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- ItemLITERARY EXPLORATION OF THE DYNAMICS SHAPING PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN THEORY AND PRACTICE: FOCUS ON COMPARATIVE PUBLIC ADMINSTRATION(2018-07)The study is an exploration of the dynamics shaping and refocusing Public Administration in theory and practice: mainly focusing on the contributions of Comparative Public Administration (CPA). The study is set to identify the paradigms of public administration and the various changes encountered by the young discipline from its inception as an academic field of study in the late 19''' century to its present state of earth. In a bid to achieve this contributions of the newly subfield of Comparative Public Administration and how this have reshaped the mother discipline were extensively analysed through literatures obtained from text books, journals, and material obtained from the internet. The study revealed among other things that, the paradigmatic shifts in public administration depicts various efforts of governments to adopt and adapt to new and better ways to satisfy the yearnings of their public and the scholarly attempts to rationalize those approaches, and that, the changes in concept from politics administration dichotomy to public administration as political science up to governance and collaborative government levels remains key to understanding the foundation of the relationship between the government and the citizens of a country on one hand and the locus and the focus of the discipline through its various developmental stages. The emergence and growth of the field of Comparative Public Administration has reshaped and refocused the theory and practice of public administration from
- ItemCORRUPTION AND SUSTAINABLE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA(2015-01)Successive administrations in Nigeria have over the years enacted laws, established institutions and launched strategies aimed at fighting corruption and improving human development. In spite of these efforts, the rate of corruption still remains high in Nigeria. Conversely, the human development index for the country remains low over the years. The objectives of this paper are to identify the causes of corruption and its effect on human development in Nigeria. The study also examined the relationship between corruption and human development in the country. The research design was content analyses of data from Transparency International and the United Nations Development Programme. These were presented in tables and analyzed using percentages and averages using the Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficient to test the hypothesis. The study identified excessive government intervention in the oil sector, ineffective accountability frameworks, mild and non-enforcement of punishments for corruption offences among others as the root causes of corruption in Nigeria. The study also established that corruption is among other factors responsible for the low level of human development in Nigeria. It recommends for the deregulation of the oil sector, strengthening of accountability frameworks and the civil society, as well as severe punishments for corruption offences among others. The study also recommends for greater commitment in the provision of health and educational services as well as creation of an enabling environment for productive economic activities to thrive.
- ItemEMPLOYEE PERCEPTION ON THE IMPACT OF COMPENSATION ON PERFORMANCE IN KANO ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION COMPANY(2018-07)Compensation is a systematic approach to providing monetary and nonmonetary reward to employees in exchange for work performed. An ideal compensation management will help significantly boost the peiformance of employees and create a more engaged workforce that's willing to go the extra mile for the organization. This study assess the extent to which compensation packages enhance employee performance in the privatize Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO). Both primary and secondary sources of data were used; primary data were through administration of questionnaires and inten'iew. 288 sample size of the respondent were selected; inten'iew was also conducted to 20 management staff of KEDCO headquarter and regional offices in Kano, Katsina and Jigwawa state. The secondary data used in this study include publications such as annual reports, journals, conference papers, gazettes, circulars, unpublished dissertations as well as internet data. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used in presenting and analyzing the data for the study. The study found that there is a significant relationship between compensation package and employee peiformance in Kano
- ItemEFFECT OF ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE MANAGEMENT ON EMPLOYEES PERFORMANCE OF GLOBAL SYSTEM MOBILE (GSM) COMPANIES IN NIGERIA(2020)This study investigated the effects of change management factors on the performance of employees of GSM companies in Nigeria. The study adopted a cross sectional survey research design. The target population was 235 employees. A sample size of 148 employees was determined using Yamane (1967) sample size formula. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select the respondents. The data were collected using personal self administration of questionnaire with the help of research assistants. The data were processed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23 to perform regression analysis that was used to test the hypotheses formulated and to determine the effect of change management predictor variables on employees' performance. The study found a positive and significant effect between communication, leadership and motivation on employees' performance. Communication and motivation were found to be the best predictors of employees' performance of GSM companies in Nigeria. The variables jointly explained 57% of the variance of employees' performance in the organizations. The study recommended that management should encourage employees' performance by employing communication and motivation factors that allow employees feedback and ensure effective training and praise for outstanding innovation and creativity towards enhancing performance.
- ItemInfrastructural Development and Sustainable Business Environment in Nigeria(2015-09)The dearth of infrastructure and dwindling business activities inspite of the efforts made by successive administrations are increasingly becoming issues of grave public concern. The objective of this study is to examine the significance of the relationship between infrastructural development and sustainable business environment in Nigeria for the period 2000-2015. The study is hinged on the Economic Theory of Infrastructure and commons Management by Frischmann (2005). The research design was content analysis of secondary data (Ibrahim Index of African Governance) as published by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. This was presented in tables and analysed using percentages and averages as well as the Pearson Correlation Coefficient to test the hypothesis. The study established a very poor state of infrastructure in Nigeria with an average of 17.50% and also a poor business environment (34.29%) in Nigeria. The result of the hypothesis tested indicated that there exist a positive but fairly weak relationship between infrastructural development and sustainable business environment in Nigeria. This implies that an improvement in the state of infrastructure in Nigeria will have a positive effect on the sustainability of the business environment in Nigeria. In view of these findings, the study recommended for government focus on the provision of basic core infrastructure such as electricity, rails, roads and ports. Modernization of air transport and decongestion of seaports is also critical to facilitating business in Nigeria. Others are customs and judicial reforms with a view to rationalizing procedures, processes and issuance of permits as these are expected to reduce the cost of doing business in Nigeria.