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Resources and Implementation of Nine Years Basic Education in Gisagara District, Rwanda

ABSTRACT The research was about “Resources and Implementation of Nine Years Basic Education in Gisagara district, Rwanda.The purpose was to test the hypothesis of no significant relationship between the level of resources and that of implementation, to validate the transformational leadership theory of Burns and to generate knowledge.The four objectives were to identify the profile of respondents, to identify the level of resources to establish the level of implementaion of 9YBE and finally...

Auditor's Role in Safe Guarding the Going Concern Concept in Nigeria

ABSTRACT This study dealt on Auditors role in safeguarding the going concern concept in Nigeria. The burden of preparing the financial statement lies with the director, the auditor is required to report on these financial statements. A lot of people have failed to understand that the role of an auditor is not to detect fraud or error but the key role of an auditor is to “examine the financial statement prepared by the director of the company and report on it to shareholders. This study soug...

Bank Management in Bank Lending. Case Study of Equatorial Trust Bank

ABSTRACT The emergence of Banks owned by the local private sector began in the mid-1970s. Financial markets in the period since independence have been dominated by foreign and government owned commercial banks. But deficiencies in financial intermediation provided an opportunity for local private investors to enter financial markets. Between the late 1970s and the mid-1980s, 13 local Banks were set up in Nigeria. The growth of local banks accelerated dramatically in the second half of the 198...

Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility: A Tool for Organizational Service

ABSTRACT This study is on Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility: A tool for organisational success. Specifically, the study aimed to pursue the following objectives: to determine if banks adopt ethical practice in their overall operations, to find out the impact of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) on organizational success, to identify the measures adopted by Banks to ensure successful business ethics and CSR, to determine how does effective Business ethics enhance organiza...

Climatic Change as a Factor in the Management of the Universal Basic Education Program for Quality Assurance and Standards in Anambra State

Abstract This study was carried out to investigate the climatic change as a factor in the management of the UBE programme for quality assurance and standards in Anambra State. The research approach adopted is descriptive survey research design, four research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. Population of the study is 1,310 which comprises of 1,198 teachers , 36 principals and 76 members of ASUBEB, the sample size of the study is 262 respondents’ which comprises of 150 te...

Conflict Management and Resolution in Small and Medium Scale Enterprises in Anambra State

ABSTRACT This study looked at the extent to which conflict management and resolution affect productivity in small and medium scale enterprises in Anambra state. The objectives of the study include to identify the causes of conflict in small and medium scale enterprises, to highlight the positive and negative causes of conflicts, to evaluate the strategies for managing them and to assess to which worker’s productivity are affected by conflicts.This study utilized data from primary and second...

Critical Success Factors for Accounting Information System Data Quality

ABSTRACT Today’s organizations are operating and competing in an information age. Quality information is critical to organizations’ success in today’s highly competitive environment. Accounting information systems (AIS) as a discipline within information systems require high quality data. However, empirical evidence suggests that data quality is problematic in AIS. Therefore, knowledge of critical factors that are important in ensuring data quality in accounting information systems is d...

Economics of Small - Scale Oil Palm Production in Kogi State Nigeria.

ABSTRACT The study was conducted to examine the Economics of Small-scale Oil Palm Production in Kogi State of Nigeria. The objectives of the study are to: determine the factors affecting resource use efficiency by Oil Palm Producers in the study area and determine the optimum replacement age of oil palm. The tools of analysis used are:- simple descriptive statistics, multiple regression analysis, optimum replacement model and gross margin analysis. From the estimate of oil palm in the state,4...

Effect of Bank Consolidation On Performance of Small and Medium Scale Enterprise in Nigeria.

ABSTRACT The central tenet of banking sector consolidation was to develop a strong, reliable and diversified banking sector that is capable of playing effective developmental roles in the economy, such as funding of small and medium scale enterprises and becoming a competent and competitive player in the African regional and global financial system. In essence, the reform was expected to create big banks by increasing bank capital base through the capital market and/or mergers and acquisition...

Effective Communication as a Tool in the Management of Organization

ABSTRACT This project work examines the effective communication as a rudiment in organization management. Therefore the viability of any existing organization depends wholly on the effective management and communication ability. No action taken in an organization without communication leading to it. There is no life without effective communication. Consequent upon the fundamental roles of communication, this work tries to x-ray the important of effective communication in every business of our...

Factors Influencing Farmers’ Willingness to Engage in Agroforestry Practice in Ekiti State, Nigeria

Abstract  This study examined the factors influencing farmers’ willingness to engage in agroforestry practice in Ekiti State, Nigeria using cross-section data. Multi-stage and random sampling techniques were used to select 180 respondents. The analytical techniques involved descriptive and inferential statistics. It was shown that majority (50.60%) of the respondents were within 26-50 years age bracket while the average age of the farmers was 51 years. Majority o...

Examination of Fair Value Measurements in Determination of Profitability of Listed Manufacturing Firm

Title page i  Declaration ii  Approval iii  Dedication iv  Acknowledgements v  Abstract vi  List of Tables x  List of Figures xi  List of Appendixes xii CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Background to the Study - - - - - - - 1 1.2 Statement of the Research Problem - - - - - - 4 1.3 Objectives of the Study - - - - - - - 6 1.4 Research Questions - - - - - - - - 6 1.5 Research Hypotheses- - - - - - - - 7 1.6 Scope of the Study - - - - - - - - 7 1.7 Significance of the Study - - - - - - - 7 ...

Monitoring and Evaluation as a Tool for Achieving Success in the Performance of Government Project

CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY A well-thought and effectively executed project to a large extent contributes to national development. For a project to be implemented and objective of it realized, a thorough monitoring and evaluation of it has to be carried out. Any government intervention project embarked upon without adequate monitoring and evaluation is just like flogging a dead horse as the project is going to be abandoned at last. So before a project is embarked ...

Team Work Approach to The Management of Change in Selected Manufacturing Organization

ABSTRACT This study on team work approach to the management of change in selected manufacturing organisations in Nigeria: challenges, strategies and prospects focused on establishing the extent to which strategies for change management are compatible with teamwork approach to change, ascertaining the extent to which teamwork approach to change management holds good prospects for sustenance and viability in Nigerian manufacturing organizations, identifying the relationship between teamwork and...

The Growth of Marketing Education in Nigeria

ABSTRACT This study investigated the reasons for and the problems associated with the low quality and the unemployment saga of the marketing graduates that have impeded the growth of tertiary marketing education in Nigeria. Marketing which should take the centre stage in the holistic development of the nation has continued to play a second fiddle with consequent loss of professionalism in marketing practice and in marketing education. This study also grappled with the problem of lack of stude...


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