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ANALYSIS OF FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR LOWPRODUCTIVITY OF THE NIGERIAN WORKERS. (A CASE STUDY OF POWER HOLDING COMPANY ENUGU ZONAL OFFICE)

    ABSTRACTBranch (1975;12) was of the view that productivity means the continuing improvement of the firm management performance in the use of resources and though the operations it is conducted.However the purpose of this work highlights those factors responsible for low productivity among Nigerian workers. The research tends to focus on those means that will be applied to get workers committed to tier work using effective national tool to enhance and increase productivity level of the ...

ANALYSIS ON THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF OIL COMPANIES IN THE HOST COMMUNITIES IN THE NIGER DELTA REGION OF NIGERIA: ( A CASE STUDY OF SHELL PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY)

ABSTRACT This contains the impact of social responsibilities of Oil Companies in the host communities of the Niger Delta region of Nigeria: A case study of shell petroleum Development Company. It is true that most corporate organizations especially multinational companies are not living up to expectation in solving the problems contributed in the region by their activities. Their oil exploration had causes pollution in the area, which has caused untold hardship to the people. Thus, the objec...

ANALYSIS OF CORPORATE LEADERSHIP AND EMPLOYEE EMPOWERMENT IN SELECTED NIGERIAN BANKS. (A STUDY OF DIAMOND BANK PLC, ECOBANK PLC, UNION BANK PLC, IN ENUGU)

ABSTRACT The topic of this research is Analysis of corporate leadership and employee empowerment in Nigerian Banks. (A Case Study of three selected banks in Enugu State, Diamond Bank Plc, EcoBank Plc and Union Bank Plc). The population of the study was 365 while the researcher used the Yaro Yamani formular in the determination of the sample size, which was 190. The type of the research design used was survey research. The researcher used both the primary and secondary sources in obtaining th...

AN EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT OF SUPERVISION AND CONTROL OF THE CENTRAL BANK ON THE PERFORMANCE OF COMMERCIAL BANKS (A CASE STUDY OF ACCESS BANK NIG PLC LAGOS BRANCH)

      ABSTRACTThis research project tends to evaluate the impact of supervision and control of the Central Bank on the performance of commercial banks. Access Bank Nig Plc Lagos Branch was used as the case study. To aid this research both primary and secondary data were collected. The instruments used to collect data are questionnaires and oral interviews. The respondents comprised of male and female from the bank and the population put together is 150 and sample size is 109. The researc...

AN APPRAISAL OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ON CORPORATE ORGANIZATION IN ENUGU. (A CASE STUDY OF ANAMBRA MOTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY (ANAMMCO) EMENE, ENUGU).

              ABSTRACT The research work took a look at an appraisal of social responsibility practice by Anambra Motor Manufacturing Company (ANAMMCO) Emene, Enugu. In an attempt to get to the root of the matter being investigated, four research questions and four hypotheses were proposed.  The chi square statistics was used to test the hypotheses. The researcher adopted the survey approach. The population of the study is five hundred and ninety (590) staff while the sample siz...

A SURVEY OF THE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT IN SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE INDUSTRIES [CASE STUDY OF FIVE SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE INDUSTRIES IN OWERRI IMO STATE]

        ABSTRACT The efficiency and effectiveness of any organization weather small or big depends on the people that manage it. And manning an organization has been a serious problem of small and medium scale companies like Nigeria and because of this, these companies have not been able to achieve their goals. It is against this background that this research work was conducted to investigate such problems as sources of recruitment and selection of workers, human resources development ...

MOTIVATION AS A TOOL FOR IMPROVING WORKERS’ PRODUCTIVITY IN AN ORGANISATION. (A CASE STUDY OF DE UNITED FOODS INDUSTRY L.T.D, IDIROKO, OTA, OGUN STATE)

ABSTRACT This project work focused on motivation as a tool for improving workers productivity in an organization. A case study of De- united foods industry Ltd, Idi roko,Ota , Ogun State. 1.0INTRODUCTION Organization primarily is set up to achieve certain aims and objective. Most of them are enhance production, profit ability, public image, and growth in marking share. All this things cannot be achieve without using people. The people must be trained and motivated toward putting in their ...

