Today's organisations are increasingly recognising diversity in the workplace as a business strategy imperative that helps to increase productivity and maintain a competitive edge over competitors. This study focused on workforce diversity and employee productivity using Shorelink Oil and Gas Services Limited as a unit of study. The major objectives of the study were (i) investigate the relationship between workforce diversity and employee productivity (ii) assess the role of effective com...
This work examines the international community and the security arrangement that put in place in order to curb the threat posed by terrorism in the globe. It explains why people use terrorism for whatever purpose and why terrorism has thrived in some part of the world, while it has seen little or no success in some. It goes further to explain that for the world to be secured and for the war against terrorism to be won, nations have to join hands in the fight against terrorism/ This work prese...
ABSTRACT The biggest problem most small enterprises face is Human Resource Management. This is so because talents drive all other functional areas of organizations. Humans (Talents) are undoubtedly the greatest assets possessed by any business or organization. Yet when mismanaged, this great asset can easily be turned into the greatest of liabilities. Through an extensive review of available literature (on and offline), important aspects of talent acquisition and management were identified a...
The workplace today is in a state of metamorphosis with contemporary issues such as customer satisfaction, competitive advantage, revenue and expenditures, organisationalculture, technological advancement, global markets, diverse customer demands and need for effective workforce with a global mindset penetrating every aspect of the organisation. All these issues need urgent attention and most businesses do not have the technical strength to tackle them on their own. The recent downturn in the...
As a result of persistent poor performance in most organizations, the study investigated the effect of internal control systems on the performance of banks in Nigeria. Internal controls were looked at from the perspective of control environment, internal audit and control activities whereas bank performance focused on liquidity, accountability and reporting as the measures for improvement. The study also went further to establish that effective and efficient internal control system is the bes...
The study is majorly aimed at evaluating and analysing the most recent three years (1st January 2012 to 31st December 2014) business and financial performance of May & Baker Nigeria Plc. The results will be compared with that of a competitor (Glaxo Smithkline Consumer Nigeria Plc) in order to make informed decisions on the status of the company. Besides, the specific objectives to achieve are: a) To evaluate the political, environmental and economic factors affecting the financial perf...
This review impacts of human and material resources in an organization. How effectively and efficiently these can be trained, developed and put into utilization. Objectives of the study. The broad objective of this research is to assess manpower development and its utilizations in Federal parastatals using the National Teachers Institute (NTI) Kaduna as a case study. The specific objectives include; To ascertain whether the management of NT...
ABSTRACT The Niger Delta region of Nigeria has in recent years been a hotbed of conflict. The region has been embroiled in turmoil over the struggle for equitable resource allocation. Federal systems by their nature are complex administrative designs because they involve multiple levels of government. The Nigerian federal system is thus beset by a lot of complex challenges. One of such challenges is the seemingly implacable and intractable Niger Delta crisis arising from lopsidedness in reven...
ABSTRACT This research work aims at examining the applications of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) by commercial banks in Nigeria, for improved customers’ satisfaction and consequent bank growth. The method employed here involved the survey causal research design as the procedure aims at identifying the variables of the study and their relationships with one another. Also, both primary and secondary sources of data were utilized with more emphasis on secondary data. The study results ...
Chapter One 1.1 Background of Study 1.2 Statement of the Problem 1.3 Objectives of the Study 1.4 Hypothesis Statement 1.5 Significance of the Study 1.6 Scope of Study 1.7 Limitation of Study 1.8 Definition of Key Terms Chapter Two Literature Review 2.1 Introduction 2.2 The Concept of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) 2.3 Electronic Banking and Common Banking Products 2.4 The Impact of Information and Communication Technology on Business Activities 2.5 The Concept of Financia...
ABSTRACT The main thrust of this study is to investigate the relevance of accounting information in the published financial statements of corporate organizations in Nigeria to users. To achieve this objective, a sample of one hundred (100) respondents were selected in Benin City to represent the population. The study adopted a survey design, using data obtained from the administered questionnaires. Six research questions were developed, while six hypotheses were formulated and tested in the...
ABSTRACT The study which was entitled “the effects of insurgency on the Socio-economic development of North Eastern Nigeria” focused on Wukari Local Government Area of Southern Taraba in Taraba State. It had as its objectives the need to identify the relationship between the standard of living and insurgency, to examine the effects of insurgency on the socio-economic development of North Eastern Nigeria and to identify measures of controlling insurgency. The research sought to answer the ...
ABSTRACT This study, the problems and prospects of establishing Small-Scale Enterprises in Nigeria was undertaken to achieve some objectives which include; to ascertain the factors that constitute the problems of establishing small-scale enterprise and to proffer solutions to them as well as to ascertain whether or not small-scale enterprises contribute to economic growth and development using selected bakeries in Edo state as the case study. Data was collected and analyzed and it was discov...
Abstract This research is set out to thoroughly assess the role of active citizenship in crime prevention in Nigeria, using Tarka Local Government as a case study. The major objectives of the study include an assessment of the role of active citizenship in crime prevention. It also aimed at identifying the causes of crime, the impact of crime in socio-economic development of the society, to explain the mechanisms of crime control in Nigeria as well suggest possible ways of addressing crimin...
ABSTRACT This study takes a critical look at the role of microfinance bank in financing of small scale enterprise in Nigeria based on a population of using all microfinance banks in Nigeria. Therefore, this research adopted the descriptive research survey. This study used secondary data and the data analyzed in this study relate to aggregate industry data obtained from central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) statistical bulletin and other publications. The objective of this study is to examine the imp...