A company’s product which is the chief media that project its image. What counts more today is the public postures of management. Its concern for consumer welfare and its visible response to imperative social and economic needs. In short, management must concern itself as much with pollution as it does with profit (Harold. I margins). Every aspect of business and industry is undergoing rapid changes in terms of philosophy and technology and there is no more rapidly changing function of corp... read more

Every organization has human resources as part of its resources. The organization cannot function without people working together and whenever people work together, the personnel management function must be performed and executed. Other resources may include physical, financial and informational. However, the most vital among all these resources seems to be the human element. The human resources is the concern of personnel management. Personnel management deals with the bringing of a per... read more

The Nigeria Telecommunication Limited (NITEL) come into existence in January 1985 as a result of the merger between the former Nigeria External Telecommunication limited (NET) and the Telecommunication, sector of the former Post Telecommunication Department (P&T), by the Federal Government. The reason for the merger as advised by the government were the compatibility of service equipment and the streamlining of activates in both NET & P & T it was envisaged that NITEL will definitely create ha... read more

Initially, before the construction of refineries, petroleum used in Nigeria were imported by international oil marketers popularly known as big 8. They are total, Agip, Texaco, Unipetrol, African Petroleum (AP) National, Mobil and …petroleum. They import market petroleum product and also distribute them. But when refineries were built to produce local petroleum products that will argument the imported ones, it later became necessary for government to take over the importation of petroleum p... read more

The production of goods and services in the most efficient manner has continued to be the only viable and reliable option for development, growth and survival of any economy. SMEs have been fully recognized by government and development experts as the main engine of economic growth and a major factor by extension in promoting the realization of the financial systems strategy 2020. This is because the development of this sub-sector is an essential element in the growth strategy, not only in co... read more

Leadership is a very important management function that involves harnessing of human and material resources for the attainment of organizational goals. Leadership has been viewed by many authors as a process whereby an individual exerts influence upon others in an organizational context. Bowler and Seashore (1996) enumerated the basic functions of leadership to include: - Enhancing others feeling of self-esteem and support. - Facilitating an interaction such th... read more

In the word of Armstrong (1988), the process of motivation is initiated by the conscious and unconscious recognition of an unsatisfied need. A goal is then established which, it is thought will satisfy the need and of course action is determined that lead towards the attainment of a goal. Management should provide incentive schemes and pay workers on the basis of the result they achieve on the job instead of the more physical routine performance series activities and to retain them on their job ... read more

Communication is the glue that holds organisations together. Communication assists organizational members to accomplish both individual and organizational goals, implement and respond to organizational changes, coordinate organizational activities, and engage in virtually all organizationally relevant behaviours. Yet, as important as this process is, breakdowns in communication are pervasive. The anonymous with who said “I know you believe you understand what you think I said but I am not ... read more

For an organization to effectively and efficiently achieve its organization objectives there must be human capital management, reporting, measurement and drawing conclusion about the significance of the outcomes of measurement as a guide to future action. Human capital management focuses the attention of an organization leadership team on the strategies it should adopt. It identifies these aspects of people management that demonstrably have the greatest bearing on business performance. It clarif... read more

The dynamic role of government agencies in the development of small and medium enterprises is an engine through which the growth and development objectives of developing nations can be achieved which has been recognized and stated in the literature is quite interesting. These enterprises have a very important impact on the life of everybody in the society. The small independence business are everywhere and in every line of work, they can also be seen in every community. This business is as old a... read more

Managing human resource in an organization is both complex and challenging, the human element is considered as most crucial in the attainment of any organization objectives. Thus considerable attention should be given to human resources management bearing in mind that the quality of personnel in any organization is a means to an end, therefore, it will be right to say that man is the most valuable asset in an organization, though difficult to obtain, develop, motivate and retain amongst an organ... read more

Material management, as practiced in business today, can be defined as “a confederacy of traditional material activities bound by common idea. The idea of an integrated management approach to planning, conversion flow and distribution of products materials form the raw materials state to the finished state (Iornum, 2007). The above definition implies that materials management is generally concerned with the flow of material from the source of supply through the production line to the final ... read more

The primary objective of this research work, the application of computer technology on the inventory control system as a productivity improvement strategy in Niyya Farm Nigeria limited Kaduna is to carry out paper investigation as regards the awareness and reaction of people concerning the project topic, taking Niyya Farm Kaduna as a case study. The write-up center on discussing inventory control system, computer and also the problem of manual inventory control system in an organization. In orde... read more

The success or failure of any organisation depends upon the management of its materials’ financial and effective management of resources like staff or management resources. This means that the human resource requirement of any organization has to be planned. No organisation can grow effectively unless the function of manpower planning is carried out effectively. The provision of human resources manager with an analytical framework designed to assist in the prediction and prevention of possi... read more

The telecommunications industry is undergoing a critical transformation, creating exciting new opportunities and new challenges for infrastructure and service providers. The established value chain is increasingly being reconstructed, with the entry of powerful new players and radical restructuring of the industry. Rapid technological developments and increasing market competitions have added new dimension to an already complex scenario. Countries and sectors equipped with the requisite telecomm... read more

The research is to assess the effect of change management on job satisfaction. Change is an effort that consist of actual physical changes to operation and different emotional stimulation which is painful in work place through we all rationally recognize that progress means change. And that we all need change to progress, but not even the prospect attaining benefits from change will make every one ready and willing. Change is intensively personal and Pistersen (2002) reckons that “for many pe... read more

The research work is to assess the Impact of National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP) in financing small scale industries. The role of government agencies towards the development of small scale enterprises is quite interesting. These enterprises have a very important impact on the life of everybody in the society. Small independence businesses are everywhere and in every line of work, they can also be seen in every community. This business is as old as man. So virtually everything is done ... read more

The basis for all management information system is a computer system. Computer have transformed the business world as we know it, whether it’s a small business that uses computers for keeping inventory or accounting records of it’s operations or large businesses that uses computers for about every operations, computers are here to stay. Computers can take a business one step further, especially in the case of small business owners since business represents more than half of the economy. ... read more

For any organization which came into existence to continue, there must be some deliberate actions and attitude that are channelled towards ensuring success of the organizational key purposes and objectives. Those who will ensure deliberate success in purpose and objectives are key contributors namely, manager/leaders and the workers within the institution. Therefore attention should be focused on them what they are doing, to what they should be doing and to how they should be doing it. Evalua... read more

The complexity and diversity of most modern day business and companies account for their varied and often technical and administratively complex activities while the structure of most modern organization reflect on management charge with different responsibility with a view to ensuring the attainment of the enterprise corporate objective. George (2004) defines management information system as a system or related group of system which collects and present management information relating to a b... read more