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AN ASSESSMENT OF TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT (TQM) IMPACTS ON BANKS PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIA

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AN ASSESSMENT OF TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT (TQM) IMPACTS ON BANKS PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIA

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.0            BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY

Nigeria’s political and business terrain between 1983 and 1989 was one of biting economics hardship, great uncertainties and instability.

Banks and other financial institutions were doing well especially through exploitation of fore allocation formula up to 1990 to survive or grow through huge profits which critics termed “paper profit” as time went by when the ruler changed in 1990, following CBN prudential guideline and the federal governments banks and other financial institutional degree (BOFID) in addition to a worsening economic downtown increasing in serviced debt stock with growing sophistication in customers clientele and motivating staff competition. These situations and some other one’s precipitated the liquidation of as much as 31 banks by 1990.

This situation necessitated the need for organization to adopt practice of continuous improvement in the face of increasing competition and challenging operating environment. The potential contribution of enhanced product and service quality to competitive advantage and financial, performance notably through impact on cost and ability to charge premium prices has motivated several organization to be involved in TQM (Total Quality Management) activity and general attitude of business improvement.

There had been inference of linkage between TQM business result and organization performances.

A positive attempt by organization to improve structural, infrastructure, attitudinal behavioural and methodological ways of developing to the end customers with emphasize on constituency, improvements in quality competitive enhancements all with the aim of satisfying or delighting the end user, which his been paramount in the current clamor for the implementation of TQM.

According to Aboto, E.M (1998) one management tool that has played a leading role in the restricting exercises in the banking industry is total quality management (TQM).

TQM as phenomenon started spreading like wildfire across the globe in the early 1980s and had been spurred on by the fierce competition ranging between companies of Japan, North America and Europe. Japanese whose land was devastated by atomic bomb in the second world war, rose from the rubbles of rubbers of deactivation in Nagashaki and Hirosina to become over the world industrial the world market like collosions. It was found out that Japan’s miraculous economics glory was a resultant effect to TQM. Japan produced goods and able to sell at a price which was lower than what it was costing the Americans and Europeans to produce them just-in-time (JIT) system enables then to produce and sell their product without incurring any cost of warehousing, “Ringi system” and like-long employment tatic were some of the component of the total quality management technical to economic success (Fapounda, 1997).

1.0            STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

1.                 Banks may not have products that could meet the needs and aspiration of the customers.

2.                 The process of banking operation in Nigeria may be considered cumbersome and below customers expectation.

3.                 People in the banking industry may be presumed not adequately trained and equipped to render core banking services.

4.                 Decline in the number of customers due to poor quality of products and services offered.

5.                 Customers are generally dissatisfied with the mode of banking operation in Nigerian this stems from the need to perceived bank as an institution that may be lacking the TQM concept hence below performance.

1.2            RESEARCH QUESTION

1.                 Does the implementation of total quality management techniques enable banks to off products that could meet needs and satisfaction of their customers?

2.                 To whatextent can the implementation of total quality management improve banking operation in Nigeria?

3.                 Does the implementation of total quality management affect the cost of training and productivity in theNigeria baking industry?

4.                 Can be implementation of total quality management technique result in the number of customers due to poor quality of products and services offered?

5.                 To what extent can banks be perceived as an institution that may be locking the TQM concept and hence how performance?

1.3            RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS

H1: Continuous service improvement and employee training/ development have a significant relation on total quality management.

H0: Continuous service improvement and employee training/ development no significant relation on total quality management.

1.4            OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY

The objective of this research work are:

1.                 To establish the extent to which TQM at first bank of Nigeria (FBN) achieved corporate objectives.

2.                 To determine the extents to which quality and speed of service deliver has been enhanced.

3.                 To determine the level of adoption of TQM concept in the banking industry in Nigeria.

4.                 To advance recommendation for appropriate usage of TQM.

5.                 To contribute towards increasing the existing body of knowledge (literature) in the adoption and implementation of TQM concept.

1.5            SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

The study will identify the effects of TQM on First Bank of Nigeria Plc performance that has led to mutual satisfaction of all the stakeholders in the relationship.

Again the finding of this study could explored as inputs for planning and in the formulation of relevant policies coming to employees in the bank and other business concerns. The effect is that improved performance can be ensured from employee translating into higher returns on investment thereby ensuring the giving concerns status and continue existence of the bank.

1.6            SCOPE OF THE STUDY

The scope of this study covers the banking industry in Nigeria, but specific attention will be on First Bank of Nigeria Plc. The period covered by this study is a period of term year (1985 – 1995) and her performance since the implementation of the process 199602007/2008.

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