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Item Effect of Motivational factors on Employees’ Productivity: A Case Study of Dangote Flour Mills Plc. Ilorin Plant, Kwara State. Entrepreneurial Journal of Management Sciences.(College of Management Sciences; Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Nigeria., 2015) Adeoti, J.O.; Olawale Y. A.; Abdulraheem M.The study is designed to find out the effect of motivational factors on employees' productivity in Dangote Flour Mills Plc. Ilorin plant. The factors considered were salary and wages, pension scheme, working conditions, employees' training and development and employees' participation in decision making. The objectives are to examine the effect of motivational factors on employees' productivity and to determine factors that motivate the employees. The study will find out the motivational factors used in Dangote Flour Mills Plc. Ilorin and how effective these motivational factors are. Two hundred questionnaires were administered to the respondents out of which one hundred and eighty was returned. The data collected were analysed using frequency count, percentages and the Z-test statistical technique. The result depicts that motivational factors have effects on employees' productivity. 82.2% of the total respondents strongly agreed that motivational factors have effect on employees' productivity. It was concluded that factors identified to be promotional factors have effect on employees' productivity. Based on the findings it was recommended that the management of every organisation should ensure that motivational factors are put in place and reviewed to boost employees' morale and increase productivity.Item Effect of Organizational Culture on Organizational Performance (A Study of Kam Industry Nigeria Limited)(Department of Business Administration, Prince Abubakar Audu University, Anyigba, Nigeria, 2023) Olawale Y. A.; Balogun E. O.; Ojo E. O.One of the biggest obstacles to corporate performance is the group's cultural differences. Some organizational managers struggle to create an effective organizational culture and integrate individual norms and beliefs, which negatively affects their productivity and performance. Thus, using data from Kam Industry Nigeria Limited, this study was carried out to investigate the effect of organizational culture on organizational performance in the city of Ilorin. The study also aimed to investigate the impact of decision-making on improving service quality and the relationship between innovation and better quality of service. For this study, a descriptive research strategy was chosen. 3000 workers at Kam Industry in Ilorin, Kwara State, made up the study's population. Stratified sampling was used to choose a sample size of 352 employees, and the respondents were given 352 copies of the structured questionnaire. Multiple regression statistics were used to evaluate the data in order to test the hypotheses. The results showed that innovation has a substantial impact on better quality of service with a Beta (β) value of 0.284 and P-value of 0.033 < 0.05, and decision making has a significant impact on better quality of service with a Beta (β) value of 0.218 and a P-value of 0.002 < 0.05. According to the study's findings, organizational performance and culture are significantly correlated, and thus suggested that the organization create a positive and productive organizational culture that fosters innovation and decision-making.Item Effectiveness of Informal Advertising on Customers’ Patronage in Informal Eateries in Oyo State.(Department of Business Administration, Osun State University, Osogbo., 2018) Olawale Y. A.The study seeks to examine the effectiveness of informal advertising on customer patronage in informal eateries in Oyo State. The population of study consisted of 20 registered informal eateries in Oyo State. A convenient sampling of 40 service providers were selected based on two service providers per eatery in each of the 20 eateries spread across the 4 local government areas. The two service providers consisted of the owner and the assistant. The population of customers was infinite. Multistage sampling technique was used to select 20 customers in each of the 20 eateries making a total of 400 customers in the 4 local governments. Two set of questionnaires were designed and administered to each category of respondents. Multiple regression analysis was used to analyze the data.Item Employee Efficiency through Employee Skill Management in Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency.(Department of Industrial Relations & Personnel Management, Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria., 2022) Olawale Y. A.; Salman, A.; Balogun E. O.A company's success or failure is largely dependent on the abilities and capabilities of its workforce. Thus, the study's overall goal was to assess the impact of skill management on employee efficiency in the NDLEA Ilorin, Kwara state. The study's particular goals were to determine how employee skill training affects employee competence, and examine how employee skill development influences employee commitment. One hundred sixty-eight employees of the company were surveyed using a standardized questionnaire. SPSS was used to perform multiple regression analysis on the hypotheses that had been formulated. NDLEA employees' competence and commitment were found to have a strong relationship with employee training and employee development by the R² value of 0.743 and 0.764, respectively, based on the findings of the study. It follows that employees may be slow and unable to achieve better levels of