) (ENUGU AND ONITSHA BRANCHES)

ABSTRACT Fraud is the number one enemy of the business world. No company is Immune to it. No where is fraud caused that banking, it is the biggest single causes of bank failure. However, the intent of this research is to evaluate  the fraud control techniques in first bank of Nigeria. As the technique is aimed at controlling the cause and effect of fraud. Two Bradlees of first bank were used for the study. The first bank were used for the study.  The choice of first bank as a case study is...

USEFULNESS OF COST-VOLUME-PROFIT ANALYSIS IN MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION (A CASE STUDY OF INNOSON TECHNICAL ENUGU)

ABSTRACT  In all business enterprises, the implementation of cost volume profit analysis is very important and can never be over emphasized and to achieve this goal, target and objective, it is beckoned on the decision of managers. So the aim of this study is to find out the responsiveness and relationship of cost volume profit analysis that could be positive or negative in business decisions.In the study, a questionnaire was used to collect relevant data from the staff of Innoson technical...

EFFECTIVE INVENTORY CONTROL AS A MEANS OF IMPROVING THE PROFITABILITY OF MANUFACTURING FIRM IN NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF EMENITE NIGERIA LIMITED, EMENE, ENUGU).

1.0INTRODUCTION 1.1BACKGROUND OF THE STUDYInventory control refers to the management function concerned with the acquisition, storage, handling and usage of inventory, so as to ensure availability of inventory when needed, provide adequate cushion for contingencies and denying maximum economic benefits and at the same time minimizing wastage and losses.Independently, inventory purse can be defined as a quality of goods or maternal in the control of the enterprises and hold for a time in its ...

USES OF ACCOUNTING INFORMATION IN ANALYZING THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF A FIRM (A CASE STUDY OF UAC OF NIG. PLC)

ABSTRACT The purpose of this work was to examine the use of accounting information in analyzing the financial position of a firm and UAC of Nigeria plc formed the case study .In pursuit of this objective, a survey was conducted with the use of questionnaire, observation and face –to – face interview method. The use of this survey produced data and information which were analyzed in the project. The study comprises of five chapters. The first chapter dealt on introduction of crucial issues...

FINANCIAL PLANNING AND CONTROL: A KEY TO MANAGEMENT EFFICIENCY (A CASE STUDY OF NIGERIAN BREWERIES PLC)

ABSTRACT Planning and control have become part and parcel of our daily lives. We may no like it and we may even recent to when it is imposed but we have come to realize that it is an essential factor in nation, business and private live. This project financial planning and control. a key to management efficiency aims at finding how our financial planning and  control has helped the management of large scale organization to achieve their objectives  effectively and efficiently. Moreover, the...

EFFICIENT AUDITING OF ACCOUNTS OF PARASTATALS (A CASE STUDY OF NATIONAL EXAMINATION COUNCIL)

EFFICIENT AUDITING OF ACCOUNTS OF PARASTATALS (A CASE STUDY OF NATIONAL EXAMINATION COUNCIL) ABSTRACT   This study was carried out to investigate the means of efficient auditing of accounts of parastatals. (A case study of National Examination Council). In the course of carrying out the study, it was identified that efficiency can be gained through:- i.Through training and retaining of new staff into the department and reorientation of them ii.Employment of modern techniques of audit...


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