ABSTRACT Motivation is the term used to describe those processes, both instinctive and rational by which people seek to satisfy the basic drives perceived needs and personal goals, which trigger human behaviour. This study sought to investigate the factors that motivate employees in the workplace and their relationship to employee performance with special reference to Busia Municipal Council. The researcher adopted a descriptive research design. The target population for this study was all t...
According to Agbaeze (2012) say that every nation whether developing or industrialized, strives after development. Development is not purely an economic phenomenon, however economic progress is an essential component. Regrettably, problems of unemployment as experienced by the education youths and even the uneducated but skilled youths have become more pathetic in many developing economies, despite the neo – liberal strategies in addressing the issue of enhancing human capital. Entrepreneur...
ABSTRACT The concept of labour relations is the same as industrial relation. This concept evolves from historical circumstances that accompanies the industrial revolution in Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries. In this study, we shall focus our attention on the relationship which exists between labour relations and productivity. The main aim of this project is to examine critically the effect of Labour Relation and Productivity in Mopa Muro Local Government of Kogi State; generally s...
ABSTRACT This research work was designed to determine the Relevance of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises in promoting Economic Growth and Development in some selected SME’s in Kogi State. Some selected enterprises were used as a case study and questionnaires were administered in order to extract information on this project. The objectives of the study includes to identify the relevance of small and medium enterprises in the development of the Kogi State economy and to evaluate the pr...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Currently, organisations have benefited enormously the positive influence of new information systems (IS). Focus of this analysis is on a broad variety of information systems that a contemporary organisation such as Korean Airline uses (BPM, MIS, ERP, and CRM). The purpose is to identify different information systems, also offer an in-depth analysis of systems to ascertain the mea...
Abstract Entrepreneurship Education as a new concept in vocational education offers itself for the training and retraining of individuals for skill acquisition, and it has been imbibed by almost all the developing and developed countries. Its capabilities and efficacy in growing up economies are not in doubt. There is widespread keen interest in information and communication technology because of its crucial roles for sustainable development in developing countries and for the past two decade...
Abstract Business education is an education for the acquisition and development of skills, competencies, and attributes which are necessary for the efficiency of the economic system. The focus of this paper is business education as an impetus towards national security and transformation. In addition, this paper sees business education as a cardinal instrument that will foster national security and the transformation agenda. It gives various professional definitions of business education, th...
Abstract The purpose of this paper is to determine how business education could be an indispensable tool for achieving millennium development goals (MDGs) in this 21st century. The paper takes a critical look at the concepts of business education and MDGs in Nigeria. The paper stresses the fact that the roadmap to global prosperity championed by united nation development programmes which were known many years back MDGs to adapt present reality threat of extinction occasioned by rapid deg...
Abstract The inefficiency and incompetence of the federal and states including the local governments of Nigeria in transforming the economy of the country in the last two decades, has resulted to the economic recession that is affecting all sectors of the economy in Nigeria, mostly the educational sector and business education in particular. The erratic changes have created new demands for more adaptable, multi-skilled and creative labour. To meet the demands, it has become necessary to r...
Abstract The purpose of this paper is to critically examine the leadership and management practices of both Nigeria and China. The paper proves that Nigerian leadership and management practices are far from adopting transformational leadership practices in managing some of their organizations. Predominantly, Nigeria is known for complexity leadership and management style which tends to be highly skilled in various aspects of leadership and management. In addition, the leadership and managemen...
Abstract Apple is seen as a global organization that undertakes most of its operations across national borders. The focus of this research work is to critically appraise some aspects of the operations of Apple Inc. in the areas of coordination and control of international elements of the operations. This component of the operations of Apple determines the types of global strategies Apple adopts in managing its international operations. Furthermore, the study examines the supply chain managem...
The study and practice of management in Nigeria has been viewed to be based totally on the western platform to the extent that those theories, philosophies and principles that are successful when applied in the western world have failed to yield the desired result when applied to the Nigerian setting. It is on this background that the authors reviewed some of the management theories, philosophies and principles that were operational in the Nigerian environment even before the British came to ...
Abstract Entrepreneurship and Innovation are increasingly becoming critical areas of management for any business as they are closely associated with value creation and employment creation-both in public and private sectors with greater emphasis in the private sector as the driver of economic growth in the world over. In order to survive and remain relevant in the 21st century, businesses need to take an entrepreneurial approach and be innovative in the manner they do business. This paper aim...
Abstract The purpose of this research is to examine how the automobile industry in Nigeria has approached the implementation of e-business components such as e-procurement, sales-order-processing, private exchange, and online-reverse auctions in their supply chain integration, and the objectives of the study are to determine whether the automobile industry recognized supply chain integration as their goal and to evaluate and measure the level of integration attained with the implementation of...
ABSTRACT Contemporary studies have indicated an interest in exploring students’ perceptions towards online buying. Internet shopping is one of the fastest emergent industry and internet users have reported that online shopping is one of their primary use of the internet. Due to the widespread of internet access by people and e-commerce usage by traders, online shopping has seen a massive growth in recent years. Young people have been the majority online shoppers. With the aid of online sho...