1. A CRITICAL INVESTIGATION OF LEADERSHIP IN NIGERIA CIVIL SERVICE: A THEORETICAL REVIEW
Background of the study
Leadership is one concept that has emerged in productive connections between companies and society at large. Leadership is described as the process by which an individual inspires a group of people to work toward a shared goal or...
2. IMPACT OF EFFECTIVE ADMINISTRATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOL ON STUDENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Education remains the biggest instrument for academic progress, social mobilization, political survival and effective national development of any country, it constitutes the largest enterprise/industry in Nigeria that is why, the...
3. IMPACT OF FORMAL EDUCATION ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN OREDO LOCAL GOVERNMENT, EDO STATE
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the study
Education is one parameter to see the level of the economy in a country. Education is the most strategic element for the development of a nation (Shofwan & Kun...
4. MANAGEMENT AND USE OF LEGAL DEPOSIT MATERIALS BY LIBRARIES FOR EFFECTIVE USER SUPPORT IN THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF NIGERIA
Background Of The Study
Different libraries exist for different purposes. These purposes include function, type of users and the reason for establishing the library. These account for the major differences in libraries. Okiy in Tinuoye (2010) asserted that the main reas...
5. MANAGEMENT AND USE OF LEGAL DEPOSIT MATERIALS BY LIBRARIES FOR EFFECTIVE USER SUPPORT IN THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF NIGERIA
Background Of The Study
Different libraries exist for different purposes. These purposes include function, type of users and the reason for establishing the library. These account for the major differences in libraries. Okiy in Tinuoye (2010) asserted that the main reas...
6. AN ANALYSIS OF COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION AND ITS EFFECTS ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AMONG NCE PHYSICS STUDENTS OF DIFFERENT ABILITIES
Background to the study
The world is growing increasingly technologically advanced. The industrial period gave rise to the information era, which is as important as the water we drink since it has brought good improvements to society, business, education, and other aspe...
7. AN ASSESSMENT OF ELECTRONIC MEDIA AND ITS ROLE IN NATIONAL IMAGE BUILDING IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
In today's dynamic Nigerian culture, the significance of broadcasting and broadcast media as agents of rural and national development, particularly at the information dissertational level, is now well acknowledged and embrace...
8. AUDIENCE PERCEPTION OF NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER ON THE INTERNET
Background of the Study
The Internet continues to evolve into a major news source. The internet is the worldwide system of interconnected computers which make use of telecommunication resources. It is defined by Ani (2010) as...
9. MANAGEMENT AND USE OF LEGAL DEPOSIT MATERIALS BY LIBRARIES FOR EFFECTIVE USER SUPPORT IN THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF NIGERIA
Background Of The Study
Different libraries exist for different purposes. These purposes include function, type of users and the reason for establishing the library. These account for the major differences in libraries. Okiy in Tinuoye (2010) asserted t...
10. THE IMPACT OR EFFECT OF LABORATORY ACTIVITIES ON STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN CHEMISTRY
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
According to Agbai, (2004), chemistry is a branch of science and the prerequisite subject for many fields of science. These fields include agriculture, pharmacy, medicine, nursing, biochemistry, and chemical engineering. It contr...
11. A STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF CHILD LABOUR ON SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
BACKGROUND STUDY
In Nigeria, the main instrument for social change is western education. Education is the surest and greatest investment which a nation can depend on for the rapid development of its economic and human resources. Education is a long term...
12. POLITICAL ELITES AND DEVELOPMENT CRISIS IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Presently, the crisis of development is the most serious problem facing Nigeria and Africa as a whole. This is because the country has remained largely underdeveloped despite the presence of huge mineral and human resources. Seve...
13. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYEE RETENTION IN PUBLIC SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS: IMPLICATION FOR A TIMELY INTERVENTION
Background to the Study
Career development and employee retention are key strategic ...
14. SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CRISIS AND MILITANCY ON TOURISM DESTINATION IN SOUTH-WEST NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Tourism in recent times has developed significantly to become one of most rapidly growing industries in the world. According W.T.O (2002), ‘global economy is presently driven by three major industries and these are tec...
15. SUBJECT COMBINATION/CHOICES AND OCCUPATIONAL RELEVANCE
Background of the Study
In any contemporary society, the heart of the long process of preparing young people for life and work is centered in the educational system (Gesinde (1977)). But it has been observed that in Nigeria generally parental influence...
16. SUBJECT COMBINATION/CHOICES AND OCCUPATIONAL RELEVANCE
Background of the Study
In any contemporary society, the heart of the long process of preparing young people for life and work is centered in the educational system (Gesinde (1977)). But it has been observed that in Nigeria generally parental influence...
