1. A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND ITS IMPACT ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECT COMPLETION RATE IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF STUDY
The construction sector, according to Ashworth et al. (1997), is one of the most important sectors of the economy, employing a varied variety of skilled and unskilled people. These professionals offer a wide range of products and se...
2. IMPACT OF PRICING AND MARKETING OF BEVERAGE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Decision about prices of a company’s product and services are among the most important activities the business organization undertaken infact few decision that these organization make arouse as much interest as those concerning prices. The...
3. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF FEDERALISM AND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA AND SOUTH AFRICA (1960-2010)
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
A very striking feature of every federal state is the existence of diversities. Whether federations are formed by integration of previously independent entities or through differentiation of a single entity into many components, the...
4. BRAND DIFFERENTIATION AND POSITIONING FOR MAXIMUM COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Branding has been around for centuries as a means to distinguish the goods of one producer from those of another producer. To firms, brands represent enormously valuable pieces of legal property that can influence consumer behaviour, be bought an...
5. INFLUENCE OF PARENTAL DISCIPLINE ON EMOTIONAL ADJUSTMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Discipline has been defined as a set of rules and regulations, rewards and punishment administered in order to teach self-control, increase desirable behaviour and decrease undesirable behaviour (Okoli, 1996). As Brown (2000) put...
6. THE IMPACT OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ON PROFITABILITY IN NIGERIA BANKING INDUSTRY
Background of the Study
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as a concept entails the practice whereby corporate entities voluntarily integrate both social and environment upliftment in their business philosophy and operations. A business enterprise is...
7. BRAND IDENTITY AND MARKETING PERFORMANCE OF BEVERAGES FIRMS IN NIGERIA
EXCERPT FROM THE STUDY
Brands today play a number of important roles that improve consumers’ lives and enhance the financial value of firms. Brands identify the source or maker of a product and allow consumers either individuals or organizations to assign responsibility to a parti...
8. COMPENSATION MANAGEMENT AS A TOOL FOR IMPROVING ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
The compensation of employees at all level has become one of the major functions of human resource management. It is one of the most important, complex and problematic issues in managing human resources in any organization. Every...
9. BRAND DIFFERENTIATION AND POSITIONING FOR MAXIMUM COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE (A STUDY OF DANGOTE NOODLES)
ABSTRACT
In the market place, no company can win if its market offering resembles every other company’s product. Companies must pursue relevant positioning and differentiation. As part of branding strategy, a company and its offering must represent a distinctive b...
10. CORPORATE PLANNING AND ORGANIZATIONAL GROWTH
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Around 1999, empirical researchers began to examine the performance and consequences of formal corporate planning (Thune and House, 1999; Ansoff et al., 2000; Herold, 2001) and over 40 planning performance studies have appeared s...
11. IMPACT OF BRANDING AND PACKAGING ON SALES TURNOVER OF NESTLE FOOD NIGERIA PLC
INTRODUCTION
One element that has undergone tremendous change in the past decade is branding and packaging according to Rahim, liberalization by allowing for easy imports of printing technology. Made a vast difference to packaging and branding Simpli...
12. DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF CURRENCY CONVERTER FOR MAJOR WORLD COUNTRIES
LITERATURE REVIEW
Concept of exchange rate exposure
Notwithstanding the fact that the conversion rates of different currencies to
one another usually change over time, it can provide the condition of risk for
dif...
13. EFFECT OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TEACHERS MOTIVATIONON SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN CHEMISTRY (A STUDY OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN LAGOS STATE)
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Education is largely a matter of a learning process that involves interactions between teacher and learner. When this process works well, real learning takes place. In the past, academic performance was often measured more by ear...
14. EFFECT OF OVERHEAD COST ON THE SELLING PRICE OF A PRODUCT
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
In this present time of poor economy situation of the country, there has been a persistence race of poor variance on the cost of a product, which mostly was due to the lack of control. The primary motive of a firm is to set a stand...
15. THE EFFECT OF SALES PROMOTION STRATEGIES ON CUSTOMER PATRONAGE OF BREWERIES PRODUCTS
ABSTRACT
This study was carried out to examine the effect of sales promotion strategies on customer patronage of breweries products using Nigerian Breweries Plc Kaduna consumers within confines of Unwar Television in Chukun Local Government Area of Kaduna a...
16. THE EFFECT OF SALES PROMOTION STRATEGIES ON CUSTOMER PATRONAGE OF BREWERIES PRODUCTS
ABSTRACT
This study was carried out to examine the effect of sales promotion strategies on customer patronage of breweries products using Nigerian Breweries Plc Kaduna consumers within confines of Unwar Television in Chukun Local Government Area of Kaduna a...
17. THE IMPACT OF PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION STRATEGY ON SALES PERFORMANCE
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study is to highlight the strategy on how different product enhance sales performance in communication industries especially (GLO NIG LTD) and the general public.
The most obvious problems of telecommunication service like GLO (NIG...
18. EFFECT OF BRAND EQUITY MEASUREMENTS ON SERVICE DELIVERY IN THE NIGERIAN INSURANCE INDUSTRY
Background to the Study
In today’s economy, the financial services industry that insurance belongs is exposed to increasing performance pressures and competitive forces (Goergen, 2001). Modern media, such as the internet, have created new challenges for this indus...
