In every organization whether profit and non-profit making organization, motivation is inevitable because it is an essential tool which enhances the productivity of workers. It can be defined as process of stimulating people to action in order to achieve the desired goal. It is a synthesis of how employees think and feels about their job, their working condition, their supervisor, their organization and their fellow workers. A closer look at the Guaranty Trust Bank Ogui road Enugu reveals a lo... read more

The word management has been defined, as getting things done through people. It is a process of setting objectives, organizing resources to attain these predetermined goals, and then evaluating the results for purpose of determining future actions. Hodgetts, (1990) said that management has for thousands of years been a key to success to individuals and civilizations alike. Labour is one of the factors of production and consists of all human energy expended in the production and distribution of... read more

Employees play the most significant role in every organization when it comes to attaining success and enhancing productivity. They constitute the important part in helping the organization to obtain a greater productive capacity. Conceptually, the term “employee relations" refers to the interactions, dynamics, and overall relationships between employees in an organization and between employees and the organization's management. It encompasses various aspects such as communication, teamwork, co... read more

This study investigates the relationship that exists between corporate governance and firm performance of some selected companies listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. The intent of the study is to determine whether corporate governance mechanisms- CEO duality, board size audit committee independence, and ownership concentration have an impact on firm performance surrogated by return on assets (ROA); return on equity (ROE), profit margin (PM). It provides empirical evidence for fifty two (52) n... read more

Contemporary organizations are constantly confronting pressures to improve service and productivity. The precariousness of the external working environment and the rapid rate of technological change increasingly demand innovative means of improving business performance and securing competitive advantage. People are the recognized prime determinants of competitive advantage and the need for effective manpower management has become more important than ever before. The task of effective human re... read more

This research study examined the effects of creativity and innovation on the Entrepreneurial performance of family businesses. The objective of the research was to examine the effects of creativity and innovation on entrepreneurial performance of family business. Both primary and secondary data were used for the data gathered. The survey research method was used through the distribution of 200 questionnaires to 20 family businesses in the Lagos metropolis. The family businesses used for this stu... read more

Presently, the fast food industry in Nigeria is undergoing very rapid change and explosive growth and it has been argued that outsourcing strategies adopted have contribution to the growth of the sector due to its relevance and potentials for the economy. As such, this study tried to ascertain the significant effects of outsourcing strategies on the organizational performance of fast food companies in Nigeria as regards cost reduction, customer relationship and corporate profitability. About 300... read more

The research study focused on an aspect of creativity, that is, product creativity within small enterprises that are craving for survival within the stiffened economy. The enterprises’ actions in creating new product are therefore studied to identify to what degree such vital parts of their actions lead to success of their enterprises. For clear analysis, the study centers on two broad variables; the dependent variable and the independent variable. The dependent variable is taken as entrepr... read more

Administration is as old as organizations. There is the traditional method of administration called leadership which sometimes appear to be dictatorial and autocratic in nature. Employees merely implement the ideas and methods imposed on them by the administrators who although are not qualified and skilled technically but behave as if they know everything about administration. The modern approach to administration seeks the co-operation of employees. If takes into confidence the employee and has... read more

Decision making before now used to be exclusive undertaking of management. But with organizational reforms and changes going on in organizations, decision making is becoming more democratic. Command and control according to Henritt (2002) is no longer an adequate model in management, therefore a more open and collaborative frame-work is needed to exploit the talents of all employees. According to (Noah,2008). Employee participation is a special form of delegation in which the subordinate gain gr... read more

the effect of recruitment, selection placement on organizational effectiveness

Creating a competitive edge via an understanding and appreciation of cultural diversity is gaining widespread acceptance among businesses today. This is mostly due to the fact that they have the chance to make use of a large array of information, skills, and capabilities available in a workforce comprised of people from a variety of cultural backgrounds (Stahl, Maznevsk, Voigt & Jonsen, 2020). Irina (2017) proposed the idea that all organizations, no matter where they are located, operate inside... read more

creation of new jobs, expansion of the economy, and alleviation of poverty. In this vein, the importance of small and medium-sized businesses in fostering economic development has been emphasized in a variety of government programmes, as noted by Ogbuanu, Kabouh, and Okwu (2017). Buttressing further, Ogbuanu et'al mentioned that the concentration on SMEs is because of the magnitude of their potential contribution to and acceleration of progress towards overarching economic goal and widespread ad... read more

The study of motivation and behaviour is a search for answer to the perplexing question about human behaviour (Hersey and Blanhers, 1979). The Motivation of people in organization through a popular subject of discussion in seminars, symposia, workshops and written professional journals and books, yet is one of the least understood concepts as a management technique (Francis and Milbourn, 1980). Often people do not know why others behave the way they do. Why they are behaving diffe... read more

In any administrative organization, a large or small, public or private, competent personnel are required for the actualization of the organization’s goals and objectives. After workers have been hired to work for an organization, one striking thing about them is that they have different backgrounds, though they may have the same qualification. Also by having not worked for that organization before, they may not have indebt knowledge of the techniques, procedures, and culture of the organiz... read more