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A Note On Motivational And Productivity Theory

INTRODUCTION The concept and theories of and productivity has always been a central problem for leaders and managers, this is because of the relative importance and effect of motivation to productivity in an organization. Unmotivated employees are likely to spend little or no effort on their jobs, avoid workplace as much as possible, exit the organization if given the opportunity and produce low quality product on the other hand employees who feel motivated to work are likely to be persistent...

CORRUPTION AS THE MAIN PLAGUE OF NIGERIAN CIVIL SERVICE; THE ANALYSIS IN RETROSPECT

Abstract This study examined corruption as a main plague of Nigerian Civil Service; The Analysis in Retrospect. Hermeneutics model of Analytical Conceptual pattern was adopted for this study. It deduces its facts from literature on records of activities proceeding of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) and Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) (which are the main anti-corruption agencies in Nigeria) and data from Transparency International on corruption. This st...

The Impact Of Entrepreneurship Skill Acquisition On Fresh Graduate Self-Employability Status: (A Study Of Olabisi Onabanjo University Fresh Graduate Students)

ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of entrepreneurial skills acquisition on the employability status of Nigerian graduates. Entrepreneurship education plays a major role in the reduction of unemployment in Nigeria. However, while most Nigerian universities have initiated entrepreneurship courses in their curricular; little research is available to assess its impact and to know whether there is a between students’ entrepreneurial skills acquisition and their employability status. This ...

AN EXAMINATION OF CREDIT ADMINISTRATION IN BANKING INDUSTRY (DIAMOND BANK PLC)

TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Pagei DECLARATIONii APPROVAL PAGEiii DEDICATIONiv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSv TABLE OF CONTENTSvi CHAPTER ONE1 INTRODUCTION1 Background of  the Study1 1.2Statement of the Problem2 1.3Objectives of the Study3 1.4Research Questions3 1.5Significance Of The Study4 1.6Research Methodology5 1.7Scope and Limitations of the Study7 CHAPTER TWO8 LITERATURE REVIEW8 2.0INTRODUCTION8 2.1      THEORETICAL FRAME WORK8 2.2THE CONCEPT OF CREDIT9 2.3 CREDIT MANAGEMENT11 2.4       GOVERNME...

A CRITIQUE OF THE CONCEPT OF HUMAN RESOURCE ACCOUNTING

ABSTRACT The idea of human resource valuation and reporting existed for more than half a century. The concept continues to be debated by economic, accounting, and psychology theoreticians universally. The main thrust of Human Resource Accounting (HRA) is to identify, quantify and report investments made on human resources of an organization that are not presently accounted for under conventional accounting practice. This study critically assesses the concept of HRA in order to unveil its str...

Exploring Factors Influencing the Adoption of Mobile Commerce

Abstract  This study presents an extended technology acceptance model that integrates innovation diffusion theory to investigate what determine user mobile commerce acceptance. This paper models the factors relationships such as perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, personal innovativeness, subjective norms, behavioral control and intention to adopt mobile commerce. The proposed model was empirically tested using data collected from a survey of mobile commerce consumers. Empirical da...

ELECTRONIC BANKING/ INVESTMENT AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT (A CASE STUDY OF FIRST BANK NIGERIA PLC )

BACKGROUND OF STUDY The Nigeria banking industry has witnessed a lot of changes since the mid 1980’s and this is reflected in the increased volume and complexity of bank operations, increased innovations and varieties in product and service delivery. These development have not only been technology  driven but have influenced move technological advances.Information technology which is the foundation of modern electronic banking through desktop computers and terminals provide the tools for ...

BANK SUPERVISION

INTRODUCTION In any field of human endeavour, the place of supervision tends to assume an all important position, the place of supervision in the banking industry most especially the commercial bank cannot be down played.Orjih (2011:25) often, insider misconducts are discovered during examination of the accounting records of those commercial banks by the CBN, being one of the key supervisory institution in Nigeria.Adelusi (1994) opined that misconduct might equally be brought to the attentio...

The Civil Service and Economic Development of Nigeria.

Abstract. The civil service has over the period lost its inherited professionalism, political neutrality and developmental meritocratic ethos. The multiplier effect of which is the failure of the efforts made to date to reform and revitalise the Nigeria civil service and create economic development in Nigeria. In this speech, Prof. Ikenna Onyido explored the contributions of the civil service to the legitimisation of the Nigerian state generally and to the attainment of the country’s goal o...

EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT OF ADVERTISING VOLUME OF SALES (A CASE STUDY OF AMA BREWERIES Plc. NINTH MILE CORNER, ENUGU.)

.INTRODUCTION:The essence of embarking on this research is to examine and determine the competence of advertising in influencing the volume of sales with respect to products of Ama Breweries Plc. Ninth Mile Corner, Enugu which is the case study of this research work.In the light of conducting this study many efficient methods and solutions would be derived which will show how advertising assist a lot in sales promotion.In carrying out and fully completing this study, various techniques and st...

PUBLIC POLICY IMPLEMENTATION

INTRODUCTIONDefinition of Public Policy Implementation:What is Policy Implementation?•    Represents the stage where government executes an adopted policy as specified by the legislation or policy action. •    At this stage, various government agnecies and departments, repsonsible for the respective area of policy, are formally made responsible for implementation. •    Policy implementation is what happens after a bill becomes law. (Theodoulou and Kofinis, 2004)

THE IMPORTANCE OF CO-OPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT TO THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION STUDENTS

ABSTRACTThis report provides a comprehensive summary of the basic information on the importance of the course co-operative development to the public administration student. It covers the nature and extent of the use of co-operatives its historical background on its development both in and out of Nigeria and equally show its relevance to the public administration students. The purpose is to make available, in  a single report, the information someone would need to acquire the understanding of...

THE MANGERIAL PROBLEMS OF NIGERIA RAIL WAY CORPORATION (N R C) (A CASE STUDY EASTERN DISTRICT)

ABSTRACT The development of an efficient transportation system is often regarded as crucial to the process of economic development of a country (Nigeria). This is because transport in any form is essential to the execution of daily economic and social activities in any given area.The Nigeria Railway corporation (N R C) which was established for this purpose of enhancing socio – economic activities in the country, is not living up to expectation. The corporation has been accused of ineffici...

AUDITIING AS AN EFFICIENT TOOL IN THE MANAGEMENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTION

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to find out if auditing is essential in the management of financial institution.  Does financial institutions really needs to audit its financial statement?  This study work has three chapters.Chapter one contains introduction to the study/background of the study, statement of problem, objectives of the study, significant of study, scope and limitation of study and definition of terms.  (Auditing and other related issues)A number of past related liter...

CAUSE OF BAD DEBT IN COMMUNITY BANK

INTRODUCTION In a modern economy, there is distinction between the surplus economic units and the deficit economic units and in consequences, a separation of the saving investment mechanism. This has necessitated the existence of financial institutions whose job includes the transfer of funds from saver to investors. One of such institution is community bank. The intermediating roles of the community bank place them in a position of “trustees” of the savings of the widely dispersed suppl...


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