Public Administration Research Papers/Topics

Local Government Administration and Good Governance in Nigeria

The paper was an examination of good governance at the local government level in Nigeria. The research methodology was essentially exploratory and therefore, depended on secondary data for the examination of issues of local government administration and good governance. The interest in good governance at this level of government arose out of the continued hue and cry of poor performance of the third tier of government which has attracted many conferences, workshops and dialogues about the...

CONTRIBUTION OF THE NATIONAL DIRECTORATE OF EMPLOYMENT (NDE) TO UNEMPLOYMENT REDUCTION IN EKITI STATE, NIGERIA (2011-2015)

The issue of unemployment is at the front burner of policy discussions in both developed and developing countries today. This is because, when left unchecked, the scourge of unemployment has the capacity to destabilize the most peaceful of societies and crash the most buoyant of economies. The study assessed the contribution of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) to unemployment reduction in Ekiti State between 2011 and 2015. The NDE was created in 1986 to combat mass unemployment in...

Effective Human Resource Development in Financial Institutions: A Case of First Bank of Nigeria Plc

ABSTRACT   The study is anchored on human resource development (HRD) as the critical  element that propels the financial institutions towards achieving and sustaining  competitive advantage in this age of explosive information technology which has  brought in revolution in the global economic landscape with impact on individuals  and challenges on businesses. It assesses the relevance of Human Resource  Development in addressing the issues and also present techniques that may be  appl...

Assessment of the Effect of New Public Management on Service Delivery

This research work is aimed at the assessment of the effect of the New Public management on service delivery in the public service. New public management is a new paradigm of public administration or management is aimed at enhancing effectiveness and efficient service delivery. Therefore, this work has asssed that.

An Assessment on the Effect of Civilian JTF in Suppressing Counter Terrorism in Maiduguri, Borno State

ABSRACT This study examined the activities of the CJTF in suppressing counter terrorism in Maiduguri (MMC), Borno State, Nigeria. The different security challenges across the nations, most especially in the African Continents have necessitated for emergence and creation of different vigilante groups (Civilian JTF ) outfits form different parts of the Civilian JTF aimed at suppressing counter terrorism security threats. In MMC, the civilian JTF emerged to restore peace, law and order which has...

CIVIL SERVICE AND POLICY IMPLEMENTATION IN NIGERIA A STUDY OF THE ROLE OF SERVICOM

ABSTRACT  The problem of inefficiency has been a growing problem within the Nigerian Civil Service. This inefficiency manifests itself in almost if not all the area of government administrative work and has been perpetuated by the lack of will of the government to sanitize the Civil service.  This study evaluated the efficiency of the Nigerian Civil Service in reference to one of its primary functions of policy implementation and also the extent to which SERVICOM, an agency created to ...

Labour turnover on organizational productivity in the Nigerian banking sector a case study of access bank ikot ekpene branch

ABSTRACT: This study explored labour turnover on organizational productivity in the Nigerian banking sector a case study of access bank ikot ekpene branch. Apparently there is a need to curb dysfunctional mobility of human capital in the banking sector in the local government. A cross-sectional mixed method design was used to collect data. A stratified sample of the bank’s employees completed a semi-structured questionnaire. Archival data was used in the calculation of turnover rates. T...

Assessment of Effectiveness of ICPC in Combating Corruption in Nigeria: A Public Service

All over the world, no country has been adjusted to be totally free from any iota of corruption. Corruption in the Federal Public Service has triggers government response by setting up an impressive array of institution designed to curtail the malaise in the public sector. However, these efforts have continued to fail. This thesis has taken a deep assessment of performance of independent corrupt practices and other related offences commission in combating corruption in Nigeria federal public ...

ASSESSMENT OF THE PERFORMANCE OF ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION (EFCC) IN COMBATING CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA 2003 - 2007

Nigeria post independent era witnessed various kinds of manifestation and widespread corruption as a result of oil boom and the transfer of power from the colonial master to indigenous educated ruling elites. This made the government to set up various machines / institutions to control corruption and other financial crimes in the country. One among such institutions is the economic and financial crimes commission (EFCC) but has the commission carried out its roles effectively on the control o...

Leadership Styles, and Their Effect on Workers Performance: (A Case Study of the Nigerian Navy)

                                          ABSTRACT Leadership will necessarily force an examination into the unresolved subject of the definition of “leaders’’ and leaderships in the olden days, various acknowledged leaders had attempted a comprehensive definition of the concepts but such definitions became inadequate because of factions such as time, space and perhaps least of all fate or luck.          The elusiveness of the definition becomes more obviou...

Human Development and Utilization in Kaduna State National Teachers Institute

This review impacts of human and material resources in an organization. How effectively and efficiently these can be trained, developed and put into utilization.  Objectives of the study. The broad objective of this research is to assess manpower development and its   utilizations   in   Federal  parastatals   using  the   National   Teachers  Institute (NTI) Kaduna as a case study. The specific objectives include; To   ascertain   whether  the   management  of  NT...

Community Participation in Public Policy Implementation in Tanzania: A case of Agricultural Policy in Morogoro Rural District

Abstract Community Participation plays a vital role in the development of a society. This study attempts to assess the extent to which community Participation has contributed to the implementation of agricultural policy in Morogoro RuralDistrict. It focuses on the forms and extent of community participation in policy making, to further assess the effects of Patricipation towards the implementation of these agricultural policies. The main objective of this study was to assess community part...

COMMUNICATION AS INDISPENSABLE TOOL FOR EFFECTIVE ADMINISTRATION

ABSTRACT This research work is a part of the requirement for award of National Diploma in Public Administration. This research studies “Communication as an Indispensable tool for an effect administrationâ€. The essay contains three chapters, chapter one discusses the objective of the essay. Scope and background of the study. Chapter two reviewed, the related literature on the subject matter of communication, different experts opinions were discussed and summary was made, while chapte...

ASSESSMENT OF THE INFLUENCE OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION ON THE PERFORMANCE OF PUBLIC ORGANIZATION (A CASE STUDY OF KADUNA STATE CIVIL SERVICE)

BACKGROUND The assessment of conflict management on organization harmony cannot be over-emphasized as it has become a virtual tool used in promoting organizational development. Certainly for organizational development to take place there must be proper conflict management as such, conflict management has become indispensable in any organization or managerial setting in order to succeed.  Conflicts are inevitable parts of organizational life since the goals of different stakeholders such as t...

STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING PRODUCTIVITY IN NIGERIA CIVIL SERVICE (A CASE STUDY OF EDO STATE CIVIL SERVICE)

ABSTRACT Right from the beginning, one needs to realize that the civil service is a key instrument to the survival of any governmental setting and indeed national development. In a general sense, the civil service provides the semblance of government. Thus, the effectiveness and productivity of any government is largely determined by the efficiency of the civil service. As the administrative and technical support to the governing apparatus, the civil service remains the only viable mechanism ...


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