1. ASSESSMENT OF THE LEVEL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY EDUCATION AMONG TERTIARY EDUCATION STUDENTS IN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OTUOKE IN BAYELSA STATE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Biotechnology is one of the most important scientific revolutions of the twenty first century, with applications that have the potential to revolutionise many industry sectors. The rapid development and applications of biotechnology has tr...
2. CONSERVATIVE PRACTICES OF INFORMATION RESOURCES BY LIBRARIES FOR ENHANCED COLLECTION USEFULNESS IN UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES IN ENUGU STATE
Background of the Study
The earliest and most fundamental responsibility of academic library is the conservation of knowledge. An academic library according to Akpata (1979) and Edoka (1992), refers to a library that caters :or the needs of those enqag...
3. A STUDY ON ACCOUNTING AND MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS OF SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Small and medium businesses are commonly recognized as the bedrock of long-term economic development. According to UNDP (1974), developing countries, including Nigeria, have shown increased interest in the promotion of small...
4. IMPACT OF RATIO ANALYSIS AS A TOOLS FOR INVESTMENT DECISION
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The Term “Ratio Analysis” could be described as the analysis of financial statement in order to judge the performance of the COMPANY or group of companies.
The “Investment Decision” Means the allocation of funds t...
5. A SURVEY OF EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL AND ITS EFFECTS ON ORGANIZATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The function of performance appraisal is a strategic aspect in any review of the conditions required for an organization's growth and survival. It is considered that both the person and the organization require knowledge of h...
6. AN ANALYSIS OF CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND ITS IMPACT ON WORKERS’ PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC SECTOR
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Conflict management is one of the classic areas of corporate management that has garnered a lot of attention. It has long been acknowledged as an important component of a successful company. As a result, organizations/corporation...
7. AN ANALYSIS OF LIBRARIES SOFTWARE USAGE IN ACADEMIC LIBRARIES IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Human beings are wired to continuously search for ways to make things simpler and more pleasant in their lives (Martha, 2014). This underlying universal component that drives inventions, innovations, and tactics may also be used...
8. AN ANALYSIS OF SCHOOL MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS AND STUDENTS' ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS
BACKGROUND OF STUDY
The capacity of the principal to favorably influence teachers, students, and other members of society in the achievement of educational goals is a core necessity for efficient school management. The ability to transform educational p...
9. AN ASSESSMENT OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT AND ITS USEFULNESS IN ASSESSING THE PERFORMANCE OF AN ORGANIZATION
Background Of Study
A farmer who planted corps expects results, just as a student who waits for an exam does. The same may be said for an investor. The farmer may be informed of the outcome in the form of a bountiful crop. A pupil would normally be satisfied with a resu...
10. AN ASSESSMENT OF TAX REFORMS AND ITS IMPACT ON INVESTMENT DECISIONS IN GHANA
INTRODUCTION
Every government, particularly those in developing countries, is worried about their country's economic progress. As a result, they work hard to attain better rates of economic growth and increase the living standards of their inhabitants....
11. AN ASSESSMENT OF THE CONCEPT OF VICTIMS OF CRIMES IN NIGERIA
Background to the Study
It is not exaggeration that despite the effort of National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) and other bodies like the International Labour Organization (ILO)1, there are still cases and reports of women and child traf...
12. AN ASSESSMENT OF THE DIFFICULTIES IN THE TRAINING AND EDUCATION OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE STUDENTS IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF STUDY
Training and education in library and information science (LIS) play an important role in producing high-quality LIS students who have a unique position in national growth. LIS students act as information gatekeepers and brokers, wh...
13. AN EVALUATION OF FEDERALISM IN NIGERIA
Background of the study
Federalism has developed as one of the most popular models of governance because to its integrative ability to assess the various political life of multi-ethnic, multi-religious, and multi-lingual countries. Federalism, on the ot...
14. AN EXAMINATION OF CULTISM AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE NIGERIAN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS
Background of the Study
Secret cult violence has occurred in Nigerian higher education institutions during the previous two decades. Cult activities including bloodletting and the wasting of human lives have reached frightening proportions. Secret cult...
15. IMPACT OF OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE ON THE OBJECTIVITY OF PRIVATE BROADCASTING STATIONS IN NIGERIA
Background of the Study
Media as a watchdog and the mirror of the nation perform crucial roles in the society and as well it is influence in its editorial policy. Lazar field and Kendal (2002,p.32), insist that mass is truly applicable to the medium of...
