Month: June 2019

AN ASSESSMENT OF THE AVAILABILITY OF REQUISITE RESOURCES FOR EFFECTIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF ACCOUNTING IN SENIOR SECONDARY

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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Accounting is one of the vocational subjects offered at the senior secondary education level in Nigeria. Asaolu (2002) defined financial accounting as the process of recording, classifying, selecting, measuring, interpreting, summarizing and reporting financial data of an organization to the users for objective assessment and decision making.  … Read more

CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENT AND CONSUMER PURCHASE INTENTION OF AIRTEL CUSTOMERS

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ABSTRACT   Celebrities are the personalities that are well known in public either because of their credibility or of their attractiveness or both of these. To leverage this, advertisers use celebrities in their advertisement to increase the effectiveness and heighten the credibility of commercials. The effectiveness of celebrities under any endorsement arrangement would depend on … Read more

SOCIO-CULTURAL FACTORS AFFECTING SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE AMONG RURAL WOMEN: A STUDY OF BENDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, ABIA STATE

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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the Study Hunger is on the increase among nations of the world. Food crisis is hurting the poor all over the world, hitting the landless and women the hardest (Karl, 2009). About 800 million people go hungry each day, globally (Canadian International Development Agency, 2003). Currently, this figure has increased … Read more

SMALL-SCALE INDUSTRIES AS A CATALYST TO RURAL ECONOMIC EMANCIPATION (A STUDY OF AROCHUKWU AND OHAFIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA)

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CHAPTER ONE 1.1   BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Some time ago, Ablert Hirschman (1958) said that development is like a jigsaw puzzle, it is easier to fit in a particular piece when the adjoining pieces are already in place; the pieces that are hard to find are those with only one neighbour in place. This clever … Read more

SHARED KNOWLEDGE AND PERFORMANCE OF MANUFACTURING FIRMS IN NIGERIA

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CHAPTER ONE  INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF STUDY Shared knowledge and performance have been relevant in four epochs namely the era of early influences, the era of the industrial revolution, the era of scientific management movement and the modern era. Many records and ideas relating to management date from antiquity. Among these are the records of the … Read more

SELF-EMPLOYMENT SKILLS POSSESSED BY BUSINESS EDUCATION STUDENTS OF COLLEGES OF EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN CROSS RIVER STATE, NIGERIA

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Abstract One of the goals of NCE business education programme is the acquisition of both physical and intellectual skills which will enable individuals to be self- reliant and useful members of the society. In spite of available business opportunities, and conducive environment for businesses to thrive in Cross River state, Business Education graduates are yet … Read more

REWARD MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE IN SELECTED UNIVERSITIES IN ENUGU STATE, NIGERIA

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ABSTRACT   This study assessed the relationship between reward management and organizational performance in selected universities in Enugu State. The specific objectives of the study were to: (i) ascertain the extent to which employee benefits affect morale of employees’ of universities in Enugu State, Nigeria, (ii) ascertain the extent to which staff development opportunities affect … Read more

REVIEW OF MENTORING PROGRAMME AS AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH FOR PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND TO MENTORING To understand the concept of ‘mentoring’ it is first necessary to determine what exactly mentoring is.  This however seems to be easier said than done with Clutterbuck (1996:1) noting that ‘the biggest problem for researchers into mentoring is still defining what it is’ and Roberts (2000:3) using the term … Read more

REENGINEERING NIGERIA PUBLIC SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS FOR EFFICIENCY

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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1       BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Most Nigerian Public Sector Organizations have disappointed a vast majority of Nigerians. These organizations, especially those that provide power and energy have provided very poor services in the country. The operating costs and debts of these organizations have risen dramatically that they have sparked a nationwide call … Read more

PROSPECTS OF SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISES UNDER THE MICROFINANCE PROGRAMME OF THE PRESENT ADMINISTRATION

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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The Nigeria economy appears to have been reaping the advantages obtainable from Small Scale Enterprises. These include stimulation of indigenous entrepreneurship, transformation of traditional industry, e.tc. The experiences in many parts of the world point to the direction that Small Scale Enterprises can make positive impact … Read more