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Department of Business Administration

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES AND EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE IN SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN EDO STATE CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the study Organization all over the world exists to achieve a specific goal and objective and for these goals and objectives to be achieved the human resources at the disposal of the organization must be properly harnessed to effectively and efficiently utilize other organizations resources in driving the organization forward (George & Jones, 2013). The human resources (employees) of the organization are the foundation on which every activity of the organization rests. It is the employees that put into use all the resources and all factors of production into the use for the achievement of the organization goals and objective (Ariyon & Ikemefuna 2011, Egbuta 2016)                     However, due the fact that no two humans are ...

Department of Business Administration

BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES OF STORE MANAGEMENT IN ORGANIZATION CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1                     Introduction  Onuoha (1991) defines management as the process of combining, utilizing and allocating organization’s input such as men, money and materials by planning, organizing, directing and controlling for the purpose of producing goods and services desired by customers so that organizational goals are accomplished. In furtherance, stock refers to pile of goods a firm is producing for sale and the components that make up the goods (Ama, 2001). Stock is an itemized list of goods and valuables with their estimated worth, specifically, the annual accounted goods taken in any business (Ogbu, 2014). From the above mentioned definitions, stock is the totality of goods, which include raw materials, work in progress and finished goods that enable an organization to...

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FAILURE OF SMALL SCALE BUSINESS IN NIGERIA: CAUSES AND SOLUTIONS (A CASE STUDY OF SELECTED FIRMS IN EDO STATE). CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of virtually all economies of the world because of their role in employment creation and provision of personalized services (Wattanapruttipaisan, 2003). SMEs have strong influence on the sustainable development process of less developed as much as developed countries because they foster economic growth and alleviate poverty (Ayyagari, Beck and Demirguc-Kunt, 2003). Udechukwu (2003) asserts that the development of SMEs is an essential element in the growth strategy of most economies and holds particular significance for developing countries like Nigeria. The best performing economies in Asia are heavily based on SMEs which are major sources of dynamism in economic development. The requirements for SMEs to access the global market and upgrade their posit...

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THE EFFECT ORGANIZATIONAL RESTRUCTURE ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE (A STUDY OF GT RESTURANT EKPOMA EDO STATE) CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1       Background to the Study The success of any organization largely lies on internal and external factors. Workforce is the most fundamental and necessary for organizations competitiveness. Human resource is the real asset of an organization and plays a major part towards progress of the organizations. It is vital for organisations to fully optimise their resources as well as their workforce effectively. As with many private organizations in the world today, operations within the federal government are currently undergoing significant changes due to budget cutbacks and technological innovations. These changes need to be managed effectively in order for staff and management to adapt and find new ways to operate effectively within the changing environment. As Katherine Mezei (Personal Communication, November 1, ...

Department of Business Administration

INFLUENCE OF ORGANIZATIONAL ENVIRONMENT ON EMPLOYEE BEHAVIOR (a case study of Ambrose Alli University)                  CHAPTER ONE                                      INTRODUCTION 1.1       Background to the Study Nowadays, the role of human resources in organization is recognized as one of the determinants achievement factors of organizational goals. According to macro point-of-view, the theory of economic growth states that human capital accumulation gives important contribution to economic growth, and to micro point-of-view, human resource theory considers human capital as the primary source for sustainable competitive advantage for the organization (Lucas, 1998 in Koentjaraningrat, 2004). The importance of the role of ...