Social & Management Sciences

Social & Management Sciences Research Papers/Topics

CONVENTIONALLY AUDITING AND COLLAPSE OF FIRMS THE WAY OUT

ABSTRACTConventional auditing is auditing that is based on or in accordance with general agreement, use, or practice; customary: conventional symbols; a conventional form of address. The auditor should be an independent person who is appointed to investigate the organization its record, and financial statements prepared from them and thus from an opinion on the accuracy and records. The primary purpose of an audit is to enable the auditor to say that any account showed “true and fair view. ...

AN EVALUATION OF IMPACT OF REMUNERATION ON EMPLOYEE ATTITUDE AND PERFORMANCE IN SELECTED ORGANISATIONS

ABSTRACTThe attitude, zeal, productivity and performance of an employee in a work are directly proportional to the motivation, pay, remuneration or reward that is being received by the worker at the end of a particular job. This is as a result of the problem solving capacity of such reward, pay, remuneration or motivation to be received.Given the assertions above, this research work is determined to evaluate the impact of remuneration on employee attitude and performance in selected organisat...

The Effect of Oil Dependency on Nigeria’s Economic Growth

AbstractNigeria is the largest oil exporting country in Africa and has a rapidly growing economy. The country follows a resource based growth strategy driven by the production and exporting of oil. With the volatility of global oil prices and of-ten volatile growth of Nigeria’s economy, this research is designed to examine the effect of Nigeria’s oil dependency on economic growth. This research at-tempts to answer the question of if the volatility of global oil prices is directly linked w...

Risk Assessment & Management in Outsourcing of Facilities Management Services.

INTRODUCTIONFacilities management (FM)  adds value  to  organizations  in a variety  of  ways.  For instance, FM offers an integrated approach to maintaining, improving and adapting the buildings and other infrastructure of an organization in order to create an environment that strongly supports the primary objectives of the organization  (SFMS, 2006). Cotts and  Lee  (1992)  describe  FM as  an  essential  business &n...

Merger and Acquisition tools for Profitability and Viability

ABSTRACTMergers and Acquisitions have long been used as strategies for continued growth and expansion of businesses as well as tools for reducing or totally eliminating competition. They are of different types and can be used by organizations to achieve a variety of objectives. A conglomerate merger for example can help an organization to enter a totally different product or service market and also grant it access to new technologies. There are a number of strategic reasons why companies may ...

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Telecommunications: The Success Story of MTN in Nigeria

IntroductionIn 1999, one of the worst post-colonial dictatorship regime in Africa comes to a end.  Sani Abacha’s military ruling in Nigeria is overthrown and a transitional regime led by Olusegun Obasanjo is put into place. The country, touted in the 70’s as one of the potential success stories of Africa following the discovery of huge oil reserves and the building of decent infrastructure in cities such as Lagos and Port Harcourt, is in ruins.Part of the challenge, second only to th...

THE EFFECT OF SALES PROMOTION ON SALES VOLUME A CASE STUDY OF VITAFOAM COMPANY IN ENUGU METROPOLIS

ABSTRACT This study was focused on the affect of sales promotion on sales volume of Vitafoam product in Enugu metropolis.  The researcher find out various ways through which the company employed sales promotion to create awareness of their product, stimulate and arouse customers and dealers favourable behacviour towards the company and its products.  This study was portrayed to determine the relationship between sales promotion effect and consumer patronage of the various brands.&nb...

Marketing of Insurance Services

CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTIONIn some sense, we can say that insurance appears simultaneously with the appearance of human society. We know of two types of economies in human societies: natural or non-monetary economies (using barter and trade with no centralized nor standardized set of financial instruments) and more modern monetary economies (with markets, currency, financial instruments and so on). The former is more primitive and the insurance in such economies entails agreements of mutual ...

CHALLENGES OF LAND USE ACT

INTRODUCTIONTo address the pitfalls and many of the challenges associated with the Land Use Act of 1978, it has been argued that the country needs a ‘Land Adjudication Act’ (LAA) that would allow rights to be adjudicated and the parcel to be defined under the surveyors’ law.Lynn Holstein, a land administration specialist in a paper titled ‘Land Reform in Nigeria: Some Lessons from International Experience in Systematic Adjudication and Registration’ at a dialogue on legitimizing Sys...

COST VOLUME PROFIT ANALYSIS AS A MANAGEMENT TOOL FOR DECISION MAKING (A CASE STUDY OF NIGERIAN BREWERIES, PLC)

ABSTRACTThe topic of this research study cost-volume profit analysis as a management tool for decision making (A case study of Nigeria Breweries, Plc).  A lot of problems evoke the researchers interest to carryout the intellectual study of this nature.  Problems raised by expansion through increase sales and the introduction of new products.  Many are facing problem of contraction due to the introduction of substitute materials, products or reduced demand for their products. &n...

A STUDY OF TAX COLLECTION AND REVENUE MOBILIZATION (A CASE STUDY OF ENUGU SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCIL)

ABSTRACTA study of tax collection and revenue mobilization. This study is aimed at the problems surrounding tax collection and revenue mobilization. The objective of the study is determine the level of corruption or sharp practices on the part of tax collectors and revenue generators in local government area and also to know the extend to which unfaithfulness in tax paying as and when due affect the objective of tax collector and revenue mobilization in local government. The significance of t...

The effect of merger and aquisition on nigeria economy

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Impact and causes of conflict in an organisation

                                     Impact And Causes Of Conflict In An Organisation  It is an incontrovertible statement of fact that the only place where conflict does not exist is in the graveyard. If conflict is therefore pervasive among all human groupings, then organizations are not left out. As such we intend to explain as brief as we can the source, causes and effects of conflict in ...

THE APPLICATION OF THE CONTRIBUTION MARGIN APPROACH TO PRICING DECISION IN MANUFACTURING ORGANIZATIONS

INTRODUCTIONThe management of an organization is concerned with planning, the managers outline the steps to be taken in moving the organization towards its objectives.In organizing, the managers decided how best to put together the organization’s human and other resources in order to carryout these steps that are necessary to ensure that ever part of the organization is functioning at maximum effectiveness. Through decision making, the manager attempts to make rational choice between altern...


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