16. AN INVESTIGATION OF OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS FACING MICRO FINANCE BANK
BACKGROUND OF STUDY
Nigeria is a country rich in natural and human resources, with a population of more than 140 million people primarily engaged in agriculture and small-scale business. Micro, small, and medium-sized firms (MSMEs) and both peasa...
17. A SURVEY OF TEENAGE PROBLEMS IN NIGERIAN SECONDARY SCHOOLS
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The problems the average teenage or youth in secondary schools in Nigeria has reached an alarming rate thus leading to the urgent need for effective counseling to help guide and nurture these young minds to avoid been overwhelmed...
18. ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF FEASIBILITY/VIABILITY STUDY ON CAPITAL PROJECT DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Until relatively recently, the discipline of development appraisal has remained the provenance of surveyors and developers. It largely been ignored by other participants in the development process, particularly planners, architects and constructi...
19. 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...
20. CONFLICT MANAGEMENT IN BUSINESS ORGANIZATION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The historical background of conflict in organization can be seen as far back as the ancient times, which involves the scientific management era, personnel and human relation movement and the modem management period.
Th...
21. EFFECT OF EDUCATIONAL STATUS OF PARENTS ON STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN SELECTED FIVE SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Background to the Study
There have been several studies done within and outside Nigeria on the effects of home environment as well as the socio-economic status of parents on the academic achievement of students (Ajila & Olutola, 2007; Uw...
22. EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION AS A TOOL FOR GOOD MANAGEMENT
INTRODUCTION
The term communication means different things to different people. Some can expand its meaning to include the equipment used in the passing of information like telegram, telephone, television etc. Others can take it to mean the communicatio...
23. SECURITY CHALLENGES AND COPING STRATEGIES OF UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES FOR EFFECTIVE SERVICE DELIVERY IN ENUGU STATE
Background Of The Study
Security of library resources is very paramount in the provision of efficient library service delivery. Where there is insecurity of library collections, the resources are exposed to dangers such as theft, mutilation, and vandali...
24. THE IMPACT OF TEACHING AIDS ON STUDENT'S ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN BASIC SCIENCE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN OREDO LGA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Science is the bedrock upon which the bulk of present day technological breakthrough is built. Today, nation all over the world, including Nigeria, are striving hard to develop scientifically and technologically, since the world...
25. THE PROBLEMS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTONOMY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS IN THE EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF PRIMARY SCHOOLS
Background of the Study
In the world over, education has become an essential commodity that determines the level of development or growth of any nation. It has become services that require the involvement of both the private and public sectors. The invo...
26. MEDIA STAFF WELFARE AND EFFECTIVE JOURNALISM IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND TO STUDY
For any organization to function very effectively is it big or small, the welfare of the staff of that organization must first be taken into consideration. This is because a staff who is not taken good care of, for instance, whose sa...
27. MOTIVATING LABOUR FORCE FOR HIGHER PRODUCTIVITY
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
No matter how organized a business organization is, most of the problems faced by its’ executive are the effective management of its human resources to achieve organizational goals (Zhor, & Oldham, 2004).
28. NIGERIA’S IMAGE AND THE PLACE OF THE PUBLIC RELATION IN ITS RECONSTRUCTION
BACKGROUND OF STUDY
Nigeria is one of the famous and great countries that is surrounded with an extremely large number of problem
This ugly situation had created a bridge in their relationship with other countries. In addition to over the prob...
29. PROBLEMS OF MANPOWER TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES (A Case Study Of Anammco)
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Word wide, manufacturing industries have grown tremendously in the last decade. Some of the industries are predominantly in the small scale sector employing mostly unskilled and untrained manpower. Besides, the increased consumpt...
30. PROSPECTS AND PROBLEMS OF E-MARKETING IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
According to the definition provided by the American Marketing Association (2008), marketing refers to “an organizational function and a set of processes for creating, communicating, and delivering value to customers and fo...
31. AN ASSESSMENT OF HOUSING DEMAND AND SUPPLY
Background of the study
Housing is one of the basic necessities of man and has no doubt a profound impact on the health, welfare and productivity of the individual others are clothing and food. Housing must not be considered purely as shelter but agains...
32. SECURITY CHALLENGES AND COPING STRATEGIES OF UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES FOR EFFECTIVE SERVICE DELIVERY IN ENUGU STATE
Background Of The Study
Security of library resources is very paramount in the provision of efficient library service delivery. Where there is insecurity of library collections, the resources are exposed to dangers such as theft, mutilation, and vandali...