19. MASS MEDIA AND ITS ROLE IN INFLUENCING THE RATE OF CRIME AMONG YOUTHS IN THE SOCIETY
Background Of The Study
There is no doubt that the impact of the media on young people’s lives is broadly considered within what is referred to as “media effects” debate which to a great extent focuses on the potentially negative imp...
20. ORGANIZATIONAL CORE COMPETENCE AND COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
This study focused on the strategic role of core competencies on competitive advantage as applied by CIC General Insurance Company in Nigeria. CIC General Insurance Company Limited can be used as a case study in successful turn-around strategy. In 2005,...
21. THE IMPACT OF NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT ON THE PERFORMANCE OF AN ORGANIZATION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The society expects that all the manufacturing industries should continuously improve their business performance. To do this, all industries strive to operate and compete in an expanding and dynamic environment, and new product d...
22. ASSESSMENT OF TELEVISION BROADCASTING, REALITY TV SHOWS AND MORAL DEVELOPMENT OF YOUTHS IN NIGERIA
Background of the study
A film, also called a movie or motion picture is a series of still or moving images using animation techniques or visual effect. Film also refers to series of images that are projected unto a screen to create the illusion of motion. The origin of...
23. THE EFFECT OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE ON CORPORATE PERFORMANCE
Abstract
The study examined the effect of organizational structure on corporate performance of Globacom Limited. It was established that organizational structure is the formal system of authority, relationships and tasks that control and coordinate empl...
24. FAMILY AND SOCIETY: A CASE STUDY OF THINGS FALL APART AND PURPLE HIBISCUS IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
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Many societies have beliefs rooted deep in ancient religion. Some beliefs include polygamy, polytheism, and patriarchy, or rule by men. One such culture is that of Ach...
25. PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF SELECTED TOMATO PRODUCTS
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Intake of tomato and tomato based-products contributes to the absorption of a wide range of carotenoids in human serum and tissues. The prominent carotenoid in tomatoes is lycopene, a pigment principally responsible for the deep...
26. DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF FASHION BROCHURE SYSTEM
Background Of The Study
The traditional marketing and management of fashion industry is experiencing a revolution because of the emergenceof e-commerce. Since the birth of e-commerce, businesseshave been able to make use of the Internet in reducing costs associated with...
27. COMPARATIVE PHARMACOGNOSTIC STUDIES OF THE LEAVES OF SOLANUM INCANUM LINN AND SOLANUM MELONGENA LINN (SOLANACEAE)
ABSTRACT
Solanum incanum Linn. and Solanum melongena Linn (Solanaceae) are both shrubs or trees found in the sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East. Both are called „gauta‟ among the Hausa community of Northern Nigeria and „Tarku‟ among the Bura/Babar speaking people of Sout...
28. MOLECULAR AND PATHOLOGICAL DIFFERENTIATION OF COLLETOTRICHUM TRUNCATUM FROM SCENTLESS CHAMOMILE AND LEGUME CROPS
ABSTRACT
The fungus Colletotrichum truncatum is a potential biocontrol agent (BA) against the noxious weed scentless chamomile (Metricaria perforata Mérat; syn.: Tripleurospermum perforatum (Mérat) Lainz) in western Canada. This potential BA, however, is taxonomically rela...
29. IMPACT OF MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS RETRAINING PROGRAMME ON JOB PERFORMANCE AND INTEREST AMONG CHEMISTRY TEACHERS
Introduction
There is no greater factor for the social economic and political advancement than a good educational system (Afolabi, 2013). For successful schools and educational systems, teachers are very vital. In view of this, Omotayo (2007) opined that teachers are ve...
30. AN ASSESSMENT OF MEDIATING ROLE OF ORGANISATIONAL POLITICS PERCEPTION ON LEADER-MEMBER EXCHANGE AND WORK WITHDRAWAL BEHAVIOUR AMONG PUBLIC SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS IN GHANA
Background of the study
Leaders' responsibilities and connections with their subordinates have been assessed as critical components of subordinates' job performance in different companies throughout the years (Yariv, 2009). It is very impossible to create and su...
31. AN ASSESSMENT OF THE APPLICATION OF ANDRAGOGY METHODS IN ADULT EDUCATION IN AKWA IBOM STATE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Knowles (1980) defines andragogy as "the art and science of assisting adults in learning, as opposed to pedagogy, which is the art and science of teaching children". Andragogy is a term with a lengthy history of development an...
32. AN ASSESSMENT OF X.com (TWITTER ) BAN ON NIGERIA’S IMAGE IN THE INTERNATIONL COMMUNITY
Background of the study
The term "social media" is frequently used to describe new kinds of media that allow for interactive involvement. The evolution of media is often split into two epochs: the broadcast epoch and the interactive epoch. During the broadcast...
33. LANGUAGE AND GENDER, ANALYSING THE DIFFERENCE LANGUAGE USE BETWEEN MALE AND FEMALE
INTRODUCTION
People have always known that gender and language use are connected. Women and men however, do not use completely different forms but different quantities or frequencies of form. Though both sexes use particular form, one sex shows greater pr...
34. THE ROLE OF INNOVATION IN NAVIGATING THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
ABSTRACT: THE ROLE OF INNOVATION IN NAVIGATING THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
This study aims to: 1) evaluate the impact of innovation on business competitiveness; 2) analyze the factors driving innovation in businesses; and 3) assess the rol...
