EFFECT OF CULTURAL INFLUENCE ON ACADEMIC STAFF PERFORMANCE IN HIGHER INSTITUTIONS

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the Study Culture is one of the vital factors with which any organization interacts. It is the way of life of people; the sum total of learned beliefs, values, motivations, leadership and customs or artifacts that serve to direct individual behaviour of members of a particular society, (Peretomode, 2012). Hofstede, … Read more

DUE PROCESS IN PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL : A QUASI-EXPERIMENT IN PROCEDURAL JUSTICE ( A CASE STUDY OF INTERCONTINENTAL BANK PLC, ABA)

CHAPTER ONE 1.0     INTRODUCTION 1.1     BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Of all the activities in Human Resources Management (HRM), performance appraisal is arguably the most contentious and least popular among those who are involved though it can provide valuable performance information to a number of critical human resource activities such as the allocation of rewards. Managers … Read more

DETERMINANTS OF EFFECTIVE MOTIVATION OF PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYEE

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY It has been commonly assumed that public sector organizations are more likely to employ individuals whose values and needs are consistent with the public service mission of the organization. Charged with promoting general social welfare, as well as the protection of the society and every individual in … Read more

DETERMINANTS OF AN EFFECTIVE TRAINING PROGRAMME

CHAPTER ONE                       BACK GROUND OF THE STUDY 1.1           INTRODUCTION Over the years, training has been defined in various ways by different authors. Broad and Newstrom (1992), defined training in the workplace as “the effective and continuing application, by trainees to their jobs, of the knowledge and skills gained in training – both on and … Read more

DETERMINANTS OF A SUCCESSFUL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (HRM) IN HOTEL OPERATIONS

CHAPTER ONE                                       INTRODUCTION 1.1     BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Eboh (2001:1) defines management as the process which involves the co-ordination of organization’s resources towards the accomplishment of its primary goals. According to Robbins and Coulter (2007: 282) management recognizes four basic resources- man, machine, money and materials. These resources are commonly called the 4ms of … Read more

CORPORATE VISIONING AS A STRATEGY FOR ORGANIZATIONAL TRANSFORMATION IN THE NIGERIAN TEXTILE INDUSTRY

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1       Background of the Study Vision was mostly a concept of researchers who studied political leadership and the leadership of social or religious movements before the 1980s (Kantabutra, 2008a:128).  It was rarely considered within the leadership and corporate literature.  Only in the past couple of decades has vision been extensively discussed in … Read more

CORPORATE SURVIVAL AND GROWTH STRATEGIES IN A COMPETITIVE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

  CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Business firms operate in a society to satisfy individual and social needs through the production of goods and services.  Their decisions influence and are influenced by what is happening in the society.  The social economic and political institutions that make up a society constitute in a broad … Read more

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY PERFORMANCE: A STUDY OF SHELL PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITED (SPDC) IN SELECTED AREAS OF OPERATION (SOKU OIL FIELD)

CHAPTER ONE                                         INTRODUCTION 1.1    BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY It is traditionally believed that behind the establishment of any business concern is the profit motive. It is the intention to recoup any fund committed or invested in any business that keeps the enterprenuer to be motivated in entrepreneurial capability.  This traditional view of business orientation … Read more

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