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THE INCLUSIVE ROLES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY TO THE DISABLED

ABSTRACT The excluded are the library patrons with disabilities.  They are the disadvantaged group who are most of the time denied access to library services.  They can only benefit maximally from the services of the public library if there is a conscious effort to include them.  The disabled ones in this paper include the deaf and the dumb, visually impaired, physically and mentally challenged, etc.  The public library has the mandate right from conception to serve both the able and disa...

Impact of Ethical Leadership on Employee Job Performance

Abstract Despite the growing concern of researchers in the field of business ethics, cases of unethical practices have continue to manifest in corporate organisations. Corporate leaders engage in decisions that have resulted to lack of trust in the organisations leadership; and lack of commitment to organisation’s goals. This paper tries to examine the concept of ethical leadership, the characteristics of an ethical leader, ethical leadership and its impact on employee job performance and h...

THE BROADCAST MEDIA AND SUSTAINABLE DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES

INTRODUCTION It has been established that there is a very strong relationship between media performance and the conduct and vibrancy of politics and political activities in democracies. It is often said that in democracies, “the media have a complex relationship with sources of power and the political system” (McQuail, 2005). Both politics and the media have the singular aim of promoting the individual and collective interests of the general society. Thus, while politics serves as a route...

Impact of Ethical Leadership on Employee Job Performance.

Impact of Ethical Leadership on Employee Job PerformanceAbstractDespite the growing concern of researchers in the field of business ethics, cases of unethical practices have continue to manifest in corporate organisations. Corporate leaders engage in decisions that have resulted to lack of trust in the organisations leadership; and lack of commitment to organisation’s goals. This paper tries to examine the concept of ethical leadership, the characteristics of an ethical leader, ethical lead...

GENDER EQUALITY AND FAIRNESS IN LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES IN NIGERIAN HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, ENUGU STATE

Abstract This study tries to investigate gender equality and fairness in leadership opportunities in Nigerian House of parliament, National Assembly, Enugu State House of Assembly and some selected State and Federal government establishments.  Gender equality means that woman and men enjoy the same status and have opportunities to realize their full human rights and potentials to contribute to sought to address among other objectives the following: to find out the ratio of men and women in l...

Coporate social responsibility, and strategic tax

Abstract This study examines the relationship between corporate social responsibility and firms’ strategic tax in Nigeria with the use of secondary data, sourced from ten (10) randomly selected firms’ annual report and financial summary between “2005-2014”. The study makes use of ordinary least square for the analysis of collected data. Findings from the analysis show that the sample firms invested less than ten percent of their annual profit to social responsibility due to their stra...

DEMAND

INTRODUCTION   Objective of business may be different but their basic business activity is the same. They all produce or buy and sell goods and services that are in demand. Demand is in fact the basic of all productive activities. Just as necessity is the mother of invention, demand is the mother of production. Increasing demand for a product offers a high business prospects in future and decreasing demand for a product reduces the business prospect for example increasing demand of computer...

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

INTRODUCTION 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 deliver...

MARKETING OF INSURANCE SERVICES (PROBLEMS AND PROSPECT)

PREFACE  Marketing is everything you do to place your product or service in the hands of potential customers.  It includes diverse disciplines like sales, public relations, pricing, packaging, and distribution.  Anything short of these defeats the purpose of insurance contract and makes it a difficult product to sell.  This term paper dealt with  the challenges and prospect of marketing insurance services in Nigeria. In which conclusion was that insurance is essential for Nigeria to meet...

BUSINESS EDUCATION AS AN INSTRUMENT FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT

INTRODUCTIONThe availability of white collar jobs is on a continuous decline, courtesy of national and global economic recession. The worse is felt move in Nigeria where the unemployment rates is over 40%. This will likely exacerbate unless urgent steps in the right direction are taken.  Apart from dwindling fortunes of the Nigerian economy, other factors have been adduced as among causes of the high unemployment index. These include, low competence of many school leavers and graduates makin...

THE RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC SECTOR AND PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENY TO NIGERIA’S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SINCE 1960

.Theoretical issues  It  is  generally  agreed  that  economic  development  implies  sustained  increases  in  income  per capita  coupled  with positive  structural  changes  (political,  cultural  and  social  etc)  within  an  economy  over  a long  period  of  time.  It  follows  that  economic  growth  may  not  result  in  economic  development.  For  development  to  occur,  there  must  be  visible  positive  changes  to  income  ...

NATIONALIZATION, PRIVATIZATION AND COMMERCIALIZATION OF BUSINESS

NATIONALIZATION, PRIVATIZATION AND COMMERCIALIZATION OF BUSINESSES  NATIONALIZATION This simple means the taking over or acquisition of previously privately owned business enterprises by the government for ownership and control. This was what happened in Nigeria after the Nigerian – Biafra war in the early 1970s.  This means that, the formerly private owned primary and secondary schools were acquired from all the private individuals and organizations that originally started and owned the...

INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

Portfolio Management  Portfolio is a collection of asset investments.  A rational investor should not commit all his funds into once asset, rather he should commit them into several assets, which will altogether form his investment portfolio.  An investor may invest his money in assets or group of assets which could be stocks, shares, bonds, fixed deposits, business venture, real estate, motor vehicle or insurance policy.  Each of these asset is a form of investment upon which the invest...

UNEMPLOYMENT IN OUR SOCIETY

PREFACE This research work is to identify the  unemployment in our society.  The work is divided into seven chapter.   This tries to state the problems encountered in unemployment. And details of material gathered for this research work.  Major problems of unemployment.  This includes the major problems on individual and the society.  And it also involves the consequence on of unemployment in society and recommendation for solving the problem.   TABLE OF CONTENTS  CHAPTER ONE Introdu...

THE IMPORTANCE OF OPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT TO A PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION STUDENT

ABSTRACT In large organizations the administration of access privileges (such as the assignment of an access right to a user in a particular role) is handled cooperatively through distributed administrators in various different capacities. Co-operative development is not the same in all countries as the researcher wants to find out the extent administrator  involved in co-operative development.  TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Pagei Abstractii Table of Contentsiii Definition of Cooperative 1 Histo...


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