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

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

PROMOTION OF GOOD INDUSTRIAL RELATION IN ORGANIZATION IN CASE STUDY OF UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIAN TEACHING HOSPITAL ITUKU OZALLA ENUGU STATE

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1     INDUSTRIAL RELATION: This means the relationship between employers and employees in course of employment in industrial organizations. However, the concept of industrial relations has a broader meaning. In a broad sense, the term industrial relations includes the relationship- between the various  Unions, between the state and the Unions as well as … Read more

PRODUCTION PLANNING AND PRODUCT QUALITY CONTROL A CASE STUDY OF NIGERIAN BREWERIES PLC

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1     Background of Study Production which is concerned with creation of utility provides for activities that produced goods through forms, time and place. This is the reason for Olayinka and Aminu’s (2006: 345) opinion that production is not complete in the absence of adequate technological capacity, strength or Ageing condition of equipment … Read more

PROBLEMS OF RECRUITMENT IN THE NIGERIAN CIVIL SERVICE: (A STUDY OF ANAMBRA STATE)

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The word civil service in Oxford Dictionary means the government in a country.  The civil service handbooks (1976:15) also defines “Civil Service as a body or an organ of government, which enjoys continuity of existence and they all work on pensionable appointment, it comprises of all servants of … Read more

PRIVATIZATION AND COMMERCIALIZATION IN NIGERIA: ISSUES, PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS

INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The privatization and commercialization of public enterprises is a policy that was initiated in the Nigerian economy by the Babangida Administration.  Today it is pursued in different forms in a number of developing and developed nations around the world. In Nigeria privatization and commercialization of public enterprises continues to be … Read more

PERSONNEL OUTSOURCING AND ORGANIZATION’S COMPETITIVENESS

ABSTRACT The study sought to determine the nature of the relationship between personnel outsourcing and organizational competitiveness, ascertain the extent to which commercial banks outsource their personnel services, identify the areas in which commercial banks outsource personnel services, determine the benefits from outsourcing personnel services. The study had a population size of   613, out of … Read more

OUTSOURCING SECURITY FUNCTIONS IN MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISE (A CASE STUDY OF TONIMAS NIGERIA LIMITED)

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Vision is the ability to see what change is needed and how it will benefit people when the change is made. The vision of outsourcing business functions to external provider came out of the desire of corporate executives who out of exigency of time purposed to improve … Read more

OUTSOURCING MANAGEMENT: THE DILEMMA OF SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

CHAPTER ONE                                       1.1     BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY                   As companies’ attempts to focus on core competences, many are considering outsourcing various aspects of their in-house operations. The rapid growth in outsourcing has occurred because organizations are struggling to cope with the demands on their skills. Aoki 1988- says when products becomes increasingly differentiated and renewed, … Read more

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND CORPORATE PERFORMANCE. A STUDY OF SELECTED FIRMS IN PORT HARCOURT

ABSTRACT The business environment today has become dynamic that the decision to structure or restructure an organization has become pressingly significant. There has been some serious economic/financial sector reforms in Nigeria due to the fact that performance in the manufacturing and service (banks) firms were not effective and efficient.  It is believed that organizational structure … Read more

ORGANIZATIONAL POLITICS AND IMPACT ON ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1     BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Politics seeks to govern a group of people with rules or regulations. It is the whole system directed at acquiring power to rules. This process of acquiring power is affected by a combination of many processes: democracy, autocracy, military, nepotism, plutocracy, and aristocracy, anarchy. Organizational politics earns … Read more