Abstract The primary purpose of this study is to understand the effects of work environmental hazards on the happiness and self-esteem of workers in the energy sector. The problem statement will highlight the significance of the study, hypothesis, assumptions of the study and the research methodology. Moreso, this study will look into previous studies that were carried out by other researchers, thus reviewing literature where such research was conducted. The delimitations will determine the b...
ABSTRACT The study is a comparative analysis of SAP and NEEDS in economic planning and management in Nigeria. It seeks to understand if there is any relationship between SAD and NEED in economic planning and management and the prospect that NEEDS will succeed were SAP failed. Documentary data sources of textbooks, journals, newspapers and magazines among other secondary sources were used extensively in the study. Anchoring analysis on the depending theory, the study noted that NEEDS is an oil...
ABSTRACT The main thrust of the research was to analyse the revival of the once defunct Rusere Piped Water Scheme. The study also sought to bring out the opportunities and challenges that are faced in the revival of community owned and managed schemes. Qualitative research approach was used to carry out the research and data collection tools included questionnaires and interviews from key informants such as the DWSSC and local leaders. Field observations were also carried out to ascertain the...
ABSTRACT This study evaluated manpower training and utilization in Nsukka local government area, Enugu State, 2009-2015.The objectives of the study are: to determine whether manpower training has translated to infrastructural development in Nsukka local government area and to examine whether inappropriate placement of trained staff undermine the level of infrastructural development in Nsukka local government area. The study used both the quantitative and qualitative methods for data collectio...
ABSTRACT Effectiveness of monetary policy in stimulating economic growth This study investigates the effectiveness of monetary policy in stimulating economy growth in Nigeria using AK production Function and Vector Autoregressive (VAR) model. The empirical evidence depicts that economic growth in Nigeria is influenced by money supply, electric power consumption, gross fixed capital formation and trade openness. This shows that monetary policy is effective in maintaining economic growth on the...
ABSTRACT The increase in demand for housing not matching with housing delivery have been the major cause for the growth of informal settlements in most urban areas especially on the peripheries of these towns. Epworth as the only settlement which the government accepted and recognised after independence as an informal settlement have seen a drastic increase on population into the informal settlements and the study will focus on ward six and seven which have been the mainly affected wards in w...
ABSTRACT This study sought to analyse the Infrastructure Funding Gap of Parastatals in Zimbabwe: A Case of the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority. The research seeks to analyze the barriers to attracting investment, critically analyzing the effects of return on capital, poor debt management shown by the high debt to equity ratio and the tariffs as hindrance to the attainment of its goals and objectives. Literature review was used to conduct and informs the researcher of the influential res...
ABSTRACT Strategic Plan Implementation (SPI) refers to the process of developing an organization-wide strategy that can be executed over the course of a long period of time; usually between one and five years and uses factors such as leadership, structure and resource allocation alignment, to improve customer service quality, satisfaction and clientele growth. Whereas many studies look at single factor relationships with strategic implementation and performance these factors never exist singl...
ABSTRACT Financial performance of County governments in Kenya has been rated to be below average, as is evidenced in the 2017/2018 Auditor General’s report, on County governments’ performance. Available information attests to the fact that Audit practices are an inherent function of the operations of all government activities. Audit provides unbiased, objective assessments of responsible and effective public resources management in an effort to achieve intended results, through accountabi...
Abstract This research was carried out to explore the effectiveness of works councils in promoting industrial democracy. It was carried out using the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority as a case study. The problem identified was the non-implementation of works council resolutions, which tainted the achievement of industrial democracy. It should be noted however that although there is no requirement at law for parties to reach agreements whenever they convene for meetings, both parties should be bound...
ABSTRACT Globally, e-procurement has gained popularity especially with the advent of technology. In United States of America for instance, rapid development of e-procurement was reported in early 2000 just before the recession. By the end of the year 2000, it was reported that all state functions were maintaining web presence in at least some stage of their procurement processes with some participating in online bidding. In Kenya, organizations are adopting e-procurement. County governments a...
ABSTRACT. The aim of this research was to assess how small mining towns in Zimbabwe have been affected by the closure of mining industries in terms of development using the case study of Shabanie mine in Zvishavane. In assessing the closure of mines, sustainable development was looked at to give the framework of what is expected in development as well as sustainable development goals. ZMDC was assessed in this research as it is the corporation that is in charge of maintaining and caring for t...
ABSTRACT Climate change accounts for ninety percent of global weather-related natural disasters. Cultural perspectives shape the interpretation and expression of climate change phenomenon among indigenous peoples all over the world. In Kenya, research and discourse have under-represented sociocultural perspectives on climate change. The people of Ahero Irrigation Scheme sub-location in Kenya draw on cultural perspectives to explain and adapt to climate change. However, studies have least exp...
ABSTRACT The study was carried out to assess the effectiveness of e-filing an online tax return submission system. The research was necessitated by the system lags that were experienced by users especially on the due dates of various tax heads which made it difficult for taxpayers to submit their returns in the comfort of their offices but rather forced them to queue at ZIMRA offices to submit their returns manually. The research therefore seeks to assess the effectiveness of e-filing in term...
ABSTRACT The study focused on the analysis of the causes of default risk and its impact on the performance of MFI’s. SMEDCO was used as the case of study. The main objective of the study was to identify the main causes of default risk and to assess its impact on the performance of MFIs. Descriptive research was used for the study since there was a case of SMEDCO to enhance the study. The population of the study was 46, and 35 of 46 were set aside as the target population. Random and purposi...