33. SOLVING UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES (SSIS)
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The small scale industries (SSIs) form the bedrock of the economic growth in every nation. No country achieves a viable economic growth and development without the establishment of small scale business firms. They have always bee...
34. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF ROAD ACCIDENTS (A CASE IN ENUGU STATE FROM 1993 TO 2000)
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
In the world today, transportation which is the conveyance of goods and passengers from one phase to another or the movement of commuter and their goods, produce and products, and/or they themselves from one location to another h...
35. ASSESSMENT OF THE LEVEL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY EDUCATION AMONG TERTIARY EDUCATION STUDENTS IN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OTUOKE IN BAYELSA STATE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Biotechnology is one of the most important scientific revolutions of the twenty first century, with applications that have the potential to revolutionise many industry sectors. The rapid development and applications of bio...
36. THE ADMINISTRATION OF COLONIAL TAXATION IN ZARIA PROVINCE
Introduction
By 1900, the partition of Africa among the colonizing powers of Europe -France, Britain, Germany, Belgium, Dutch, Italy and Portugal was practically completed. Though, the detailed demarcation of the co...
37. THE CHALLENGES OF MODERN AUTOMATION ON THE JOB PERFORMANCE OF SECRETARIES IN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Background of the study
Work was the major activities of man before the industrial revolution, that was the period marked with mechanization of work, presently computer is representing mechanization thereby turning the work into automation. The 21st century has wi...
38. COMPARISON OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND RADIO STATIONS ON THE ASSESSMENT OF NEWS INFORMATION
Background of the Study
A century and half ago, communication between countries involved physical presence. Once, a reporter had to run as fast as possible back to the newsroom after interviewing and tried to beat the competition to print. Wit...
39. CONFLICT MANAGEMENT IN BUSINESS ORGANIZATION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The historical background of conflict in organization can be seen as far back as the ancient times, which involves the scientific management era, personnel and human relation movement and the modem management period.
Th...
40. THE ECONOMIC PROBLEMS OF CASSAVA PRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
This study is aimed at finding out the cost of economic cultivation of cassava in Itu Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. It is one of the world’s most important staple food crops and provides a major source of carbohydrate to those w...
41. CONSERVATIVE PRACTICES OF INFORMATION RESOURCES BY LIBRARIES FOR ENHANCED COLLECTION USEFULNESS IN UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES IN ENUGU STATE
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- Background of the Study
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The earliest and most fundamental responsibility of academic library is the conservation of knowledge. An academic library according to Akpata...
42. THE ECONOMIC PROBLEMS OF CASSAVA PRODUCTION
Background of the study
This study is aimed at finding out the cost of economic cultivation of cassava in Itu Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. It is one of the world’s most important staple food crops and provides a major source of carbohydrate to...
43. EFFECT OF EDUCATIONAL STATUS OF PARENTS ON STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN SELECTED FIVE SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Background to the Study
There have been several studies done within and outside Nigeria on the effects of home environment as well as the socio-economic status of parents on the academic achievement of students (Ajila & Olutola, 2007; Uw...
44. THE EFFECTS OF INVENTORY MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THE MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES
Background of the Study
Inventories are vital to the successful functioning of manufacturing and retailing organizations. They may consist of raw materials, work-in-progress, spare parts/consumables, and finished goods. It is not necessary that an organ...
45. 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...
46. EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION AS A TOOL FOR GOOD MANAGEMENT
The term communication means different things to different people. Some can expand its meaning to include the equipment used in the passing of information like telegram, telephone, television etc. Others can take it to mean the communication system in the organization such as grapevine compliant...
47. THE IMPACT OF INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH OF NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF STUDY
The oil boom of the 1970s led Nigeria to neglect its agricultural and light manufacturing bases in favor of an unhealthy dependence on crude oil. In 2000, oil and gas export accounted for more than 98% of export earning and about 83%...
48. EFFECTS OF TEACHERS EXPERIENCE IN THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN MATHEMATICS
Background to the study
Mathematics is the science of structure, order, number, space and quantity . It is a relationship which revolves around the elementary practice of counting measuring and description of shapes and objects. From the social and econ...
49. THE IMPACT OF MORTGAGE BANKING IN NIGERIANS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
FEDERAL MORTGAGE BANK OF NIGERIA (FMB)
Housing is one of the Importance factors that determine Urban forms and constitutes the single most serious problem facing large cities in Nigeria...
50. 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...
