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INTRODUCTION Philip Crosby in his book “Quality is free†summarizes the effect of inspection in the following statement: “A prudent company makes certain that its products and services are delivered to the customers by a management system that does not condone remake, repairs, waste or non-conformance of any sort. These are... Continue Reading

INTRODUCTION The effect of information and communication technology (ICT) on the operation of stock markets has been a subject of debate in recent times. A school of thought led by authors like Shiller (1989),Summers (1988), Porteba and Summers (1988) would argue that stock markets have become excessively volatile since the adoption of computer... Continue Reading

INTRODUCTION It has been part of our history that goods produced are not usually consumed by those that produced them or where they are produced. They need to be moved and moved to the location they are needed. These goods passed through a long chain and are usually handled by many people, with each contributing to adding value to the product,... Continue Reading

The study was designed to find out the “Effect of Human Relations on Organizational Productivity in Nigerian Institute for Trypanosomiasis Research (NITR), Kaduna. To provide a theoretical base for the study, a review was made on the concept of human relations, development of human relations, importance of human relations in an... Continue Reading

This research is directed to examine the effect of manpower planning on organisation performance in Nigeria Bottling Company Kaduna what effect has manpower planning on workers job performance. The research work is divided into five chapters with each chapter structured in such a way as to ease understanding of its contents and issue... Continue Reading

Corporate growth was much desired by most companies operating in Nigeria these was because of the advantage of high profit ability to dictate to some certain degree in terms of industry and market which lead to enlargement in market share brought about by the growth made in corporate strategies used. The strategies being about the desire... Continue Reading

INTRODUCTION Marketing has over the years advanced from various concepts and philosophies, which include the production concept, selling concepts, and product concepts.  The marketing concept is viewed from the customers orientation philosophy which seek to identify unsatisfied consumer needs and wants, and this develops goods and services... Continue Reading

  Control of stock and its implication for manufacturing industries are very significant in the operational activities of an organization especially that of processing and manufacturing concerns, which are profit, oriented. The research direct its focus on the proper understanding of how effective and efficient application of stock... Continue Reading

Managing conflict is a tool for promoting peaceful co-existence between workers and employers in an organization. This tool is a mean by which improved performance of workers on their jobs is achieved which in turn enhances the general productivity of a organization. Employees within a social entity tend to engage in various activities... Continue Reading

  This study investigates the Role of Cooperatives in Poverty Alleviation. The study was based in the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria Kaduna Multipurpose Cooperative Society. The research review the literatures of related study and were duly acknowledge. Data were collected through constructed questionnaire and interview methods... Continue Reading

The aim of this research is to look at and asses the strategies of production planning and inventory control in the hospitality industry. This research work stated with a background on production planning and inventory control strategies. Then the research tried to establish an understanding of production planning and inventory control.... Continue Reading

  This research work, assessing the impact of information technology an inventory control in oil and gas sector. This study is focused on Kaduna refinery and petrochemical company. The study covers five chapters, chapter one introduces the subject matters and spells out the objectives to be achieves and as well as the significant of the... Continue Reading

Application of performance appraisal techniques affects the generally performance and quality of services obtained from workers. It is in recognition of the role assessing the staff plays in the organisation, and the importance of their appraisal as regards their performance on their job that I decided to write on the topic... Continue Reading

The Nigerian Capital Market is indeed a tool for economic growth and development. Many researchers are of the opinion that the market has done well, especially in terms of return on investments. If this is true, the impact is supposed to be shown on the economy of the nation. The aim of the research is therefore to evaluate the impact of... Continue Reading

Several developing and transition economies have embarked on extensive privatization and commercialization programmes in the last one and a half decades. As in most developing countries, Nigeria until recently witnessed the growing involvement of the state in economic activities. The expansion of SOEs into diverse economic activities was... Continue Reading

This study investigated the impact of external debt on economic growth in Nigeria for the period 1980-2015. Time series data on external debt stock and external debt service payment was used to capture external debt burden. Other variables such as exchange rate and Foreign Direct Investment where employed. The study set out to test for... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE      INTRODUCTION 1.0BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY In Nigeria, empirical report shows that an estimate of about 70% of the industrial employment is held by Small Business Enterprises and more than 50% of the Gross Domestic Product is small business enterprises’ generated (Odeyemi, 2003). Given the seminal role of Small businesses to... Continue Reading

Dividend policy is an important aspect of the organization’s corporate policies about which many researchers argued. It has become one of the most debatable topic for researchers due to the vagueness of its theories on the significance of dividend policy while indicating firm’s value. In this competitive environment the challenge to financial... Continue Reading

The purpose of the study was to assess the impact of human resource management practices on employees’ commitment: a case of some selected oil marketing companies within the Kumasi Metropolis. Descriptive research design was used for the study. The study used the quantitative research approach. The population for the study was sixtyfive... Continue Reading

The purpose of the study was to assess human resource planning on organisational  behaviour and performance, using the Ghana Education Service as case study. The  researcher used descriptive research design for the study. The objectives of the study  were to establish the relationship between human resource planning and... Continue Reading

The purpose of the study was to investigate the management of work place - related stress:   the case of the Division of Human Resource Management Unit of UEW, Winneba. A  sample of forty-five (45) participants was chosen for the study through simple random  technique and purposive sampling techniques.  Among others, it was found... Continue Reading

The focus of this research is in the area of performance-appraisals (PA) systems.  Performance-appraisal is a key component of Human Resource Management (HRM)  in every organization and one of the most vital responsibilities for human-resources  and line managers/supervisors. A well-designed and implemented formal PA system  can serve... Continue Reading

  Innovation in a company’s products, in addition to product introduction, has been the main factor to differentiate product from competitors’ offerings, and has played an important role in marketing, whilst it is considered as the main selling factor. The main objective of the study is to examine the impact of innovation on sales of... Continue Reading

  The purpose of the study is to assess the impact of Training and Development (T & D)  on the performance of employees in the Judicial Service. The study concentrates  primarily on the employees of the Kumasi High Courts. The study was guided by three  (3) objectives which were to find out if there are any T & D programmes for... Continue Reading

  Trade Union (TU) organizes for protection and promotion of the interest of their  members in particular and workers in general. It pursues the broad objective of steady  employment, which is something the employer may not be able to generate to the  workers. Achievement of this aspiration may, therefore, involve workers in... Continue Reading