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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...

EFFECT OF IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC SECTOR ACCOUNTING STANDARDS (IPSAS) IN MINISTRIES, DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES

ABSTRACT Over the years, the Nigerian society has been filled with stories of wrong practices such as stories of ghost workers on the pay roll of Ministries, Extra-ministerial Departments and Parastatals, frauds, embezzlements and setting ablaze of offices housing sensitive documents and corruption leading to none or poor accountability of individuals in public offices of the country.  One of the most researched and least understood variables in public sector accounting of the nation is how...

CAUSES OF INFLATION AND UNEMPLOYMENT IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACT Nigeria as a developing country has been bedeviled by many economic and social challenges amongst which are inflation, unemployment, corruption, poverty, political instability and lately terrorism. These problems in the Nigerian system like every other that have existed or are existing in any other country have causes as well as implications. Therefore the essence of this research study titled “Causes of inflation and unemployment in Nigeria” is to critically look at the causes ...

Manpower Planning as a Tool for Improved Productivity in Business Organisation

ABSTRACT The need for organization to improve in its productivity and achieve its corporate objective brought about the adoption of manpower planning in their management process. It is hoped that effective manpower planning of their employees would enhance their performances thereby contributing effectively in achieving organizational objectives. The research examines the impact of manpower planning as it leads to increased productivity of employees of an organization (A case of Zenith Bank P...

The Effect of Foreign Exchange on Economic Growth

INTRODUCTION  1.1 Background to the Study The foreign exchange market intervention phenomenon is obviously not a recent development, quite a number of governments across the globe have intervened in foreign exchange markets.  The essence has mostly been to try to dampen volatility and to slow or reverse currency movements. This is usually borne out of concern that excessive short-term volatility and longer-term swings in exchange rates that "overshoot" values justified by fundamental condit...

EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING ON BUSINESS PERFORMANCE (A STUDY OF COCA-COLA COMPANY ENUGU DEPOT)

ABSTRACT This research work looked into Effect of Environmental Scanning on Business Performance (The Study of Coca-Cola Company Enugu Depot). The major objectives of the study are to ascertain whether Coca-Cola Company engages in systematic environmental scanning, to identify the challenges associated with environmental scanning in the organization, to examine the benefits of environmental scanning in the organization and to ascertain whether the techniques used in scanning the organization ...

PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE/ACCOUNTING IN NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF NSUKKA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA)

ABSTRACT The title of this research work is, problems and prospects of local government finance/accounting in Nigeria” with particular reference to Nsukka Local Government Area, Enugu State.  It has been identified that accounting and financial reporting in the public sector particularly at the local government level was not given adequate attention.  In the course of carrying out this study, the following objectives among others were set which included.  The identification of major caus...

THE ROLE OF ACCOUNTING IN THE CONTROL OF PUBLIC EXPENDITURE IN NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF CENTRAL BANK OF NIGEIRA, ENUGU BRANCH)

ABSTRACT  This study on the Role of Accounting in Public Expenditure (A case study of Central Bank of Nigeria).  Accounting as eh process of which data relating to the economic activities of an organization are measured, recorded and communicated to interest parties for analysis and interpretation plays a vital role in public expenditure. The major problem facing most public and private enterprises in Nigeria is high negligence to the role of accounting. this study has revealed the extent t...

THE EFFECT OF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT ON EMPLOYEES PERFORMANCE (A STUDY OF UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA)

ABSTRACTThe purpose of this research study is to obtain the effects of Training and development on the employee’s performance with particular reference to United Bank for Africa Plc.In order to achieve this objective, sample 100 were randomly selected out of the total employees of 2060 covering both top management and senior management staff. The statistical technique used was Chi square method. Simple percentage method was used in analyzing the questionnaires, which was presented in tabul...

AUDITING EFFICIENCY AS A TOOL FOR IMPROVING COMPANY’S PERFORMANCE (A CASE STUDY OF INNOSON INDUSTRY NIGERIA LIMITED)

ABSTRACT This project titled Audit Efficiency as a tool for improving company’s performance with special emphasis on Innoson Industry Nigeria Limited Enugu is sadled with such problem as complexity of responsibility misappropriation of fund gross mismanagement and embezzlement, excess expenditure incompatible with budget and inability of audit department to indicate errors and lack of necessary cooperation.  Auditors necessitated the formation of the objective of this study which intends t...

BENEFITS OF COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES TO STAFF OF FEDERAL ESTABLISHMENTS IN ENUGU STATE (A CASE STUDY OF POWER HOLDING COMPANY OF NIGERIA STAFFS COOPERATIVE THRIFT AND LOAN SOCIETY LIMITED, ENU

ABSTRACT The study systematically examined the benefits of cooperative thrift and loan to staff of federal establishment in Enugu State using Power Holding Company Nigeria as a case study. The study population covered al the member of Power Holding Company Nigeria of CTLS, and data was collected from both primary and secondary sources.  This was divided into five chapter. The chapter one contained the introductory part of the project. Literature review, research design, data presenting and a...


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