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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF BANKS: A STUDY OF LISTED BANKS IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACT An international wave of mergers and acquisitions has swept the banking industry as boundaries between financial sectors and products have blurred dramatically. There is therefore the need for countries to have sound resilient banking systems with good corporate governance, which will strengthen and upgrade the institution to survive in an increasingly open environment. In Nigeria, the Central Bank unveiled new banking guidelines designed to consolidate and restructure the industry...

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND BANK FAILURE IN NIGERIA – A PAPER

ABSTRACT This proposal is purely based on corporate governance and Bank failure in Nigeria and to see if a significant relationship exists between corporate governance and Banks failure.  Corporate governance, as a concept, can be viewed from at least two perspectives. The narrow view is concerned with the structures within a corporate entity or enterprise receives its basic orientation and direction. The broad perspective is regarded as being the heart of both a market economy and a democr...

COMPUTER AN IMPORTANT SYSTEM IN THE PROCESSING OF ACCOUNTING INFORMATION

ABSTRACT This project is on computer an important system in the processing of accounting information the question is, to what extent is computer recreant in the processing of accounting information. Technology affords better ways of doing things. No one doing serous business today will claim to be totally oblivious of the importance of computers are vary helpful and generally time saving, some business can still so without it.  Therefore while considering if to get computer one should be ra...

BUDGET AND BUDGETARY CONTROL AS A MEANS OF ACHIEVING ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES (A CASE STUDY OF RANCCOR FOOD AND PACKAGING NIGERIA LTD)

ABSTRACT A budget is a quantitative plan of action prepared in advance for the period to which it relates while control encompasses all the methods and procedure which directs employees towards achieving the organizational objectives. This work is carried out to know how budgeting process is required to achieve different purposes within an organization. In addition to aiding, planning, coordinating and communicating activities of an organization, budget provides a financial blue print that e...

APPRAISAL OF INCOME TAX MANAGEMENT BY MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES IN NIGERIA (CASE STUDY OF SELECTED MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES IN THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES OF NIGERIA)

ABSTRACT This study is a careful appraisal of income tax management by multinational corporations in Nigeria. The researcher tried to find out exactly the roles of the multinational firms in the economic development of Nigeria with special reference to their income tax management. Whether they are as helpful as they appear to be or whether they are solely responsible for the exploitation of Nigeria as an agent of under development in the country.  The researcher will make use of primary data...

AN EVALUATION OF FINANCIAL PROSPECTS OF PRIVATIZATION AND THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY (A CASE STUDY OF NIGERIA BREWERIES PLC)

ABSTRACT This work is designed to find out the financial problems and prospects of privatization in Nigeria, a case study of Nigeria Breweries Plc. The work therefore covers the background, significance and objectives of the study in chapter one. Which chapter two views issues dating to literature and tried to highlights it’s concepts and inceptions of privatization in Nigeria. Chapter three shows the research design and methodology and pointed out the area of the study, the population, det...

ACCOUNTABILITY AND BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION IN NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF MINISTRY OF FINANCE, ENUGU)

ABSTRACT As a result of rapid increase in the socio-economic problem of this nation and also millions of naira wasted at project sites and the collapse of our economic sector , the writer decided to survey the avenues in which these wasted funds could be curtailed and our economic problems ameliorated.  It was assumed that most of this problem arose as a result of poor budgetary and economic policies implementation for this the writer introduced the study in chapter one of this thesis with a...

IMPACT OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES ON ORGANISATIONAL PROFITABILITY CASE STUDY OF GUINNESS NIGERIA PLC)

ABSTRACT This research work was embarked upon to determine the impact of corporate social responsibilities on organisational profitability– case study of Guinness Nigeria Plc.  To ensure an efficient research study three different categories of respondents were involved in the study. Firstly, Hundred (100) questionnaires were administered by the researcher to staff of Guinness Nigeria Plc, made up of top management staff, middle management staff and junior staff. Out of the 100 questionnai...

EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF ORGANIZATION POLICIES AND PRODUCERS IN NIGERIA BUSINESS (A CASE STUDY OF FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA PLC ENUGU)

ABSTRACT This study is aimed at finding a tool to effective implementation of organizational policies and procedures in our day to day business. Its important can never be over emphasized.  To achieve this aim I target, it is backed on the designed of mangers who do not sit there as a ceremonial heads rather they have role of implementing the organic function of management in today dynamic and competitive business environment in Nigeria . In generation the data needed for this profit, it we...

THE CAUSES OF FAILURES AMONG SOME MANAGERS IN BUSINESS ORGANIZATION A CASE STUDY OF FIRST BANK PLC WARRI

ABSTRACT Research studies in the recent times have indicated continued failure of organisations, firms and company as a result of many factors. It was also observed that management as the life wire of any business has majorly led to the winding up of this business entities sequel to the decisions and actions of the managers who control its day to day operations.  In many organizations today managers fail because of lack of managerial skills, and lack of communication between managements and...

RISK MANAGEMENT AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF BANKS IN NIGERIA- AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS

  ABSTRACT Life itself is a risk likewise every other important activities of man inclusive of financial transactions and deliberations. This is as a result of the stake of parties involved in one way or the other in certain financial and business transactions.  It is in the light of the above assertions that this project research work is determined to examine the potential usefulness of adopting a systematic methodology for the analysis and control of risks (risk management) within the fin...

AN ASSESSMENT OF ROLES OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATION ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN EDO SOUTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT OF EDO STATE

  ABSTRACT Community development entails the provision of infrastructural facilities to the people. The provision of these social amenities can be attained through a number of ways and/or organizations which includes, the government, community development associations, Non-Governmental Organisations. Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) are non-governmental, nonprofit making and self-governing, set out to ameliorate the plight of the people in dare need of life sustaining facilities in the ...

THE ROLE OF HUMAN RESOURCES IN DEVELOPING ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE

ABSTRACT The success of any organisation or enterprise depends largely on the effectiveness of the human resources under its control. Therefore the role of human resource in developing organisational culture as well as manpower training and development in an organization can never be over-emphasised. Therefore this research work based on the above concepts also evaluates how to develop means for improving effectiveness in human resource management.  A review of related literature was made i...

STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING PRODUCTIVITY IN NIGERIA CIVIL SERVICE(A CASE STUDY OF EDO STATE CIVIL SERVICE)

ABSTRACT Right from the beginning, one needs to realize that the civil service is a key instrument to the survival of any governmental setting and indeed national development. In a general sense, the civil service provides the semblance of government. Thus, the effectiveness and productivity of any government is largely determined by the efficiency of the civil service. As the administrative and technical support to the governing apparatus, the civil service remains the only viable mechanism...

EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF REINSURANCE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF INSURANCE PRACTICE IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACT In the most widely accepted sense, reinsurance is understood to be that practice where an original insurer, for a definite premium, contracts with another insurer (or insurers) to carry a part or the whole of a risk assumed by the original insurer. By insurers we mean all persons, partnerships, corporations, associations, societies, associations operating as Lloyd's, inter-insurers or individual underwriters authorized by law to make contracts of insurance. We may define insurance a...


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