Category: BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION & MANAGEMENT

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]