ORGANIZATIONAL POLITICS AND IMPACT ON ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1     BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Politics seeks to govern a group of people with rules or regulations. It is the whole system directed at acquiring power to rules. This process of acquiring power is affected by a combination of many processes: democracy, autocracy, military, nepotism, plutocracy, and aristocracy, anarchy. Organizational politics earns […]

ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AS A STRATEGIC TOOL FOR RE-ENGINEERING (A CASE STUDY OF NIGERIAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED (NITEL)

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY In the business world, there are high levels of uncertainty in the operative activities of business organization.  These uncertainties came to be because of changes in the business environment due to limited resources and the misapplication of the required management technique. It is noteworthy to know that […]

MANPOWER TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE NIGERIAN BANKING INDUSTRY (A CASE STUDY OF CBN ENUGU)

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The task of managing the human component of the business is central and most important task, because the success of any enterprise depends entirely on the effectiveness of its human resources on their job. Human being per se is not a “resource”. He becomes a resource only […]

MANAGING THE HUMAN RESOURCES OF BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS IN A DEPRESSED ECONOMY

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Organizations are increasingly looking at human resources as unique assets that can provide sustained competitive advantage. The changes in business environments with increasing globalization, changing demographics of the workforce, increased focus on profitability through growth, technological changes, intellectual capital and the never ending changes that organizations are […]

MANAGING PERSONNEL SERVICES IN A MISSION HOSPITAL: A STUDY OF BISHOP SHANAHAN HOSPITAL, NSUKKA IN NSUKKA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ENUGU STATE

CHAPTER ONE 1.0       Introduction 1.1       Background of the Study Before the advent of private hospitals, mission hospitals had existed side by side with few Government-owned hospitals otherwise known as General Hospitals.  Nowadays, however, almost all over Nigeria, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of hospital of various types and sizes.  This can […]

MANAGING INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL FOR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE IN SELECTED BREWING FIRMS IN SOUTH EAST NIGERIA

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION  Background of the Study The commencement of the Industrial Revolution is linked to a number of innovations, beginning in the second half of the 18th century. By the 1830s the following gains had been made in important technologies: textile, steam power, iron making, machine tools, chemicals, cement, gas lighting, glass making, paper […]

MANAGING INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS IN FEDERAL TEACHING HOSPITALS IN THE SOUTH EAST NIGERIA

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Organization exists at the instance of the efforts of both the employer and the employees who are the prime movers of the operational activities of the entity. The two parties therefore, co-exist and interact in the course of the day-to-day operations of the organization. The above scenario […]

MANAGERIAL PROBLEMS OF THE NIGERIAN AVIATION INDUSTRY: A SYSTEMS ANALYSIS OF THE NIGERIAN CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY (NCAA)

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1       BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Incessant air mishaps have paved way for concern over air safety.  These mishaps in turn, have been aggravated by poor airport safety and security. To maintain a reputable safety culture, proper crew selection and  training must be guaranteed. Ofojebe (2007:15) explains that the ultimate  success or failure of […]