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Risk Assessment & Management in Outsourcing of Facilities Management Services.

INTRODUCTION Facilities management (FM)  adds value  to  organizations  in a variety  of  ways.  For instance, FM offers an integrated approach to maintaining, improving and adapting the buildings and other infrastructure of an organization in order to create an environment that strongly supports the primary objectives of the organization  (SFMS, 2006). Cotts and  Lee  (1992)  describe  FM as  an  essential  business  function  affecting  not  only revenues and costs but pr...

THE IMPACTS OF LAND DISPUTES BETWEEN NEIGHBOURING COMMUNITIES ON INVESTMENT. A CASE STUDY OF OREDO LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF EDO STATE

A student research submitted in my 3rd year. Talks about my personal observation on land disputes.

Merger and Acquisition tools for Profitability and Viability

ABSTRACT Mergers and Acquisitions have long been used as strategies for continued growth and expansion of businesses as well as tools for reducing or totally eliminating competition. They are of different types and can be used by organizations to achieve a variety of objectives. A conglomerate merger for example can help an organization to enter a totally different product or service market and also grant it access to new technologies. There are a number of strategic reasons why companies may...

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Telecommunications: The Success Story of MTN in Nigeria

Introduction In 1999, one of the worst post-colonial dictatorship regime in Africa comes to a end.  Sani Abacha’s military ruling in Nigeria is overthrown and a transitional regime led by Olusegun Obasanjo is put into place. The country, touted in the 70’s as one of the potential success stories of Africa following the discovery of huge oil reserves and the building of decent infrastructure in cities such as Lagos and Port Harcourt, is in ruins. Part of the challenge, second only to the ...

THE EFFECT OF SALES PROMOTION ON SALES VOLUME A CASE STUDY OF VITAFOAM COMPANY IN ENUGU METROPOLIS

ABSTRACT This study was focused on the affect of sales promotion on sales volume of Vitafoam product in Enugu metropolis.  The researcher find out various ways through which the company employed sales promotion to create awareness of their product, stimulate and arouse customers and dealers favourable behacviour towards the company and its products.  This study was portrayed to determine the relationship between sales promotion effect and consumer patronage of the various brands.  Based on...

Marketing of Insurance Services

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION In some sense, we can say that insurance appears simultaneously with the appearance of human society. We know of two types of economies in human societies: natural or non-monetary economies (using barter and trade with no centralized nor standardized set of financial instruments) and more modern monetary economies (with markets, currency, financial instruments and so on).  The former is more primitive and the insurance in such economies entails agreements of mutual ...

CHALLENGES OF LAND USE ACT

INTRODUCTION To address the pitfalls and many of the challenges associated with the Land Use Act of 1978, it has been argued that the country needs a ‘Land Adjudication Act’ (LAA) that would allow rights to be adjudicated and the parcel to be defined under the surveyors’ law. Lynn Holstein, a land administration specialist in a paper titled ‘Land Reform in Nigeria: Some Lessons from International Experience in Systematic Adjudication and Registration’ at a dialogue on legitimizing S...

COST VOLUME PROFIT ANALYSIS AS A MANAGEMENT TOOL FOR DECISION MAKING (A CASE STUDY OF NIGERIAN BREWERIES, PLC)

ABSTRACT The topic of this research study cost-volume profit analysis as a management tool for decision making (A case study of Nigeria Breweries, Plc).  A lot of problems evoke the researchers interest to carryout the intellectual study of this nature.  Problems raised by expansion through increase sales and the introduction of new products.  Many are facing problem of contraction due to the introduction of substitute materials, products or reduced demand for their products.  The main ob...

A STUDY OF TAX COLLECTION AND REVENUE MOBILIZATION (A CASE STUDY OF ENUGU SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCIL)

ABSTRACT A study of tax collection and revenue mobilization. This study is aimed at the problems surrounding tax collection and revenue mobilization. The objective of the study is determine the level of corruption or sharp practices on the part of tax collectors and revenue generators in local government area and also to know the extend to which unfaithfulness in tax paying as and when due affect the objective of tax collector and revenue mobilization in local government. The significance of ...

The effect of merger and aquisition on nigeria economy

                  Abstract   Mergers and acquisitions are the major instruments of the recent banking reforms in Nigeria. The effects and the implications of the reforms on the lending practices of merged banks to small businesses were considered in this study. These effects were divided into static and dynamic effects (restructuring, direct and external). Data were collected by cross-sectional research design and were subsequently analyzed by the ordinary least square ...

Impact and causes of conflict in an organisation

                                     Impact And Causes Of Conflict In An Organisation  It is an incontrovertible statement of fact that the only place where conflict does not exist is in the graveyard. If conflict is therefore pervasive among all human groupings, then organizations are not left out. As such we intend to explain as brief as we can the source, causes and effects of conflict in organizations in this write-up. Conflict can be seen as the clash of two oppo...

THE APPLICATION OF THE CONTRIBUTION MARGIN APPROACH TO PRICING DECISION IN MANUFACTURING ORGANIZATIONS

INTRODUCTION The management of an organization is concerned with planning, the managers outline the steps to be taken in moving the organization towards its objectives. In organizing, the managers decided how best to put together the organization’s human and other resources in order to carryout these steps that are necessary to ensure that ever part of the organization is functioning at maximum effectiveness. Through decision making, the manager attempts to make rational choice between alt...

Women Entrepreneurs and Their Cntribution to the Economic Growth of Malawi

INTRODUCTION The role of women in economic development cannot be understated. Jiggins (1989) notes that about 30 per cent of rural households in the world are headed by women, and that women contribute about 80 per cent of agricultural labour, produce almost 60 per cent of the food that is consumed by rural households and generate more than one-third of; ill household incomes, mainly through small-scale agro-industry, trading, craft work and casual labour. In Malawi, about 59 per cent of fema...

APPRAISAL OF FRAUD CONTROL TECHNIQUES IN NIGERIA COMMERCIAL BANKS [A CASE STUDY OF FIRST BANK NIGERIA PLC. OKPARA AVENUE ENUGU]

ABSTRACT This research work is aimed at evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of fraud control techniques employed in Nigeria commercial banks. The compilation of this research work is structured into five chapters covering very relevant details relating the topics. The types, causes and effect of fraud on individual, banks and on Nigeria economy was discussed. Also various control techniques employed by Nigerian commercial banks in curtailing the incidence of bank frauds was enumerated...

The Challenges of Post Consolidation in the Nigerian Banking Sector

ABSTRACT  The main objective of this study is to critically examine the challenges facing the banking sector in Nigeria after consolidation exercise. The reason for embarking on this is therefore to probe into the challenges and see how those post consolidation challenges can impact and also act as a strengthening factor in the banking industry.  data used for this work were obtained from the result of survey i.e. questionnaire, and literature review which can also be called primary and sec...


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