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF THE FACTORS AFFECTING JOB SATISFACTION OF THE ACADEMIC PROFESSIONALS IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF LAGOS STATE POLYTECHNIC).

                       AbstractJob satisfaction is a crucial factor that determines retention of employees in all industries. In the 21st century, with the abundance of job opportunities available to employees, a constant challenge faced by upper management is in the retention of existing employees. Job satisfaction is defined as a general behavior towards an object or job (Okpara, 2006). Locke (1976) defined job satisfaction as a positive or pleasant emotional state res...

Impact of trade liberalisation on Nigeria economic growth from 1980-2013

mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">ABSTRACT mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">  color:#231F20">This research work studies the international competitiveness of the Nigerian economy in the global market by analyzing the relationship between trade liberalization and economic growth in Nigeria. Using time-series data over the period 1980-2013, the study focus on instabilities in regime, trade policy, and exchange rate using both single and system estimation technique...

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION IN THE MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY IN NIGERIA.

ABSTRACT Customer satisfaction is a fundamental marketing construct in the last three decades.In the past, it was unpopular and unaccepted concept because companies thought it was more important to gain new customers than retain the existing ones.However,in this present decade,companies have gained better understanding of the importance of customer satisfaction (especially service producing companies) and adopted it as a high priority operational goal. This study aimed at investigating the o...

Effectiveness of Cooperatives in Coffee Value Chain: An Analysis in Sasiga District of Oromia Region, Ethiopia

Abstract Ethiopia is producing ranges of coffee varieties with unique flavors, quality and traditional organic and shade grown coffee by smallholder farmers for which actors including cooperatives are involved in adding values at each stage of the activities of the value chain. This study focused on examining the linkage between cooperatives and other actors in coffee value chain, and analyzing factors influencing the effectiveness of cooperatives in coffee value chain. The study was conducte...

CHALLENGES OF PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT FOR NON-MARKETING STAFF IN NIGERIAN BANKS

       ABSTRACTThis study focuses on the challenges of Performance management for non-marketing staff in Nigerian banks. The primary purpose of this study is to identify the challenges facing this non-marketing staffs. The need for performance management in Nigerian banks cannot be over-emphasized because it is a traditional approach to evaluating the staff performance. Data collected were analyzed in tables with simple percentage. One hundred and eighty (180) questionnaires were distrib...

Evaluating The Role of Planning and Forcasting in Achieving Managerial Efficiency

        ABSTRACTThe research was conducted mainly to evaluate the role of planning and forecasting in achieving managerial efficiency. Individuals and organizations have operated for hundreds of years by planning and forecasting in an intuitive manner. It was not until the 1950s that formal approaches became popular. Since then, such approaches have been used by business, government, and nonprofit organizations. Advocates of formal approaches (for example, Steiner, 1979) claim that an o...

Ghost Workers: How They Thrive on Nigerian Public Service: (A case study of Abuja Municipal Area Council)

ABSTRACT The ghost workers syndrome has been a menace across all tiers of government for years which has affected the Nigerian economy. Annually, millions of naira is siphoned from government coffers through salary payments to non-existing employees who have fraudulently been listed in the payroll system This study examined the effect of ghost workers in Nigerian publicly service using Abuja municipal council as a reference. The study made used of descriptive and survey designs to carry out ...

The role of planning and forecasting in business organisation

ABSTRACT In modern business, planning and forecasting are important tools of company management and decision- making as they assist in the appraisal of investment project in the analysis measurement and improvement of current marketing strategy and manpower. The research was conducted mainly to examine the role of planning and forecasting in the business organization. For this reason, both primary and secondary data were used to elicit information from sample studied, the primary source...


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