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PERSONNEL POLICIES AND ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS: A THEORETICAL DISCOURSE

ABSTRACT The study was  motivated by the necessity to establish what constitute policies in organization. Personnel policies are a preplanned course of action establishing a guide to work towards acceptable outcomes and objectives in organizational. Effective impacting of policies in a company motivation team work, this team work in organization enable the organization to achieve effectiveness and efficiency in the objective of organization.    Sources of data include, primary and secondar...

IMPACT OF BUREAUCRACY IN ACHIEVING ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVE (CASE STUDY OF POWER HOLDING NIGERIA, ANAMBRA STATE)

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to ascertain the impact of bureaucracy towards achieving organizational goals and objectives.  The survey method of descriptive research was used for the study. The main instrument used in data  collection for the study was a questionnaire the responses were attached in frequency tables and percentages were used to analyze the data.  The result of the analysis and interpretation revealed that bureaucracy has too much innovation and not rigidity, it see...

Implication of Terrorism on global peace and security: case study of the middle east experience

Abstract The objective of this study is to evaluate the implications of terrorism in the global peace and security with reference to Middle East region. In carrying out this study, a time series model and estimate were specified by the seemingly unrelated regressions (SURE) model (Zellner, 1962).  A consumer-choice model developed by Enders, Sandler and Parise (1992) is utilized to study the regional effects of terrorism on competitors’ market shares with appropriate impact on political an...

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM (MIS) AS AN AID TO MANAGEMENT DECISION MAKING (A CASE STUDY OF JUHEL NIGERIA LIMITED)

ABSTRACT  This research work would be carried out to appreciate the role of management information system as an aid to management decision making.  The ignorance of management information system or its in certain business especially small scale business has led to unsound.  Management system, thereby affecting the effectiveness and efficiency of its operations.  This may lead to the non-effectiveness and efficient achievement of the firm’s objectives.  The objectives is to determine th...

IMPACT OF MARKETING RESEARCH IN SMALL SCALE COMPANY (CASE STUDY OF BIANCA COSMETICS, ENUGU)

ABSRACT The research is on the Role of Marketing in Improving a Company’s Performance, a case study of Bianca Cosmetics Company. In other to carry out the work effectively, some the following objectives were formulated: To know whether Bianca cosmetics conduct marketing research. To determine the impact of marketing research on the company’s profitability, primary and secondary data were collected to solve the research problem.   Questionnaires oral interviews were used as research instr...

FEASIBILITY STUDIES AS A TOOL FOR SUCCESSFUL COOPERATIVE BUSINESS ENTERPRISES (A CASE STUDY OF SELECTED COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN ENUGU NORTH AND SOUTH, ENUGU STATE)

ABSTRACT The aim of this study is to make sure that new individuals going into cooperative formation appreciate the importance of feasibility studies to make a successful cooperative business enterprise. Cooperative business enterprise can only be achieved and sustained when a feasibility study is well prepared and define the kind of business that is about to commence. The product, the resources and also time  location for the business operation, the drive for investment can only take place ...

EFFECTS OF HUMAN RESOURCES TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT ON WORKERS’ PRODUCTIVITY IN NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF POWER HOLDING COMPANY OF NIGERIA, ENUGU STATE)

ABSTRACT Management gets involved in manpower training and development as one of its various activities, it is the work of the organization to develop its staff so that they can work efficiently.  This will keep increasing the organization’s productivity. Sincere in the three M(S) (men, money and material) needed in an organization, man happens to be part of it, human resources has it’s objectives as a result of this, they need to train and develop their employees to perform very well. �...

CRISIS MANAGEMENT IN THE NIGERIAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT SYSTEM (A CASE STUDY OF NKANU WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT)

ABSTRACT This research work is primarily aimed at examining the problems of crisis management in the Nigeria Local Government Administration Council, Nkanu West Local Government Area was used as a case study. The need for this research work arouse from the fact that, without properly managing the crisis that usually occur in the local Government Administration Area (which aimed at bringing government to social amenities) may not be achieved even partly. To achieve the above objectives, data w...

CREDIT MOBILIZATION CHALLENGES OF CREDIT COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN ENUGU STATE, ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT (A CASE STUDY OF SELECTED CREDIT COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN ENUGU NORTH LOC

ABSTRACT This study focuses on credit mobilization challenges of credit cooperative societies in Enugu state and its implications for rural development (a case study of selected credit cooperative societies in Enugu North Local Government Area of Enugu State). One hundred and fourteen (114) members of the cooperative societies purposely drawn were sampled for the study. Data were collected mainly through questionnaire while description statistics, frequency percentages were applied in the ana...

BOKO HARAM CRISIS AND THE SOCIO-POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF NIGER STATE).

ABSTRACT This research work attempt to examine the Boko Haram crisis in Nigeria and how it undermines socio-political development, with Niger State being our case study. The work has five chapters, each chapter structured in analyzing the Boko Haram crisis in Nigeria and how it affects the socio-political development of Nigeria. To do this, the researcher developed twelve (12) questions, these questions were administered in form of questionnaires to 400 people who were selected as a sample of...

THE EFFECT OF MARKETING STRATEGY ON CUSTOMER SATISFACTION (A STUDY OF UNILEVER NIGERIA COMPANY PLC)

INTRODUCTION Today’s competitive market, in almost every category of products and service, is characterized by accelerating change, innovation, and massive amounts of new information, much by changing customer needs significant and customers’ behaviour and market changes happen almost over night change in market preference or technology, which used to take years, may now take place in a few short months.  As the pace of change accelerates it become more difficult to maintain stable relat...

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AS AN INSTRUMENT OF ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS

INTRODUCTION   The organization in the 21st century is a fast-paced, dynamic, highly stimulating environment which brings a large number of benefits and opportunities to those who work within it.  Organizations around the world transform themselves for effectiveness to enhance competition that is based on research and development, their ability to exploit change management is defined as ‘the continuous process of aligning an organization with its marketplace and doing it more responsively...

FISCAL-MONETARY POLICY MIX AND OUTPUT RESPONSE IN NIGERIA (1960-2012)

INTRODUCTION The use of economic policy as tool for economic stabilization by governments of different economies of the world cannot be overemphasized. Some of these policy measures may have economic-wide effect (e.g. the budget and inflation) while others may have specific effects such as the consumption tax on consumer good (Killick, 1981 and Black, Calitz, Steenekamp, Ajam, 2000). Policymakers around the world employ various policies, singly or mix, to stabilize the boom-bust cyclical swin...

CRISIS MANAGEMENT IN THE NIGERIAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT SYSTEM (A CASE STUDY OF ANAMBRA EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT, NTEJE)

ABSTRACT This research work is primarily aimed at examining the problems of crisis management in the Nigeria Local Government Administration council, Anambra state, was used as a case study. The need for this research work arouse from the fact that, without properly managing the crisis that usually develop in the Local Government Administration, the goals of setting up local government areas (which aimed at bringing government to social amenities) may not be achieved even partly. To achieve t...

STRATEGIES FOR PROMOTING PRODUCTIVITY IN CIVIL SERVICE (A CASE OF ENUGU STATE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION)

ABSTRACT This project is on the strategies for promoting productivity in the civil service (A case study of Enugu state civil service commission). The main objective of this study is to determine the incentives and motivational tools for promoting productivity with respect to Enugu state civil service commission. In the course of seeking for information, primary and secondary data were used. The methods employed under primary data collection include personal interviews, questionnaires and obs...


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