MANAGEMENT OF SMALL BUSINESS:A POSITIVE STEP TOWARDS GRADUATE SELF EMPLOYMENT (A CASE STUDY OF NATIONAL DIRECTORATE OF EMPLOYMENT (NDE) KADUNA)

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1999-09
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MAIWADA, MRS Saudatu Nuhu
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This research work is on the Management of Small Business as a Step Towards Graduate Self Employment. The aim of the study is to discover whether Graduates hope to be self employed or not, and the effect of the course they studied in relation to their becoming good managers of a successful business enterprise. To provide a solution to unemployment problem in the country, Government had set up a machinery to encourage self employment through the proliferation of small Business Enterprises, by the establishment of National Directorate of Employment and other agencies. However, the problem is still persisting due to lack of proper orientation and marketable skills. Graduate Unemployment which was hitherto not a problem during the early 60's and 80's has emerged and is growing out of proportion very rapidly. Generally, the unemployment problem, can be rightly attributed to the large turnout of primary and secondary school leavers who are unable to secure admission into higher institutions as well as the increasing number of graduates turned out by the country's Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges of Education and the complete absence of job openings in both public and private sectors. Such graduates roam the streets in search of unavailable jobs without any zeal to take advantage of the opportunities for self employment readily available in the informal sector of the economy. Having looked at the above problem, the study revealed the following: That our educational system emphasises paid employment rather than self employment. Some of the courses studied in our tertiary institutions do not have relevance to possible future graduate self employment. Also revealed is the interest of most graduates in self employment,
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IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA) DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY CONGO - ZARIA SEPTEMBER, 1999
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MANAGEMENT OF SMALL BUSINESS,, POSITIVE STEP,, TOWARDS GRADUATE SELF EMPLOYMENT,, CASE STUDY,, NATIONAL DIRECTORATE OF EMPLOYMENT (NDE),, KADUNA
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