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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]