Abstract This study investigated the impact of new product development on the performance of an organization using Grand Malt, which is a product of SABMiller situated at Onitsha in Anambra State as a case study. A total of 100 respondents were investigated using the cross-sectional survey research methodof data collection. The data collected were analyzed using the simple percentage. The hypotheses were tested using the Chi-Square statistical technique. It was discovered that new product de...
ABSTRACT;As regards to this topic, TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT (TQM) it goes on reviewing the better ways of improving productivity, product quality, and deliver services. Organizations that adopt the concept of total quality management as culture in the direction of altering the behaviour of managers and employees have become low cost, high quality and high productive in the supply of goods and services in order to honour and support the contributions of all organizational members. This...
Abstract This paper analyses Nigeria’s poverty alleviation strategies since 1960. There is an indication that despite attempts at curbing poverty through poverty alleviation strategies, Nigeria’s poverty level continues to increase in a worrisome dimension with poverty remaining a hydra-headed monster. The failure of these strategies to reduce Nigeria’s poverty burden has been attributed to several factors including corruption, the multiplicity of programmes which lead to overlapping fu...
INTRODUCTION Unemployment is a major challenge in Aba North, Nigeria. Unemployment exists among professionals and non professionals alike, among young school graduates, experienced professionals, tradesmen, and non-skilled workers. The consequences of unemployment are grave and may lead to increase in crime rates, loss of potential output, poverty, and loss of potential government revenue, professional studentship and family instability (Alam et al., 2009). The term unemployment denotes a c...
THE OPERATION AND MARKETING OF SMALL SCALE BUSINESS IN NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF ABUAD POULTRY FARM ADO EKITI) BY MUSTAPHA ISAH ONIMISI MATRIC NO: FPA/BA/13/2-0333 A PROJECT WORK TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT SCHOOL OF BUSINESS STUDIES FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC ADO-EKITI, EKITI STATE. IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF NATIONAL DIPLOMA (ND) IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT ...
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM The effective and efficient organization of any enterprise depends, to a large extent on its administrative machinery. The effectiveness of the machinery depends more on its arrangement and expertise. This is to say that the issues of organization and personnel resources are indispensable and vital in the operation of any enterprise. In the order word the importance of or the effects of lack of proper arrangement, availability of personnel and its development programm...
INTRODUCTION Today’s business environment is very dynamic and undergoes rapid changes as result of technologies information, increased awareness and demands from customers business organization, especially the banking industry of the 21st century operates in a complete and competitive environment characterized by these changing conditions and highly unpredictable economic climate. Information and communication technology ICT is at the centre of the global change curve. Loudon and Loudon (...
ABSTRACT:Many multi products or services SMEs fail to pay attention to the use of product portfolio analysis concept despite the fact that the application of the concept is a sine qua non for the achievement of the profit maximization objectives. This study focused on the impact of product portfolio analysis on the growth of small and medium scale enterprises in Nigeria: Akwa Ibom State experience. The population of the study comprised all registered SMEs in Akwa Ibom State. Two research ques...
ABSTRACT Stress has been well known to have negative effects on the lives of individuals including their health, social interactions and work. This study looked into the effect stress has on the secretary’s job performance. The study defined stress to be ‘the body’s reaction to any change that requires an adjustment or response’. Purposive Sampling technique was used to sample secretaries from various department within the Ministries compound of New Juaben Municipality of the Easte...
ABSTRACTIncome generating activities are the sources of revenues for financial institutions. The study evaluated income generating activities of rural and commercial banks. Income generating activity was defined as ‘all operation that produce income or recover cost by providing goods or services to the general public’. Convenience sampling technique was used to sample a rural bank, South Akim Rural Bank, and a commercial bank, GCB, both in the Koforidua municipality as case study.Questi...
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study The administration of urban transportation in Nigeria follows the structure of government administration, that is, the three-tier form (Oni et al, 2006). This system manifested in form of serious expectation gap between citizen minimum expectation and the actual road construction delivery. In 1998, Nigeria needed N300bn to fix dilapidated roads and N54bn subsequently every year for maintenance and rehabilitation (National Pol...
This article examines the impact of the Nigerian Local Content Act on petroleum industry human capital development and the role of local Training Institutes could play in the effective implementation of the Act. Although,the main objective of the Act is to provide the legal foundation for the domestication of certain engineering and technological projects, fabrication and construction, thereby training local nationals and enhancing the transfer of technology; it also provides th...
INTRODUCTION Nigeria is a country richly blessed with abundant natural resources and oil and gas has continued to play a dominant role in her economy. These resources if effectively harnessed and managed will better the lots of all Nigerians of today and the generations yet unborn. Unfortunately, the distribution of petroleum products in Nigeria is bedeviled with complex problems resulting sometimes in petroleum products shortage, inflated prices of products and contentions on the pump pr...
INTRODUCTION: Every day people make decisions regarding how they spend their money. They decide not only what they are going to buy but, even more important,who they are going to buy those items from. Most products and services are available from more than one source. You can purchase laundry detergent at several different supermarkets or retailers. You can also choose among several department stores for your clothes and electronic items. The point of all of this is: People have choices whe...
ABSTRACT This research will discuss the concept of Entrepreneurial Marketing as an enabler of small business development and growth with special focus on the Nigerian movie and music industry. On the surface entrepreneurial marketing can be understood as “marketing with an entrepreneurial mindset”. By a combination of the definition of marketing by the American Marketing Association (AMA) and two conceptualizations of entrepreneurship (entrepreneurial orientation and entrepreneurial m...