17. THE IMPACT OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES ON THE ECONOMY
Background of the Study
Agriculture is the foundation and bedrock upon which the development of stable human community has depended on throughout the whole universe such as rural and urban communities. It is concerned with the husbandry of crops and ani...
18. THE IMPACT OF INFRASTRUCTURE ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERI
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Nigerian government has made significant efforts in recent years, not only in the fair distribution of such facilities to different parts of the country but also to increase the quality and improve the quality of such facilities.
The de...
19. IMPACT OF STAFF DEVELOPMENT IN EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF GOVERNMENT PARASTATALS
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Tuoyo (1982) pointed out the electricity occupies a strategic position in the social and industrial development or any country and in indeed any company n industrial age, .he further affirmed that without electricity, economic and industrial act...
20. THE ROLE OF HUMAN RESOURCE IN ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE
Background to the Study
Human resource management is concerned with the supervision and controlling of employees so as to enhance organizational performance. Human resource management covers such practices such as human resource planning, recruitment an...
21. AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES AND ITS IMPACT ON THE NIGERIA ECONOMY
Background of the Study
Agriculture is the foundation and bedrock upon which the development of stable human community has depended on throughout the whole universe such as rural and urban communities. It is concerned with the husbandry of crops and ani...
22. INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY AND ITS IMPACT ON FOREIGN POLICY MAKING IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The recent advances in information communication technology (ICT) especially on the aspect of foreign policy making are becoming central to other processes, such as socio-economic and political development of nation states and ho...
23. UNEMPLOYMENT AND ITS IMPACT ON CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES
Background of the Study
Crime is one major problem, and a burning issue in which every society particularly a developing one is faced with. Nigeria as a developing country faces her own share of social, political, economic and cultural problems at diffe...
24. AUDIENCE PERCEPTION OF NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER ON THE INTERNET
Background of the Study
The Internet continues to evolve into a major news source. The internet is the worldwide system of interconnected computers which make use of telecommunication resources. It is defined by Ani (2010) as...
25. EFFECTIVE ADMINISTRATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOL AND ITS IMPPACT ON STUDENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Education remains the biggest instrument for academic progress, social mobilization, political survival and effective national development of any country, it constitutes the largest enterprise/industry in Nigeria that is why, the...
26. A SURVEY ON THE CHALLENGES FACING SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) are largely viewed as the engine wire of any nation’s economic growth and they are regarded as justifiable means that propel development globally. SMEs are labour intensive; as much...
27. AN ANALYSIS OF CHILD LABOUR, CHILD TRAFFICKING AND GIRL CHILD MARRIAGE IN NIGERIA
Background of the Study
Child labour and trafficking are essentially understood as encompassing monetary or non monetary activities which are mentally physically, morally and socially hazardous for children below 15 years of age (UNICEF, 2005). Ch...
28. ASSESSING THE CAUSES OF DRUG ABUSE AND ITS EFECTS AMONG SCONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Drug abuse is a social problem of great concern in our society like other social problems; drug abuse has been attracting the attention of sociologist, political scientist, psychologist, philosophers, criminologist and social workers.
...
29. AN ASSESSMENT OF TOURISM POTENTIALS IN KADUNA STATE
ABSTRACT
Tourism as an agent of development, leads to a lot of benefit’s, Nigeria as a country richly endowed with a wide range of cultural and natural resource’s relative to other nation‟s in Africa and on a global level, most of which are...
30. BEYOND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: CREATED SHARED VALUE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
ABSTRACT
This study examines the paradigm shift in business sustainability strategy from corporate social responsibility (CSR) to created shared value. The created shared value as a revolutionary strategic management thinking is defined as the policies...
31. EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN BORNO STATE (A STUDY OF MAIDUGURI METROPOLITAN COUNCIL)
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Education is one of the tools used to achieve a society’s goal towards development. Through a well planned educational structure, the manpower needed by the community can be provided. Education helps to integrate the indivi...
32. EFFECT OF 2012 FLOOD DISASTER ON THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF CASSAVA FARMERS IN ETSAKO EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, EDO STATE
The world at large has suffered natural disasters (flood) throughout its long history. They displace and disrupt thousands of families, and having more traumatic effect in the poorest of nations, crippling what are often already woefully inadequate economic development efforts, and destroying inf...
33. EFFECT OF CLASS SIZE ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN SOCIAL STUDIES
Background to the Study
According to Adeyemi and Adu (2010), it is widely accepted that education is one of the leading tools for promoting economic development as it covers some processes individuals go through to help them develop and use their potent...
34. HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AS A TOOL FOR ATTAINING HIGH PRODUCTIVITY IN AN ORGANIZATION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Human resources management is concerned with people oriented management. Organization do not exist in a vacuum, therefore they must need people acquiring their services, developing their skills, motivating them to high level of p...
35. EFFECT OF TWITTER BAN ON SMALL BUSINESSES OPERATION IN NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF SELECTED SMALL BUSINESSES IN PORT HARCOURT)
ABSTRACT
This study was carried out on the effect of the Twitter ban on small businesses in Nigeria using SMEs in Port Harcourt, Rivers State as case study. To carry out the study, 3 research hypothesis were posed. The study adopted a descrip...
36. ASSESSMENT OF THE CAUSES, EFFECTS AND SOLUTIONS OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDING COLLAPSE IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Since independence, the Nigeria government has desperately continued to make concerted effort in the area of quantitative (but not qualitative) supply of mass housing through huge budgetary and policy provisions but, surprisingly...
37. AN ANALYSIS OF THE CAUSES, EFFECTS AND SOLUTIONS OF BUILDING COLLAPSE IN LAGOS STATE
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Building collapse is a defect or imperfection, deficiency or fault in a building element or component. Since independence, the Nigeria government has desperately continued to make concerted effort in the area of quantitative (but...
38. EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN BORNO STATE. A STUDY OF MAIDUGURI METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Education is one of the tools used to achieve a society’s goal towards development. Through a well planned educational structure, the manpower needed by the community can be provided. Education helps to integrate the indivi...
39. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF VALUE ADDED TAX ADMINISTRATION IN NIGERIA
Background to the study
Tax, the whole world over is a major source of revenue to the government. The major reason why government imposes tax is for the generation of revenue in support of government programmes and to enable it continues to perform the...
40. ASSESSMENT OF AUDIENCE PERCEPTION OF MEDIA COVERAGE OF APRIL 2011 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Background to the Study
Development in all its ramifications is a pr...
41. THE EFFECT OF HEAD TEACHERS’ LEADERSHIP STYLES ON TEACHERS’ JOB PERFORMANCE IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS
Background to the Problem
Leadership is considered as one of the key ingredients for the success of any organization. It is...
42. THE EXTENT OF USE OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL IN TEACHING AND LEARNING OF BASIC SCIENCE AND COMPUTER SCIENCE IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Instructional materials are variety of materials in various formats which influence student’s learning and instructors teaching which have evolved in recent years to include computer and VCR play /recorder technology, text...
43. IMPACT OF COMPUTER ON THE PRACTICE OF JOURNALISM
Background of the Study
Journalism is the investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to broad evidence. Though there are many variations of journalism, the idea is to inform the intended evidence about topics ranging from government and bu...
44. IMPACT OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE (A CASE STUDY OF MTN NIGERIA LIMITED)
BACKGROUNG OF THE STUDY
Since the institutions operate in an environment, produce and services for the environment and employ People to eradicate or resolve social problems posed to the society as a result of their operation.
Social responsibility whether of a...
45. A CRITICAL INVESTIGATION INTO PIPELINE VANDALISM IN NIGER DELTA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Over the course of its history, the petroleum sector in Nigeria, which has the bulk of its establishments located inside the Niger Delta Region, has been faced with two issues that have sapped its resources. The predominance of i...
46. A REVIEW ON THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN POVERTY ALLEVIATION IN NIGERIA
Background to the Study
Every government has as one of its main goals enhancing the wellbeing of its people. The fundamental principle of welfareism embraces all coordinated efforts made to ameliorate and raise the standard of life of the populace, hence fostering econ...
47. AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE PROBLEMS OF SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Generally speaking, small and medium-sized businesses (also known as SMEs) are considered to be the main power of every nation's economic progress, and they are also recognized as justified methods that promote development in...
48. AN INVESTIGATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION IN NIGERIA: ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Nigeria, which can be found in West Africa, spans a total of 983,213 square kilometers throughout its landmass. According to estimates provided by the World Bank, the country now has an estimated population of more than 150 milli...
49. THE IMPACT OF COUNSELING SERVICES ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Academic performance of Nigerian secondary school students has been a source of concern because it is decreasing in value day in and day out. This is the result of many factors that have been militating against it, and all of these abstract facto...
50. ASSESSMENT OF TOURISM CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF OSUN STATE)
Background of Study
The United Nations of World Tourism Organization defines tourism as the activities of persons travelling to and staying in places outside his/her usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for any purpose includin...
