INTRODUCTION
It is an undisputable fact that Nigeria of the pre-independence era was predominately small scale in its productions and marketing activities. Industrial revolution brought about a shift from the orthodox trade by barter to a more sophisticated marketing system where consumers satisfaction becomes the ultimate goal of the most businesses. Thus small scale business becomes the next option since they stood a better chance of offering a more personal relationship with customers as well as socio economic satisfactions of societal needs.
Unfortunately the over concentration on t he oil sector which Nigeria hoped will boost economic growth led to the negligence of the small scale industries until economic depression set in during the oil boom period. This and other factors led to the quest for private participation in the various economic sectors through the Small Scale Industries especially in the present civilian government where the Industrial Development Centres (IDCS ) have embarked upon a loan scheme for small business to enhance their contribution to national economic development. The question now is, will small scale contributes to nation’s economic development? One might wonder if this will be realistic, but it is quite obvious that Nigeria as a country developing very slow due to economic dependency of the country.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE
1.0INTRODUCTION
1.1HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE CASE STUDY
1.2STATEMENT OF GENERAL PROBLEMS
1.3OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
1.4SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
1.5SCOPE OF THE STUDY
1.6LIMITATION OF THE STUDY
1.7HYPOTHESIS
1.8DEFINITION OF TERMINOLOGIES (CONCEPTS)
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
2.0THE REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
2.1DEFINITION OF SMALL BUSINESS
2.2FORMS OF BUSINESS OWNERSHIP UNDER SMALL SCALE OPERATION
2.3CHARACTERISTICS OF SMALL BUSINESS
2.4PROBLEMS AND CAUSES OF SMALL BUSINES FAILURE IN NIGERIA
2.4.1PROBLEMS OF SMALL BUSINESS
2.5FACTORS FACILITATING THE SUCCESS OF SMALL BUSINESS
2.6FINANCING THE BUSINESS
2.6.1WHY DO BUSINESS ORGANIZATION REQUIRE FUNDS?
2.7.2 PLANNING
2.7.3CONTROLLING
2.7.4DECISION MAKING
2.7.5ORGANIZING
2.7.6LEADING
2.7.7. MOTIVATION
2.8MARKETINGASPECTS OF SMALL BUSINESS
2.9LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SMALL BUSINESS
2.10SMALL BUSINESS AND THE MACRO ENVIRONMENT
2.11REASONS FOR GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION IN SMALL
2.12THE ROLES OF SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES IN NIGERIA’S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER THREE
3.1INTRODUCTION
3.2RESEARCH DESIGN
3.3AREA OF STUDY
3.4POPULATION OF THE STUDY
3.5SAMPLE AND SAMPLING TECHNIQUE
3.6INSTRUMENT FOR DATA COLLECTION
3.7VALIDATION OF THE INSTRUMENT
3.8RELIABILITY OF THE INTSRUMENT.
3.9METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION
3.10METHOD OF DATA ANALYSIS
CHAPTER FOUR.
4.1INTRODUCTION
4.2CHARACTERISTICS OF RESPONDENTS
4.3DATA PRESENTATION
4.4TEST OF THE HYPOTHESIS
4.5SUMMARY OF MAJOR FINDINGS
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
5.1INTRODUCTION
5.2SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
5.3CONCLUSION
5.4RECOMMENDATIONS
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