production if their efficiency isn't raised through skill management, as the bulk of the factors were shown to be statistically significant when compared with its individual dependent variables. To that end, the study's findings suggest that NDLEA's top brass do their best to ensure that its workers are well-trained and equipped with the knowledge and abilities necessary to do their jobs.Item IMPACT OF JOB STRESS ON EMPLOYEES’ PERFORMANCE: A STUDY OF GUARANTY TRUST HOLDING COMPANY(Department of Industrial Relations and Personnel Management, Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria., 2025) Olawale Y. A.; Salman A.; Jimoh A. L.; Mustapha O.Organizations in the world have documented the alarming increase in the negative effects of stress on employee’s performance. Stress-related illnesses are viewed as the leading cause for lower productivity levels in the workplace. This study examines the impact of job stress on employees’ performance using Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, Ilorin, Kwara State. The specific objectives were to; (1)examine the extent to which workload affect the quality of service delivered by employees; (2) assess the influence of role ambiguity on employees’ task proficiency; and (3)examine the effect of role conflict on employees’ productivity. The study employed descriptive research survey design. The total population of staff was two hundred and twenty-one (221). Multi stage sampling technique was used in selecting Guaranty Trust Bank Plc staff. Taro Yamane was used in determining the sample size of one hundred and forty-two (142) respondents for the study. Primary data were collected from bank staff through structured questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS, Multiple regression and Pearson correlation at 0.05 significance level. The findings of the study were that; Workload has a high positive significant with the quality of service delivered by employees. The R2=0.522 with p-value =0.000<0.05; Role ambiguity significantly impact employees’ task proficiency; with R2=0.571 and p-value =0.000 which means that 52% of role ambiguity is explained by employees’ task proficiency; and Role conflict has a high positive correlation with employees’ productivity. The study therefore concluded that job stress has significant impact on employees’ performance. The study recommends that banks should ensure that employees' role are clearly stated and also ensure that each employee is assigned to a single task which will reduce their mental stress thereby increases their performance.Item Impact of Organisational Ethics on Organisational Performance (A Study of First Bank Nigeria Plc, Ilorin).(Department of Marketing, Faculty of Management Sciences, Ilorin., 2022) Olawale Y. A.; Salman A.The study seeks to examine the impact of organisational ethics on organisational performance of First Bank Nigeria plc, Ilorin, Kwara State. A sample size of 127 respondents comprising of First Bank staff from 3 different branches in Ilorin metropolis was examined. The sampling technique employed in the study was simple random sampling technique and a likert scale of 5 points. Multiple regression was used for data analysis. The results revealed that both discipline and integrity were relevant for organisational performance. The hypothesis tested showed that all variables were significant. The study therefore recommends that certain ethics need to be adopted and practiced regularly to maintain orderliness and progress within the organization and also improve the overall organizational performance.Item Impact of Performance Appraisal on Organisational Productivity. Advances in Management(Department of Business Administration, University Of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria., 2018) Olawale Y. A.There has been a concern about the disparity between most organization goal and employee's performance because performance appraisals in an organization are not tailored toward measuring productivity but instead focusing only on employee length of service. Hence employee performance as may be appreciated as a measure of performance appraisal increased organizational productivity. Therefore, the objective of the study was to examine the impact of performance appraisal on organizational productivity using Guaranty Trust Bank in Ilorin metropolis, Kwara State. The study adopted survey research design. The population of study consisted of 185 staff of GTB in Ilorin metropolis. Eighty (80) staff were selected using simple random sampling techniques. Multiple regression analysis was used to analyse the data at 0.05 level of significance. The study concluded that it is important that an organization keeps the performance appraisal result of their employees very transparent and follow the procedure of their chosen appraisal technique in other to keep their organization more productive. It was recommended that performance appraisal team should endeavour to keep the process very transparent with the employees by adequately communicating results of individual performance which serves as an effective means of motivating worker towards higher productivity.Item Marketing Strategies and the Growth of Entrepreneurial Development in Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara State(Department of Marketing, Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Ilorin, Ilorin., 2022) Salman A.; Olawale Y. A.; Yusuf I.A marketing strategy is the result of decisions being made about how a particular product or service will be marketed to a specific target market. Marketing strategies are important for the growth of entrepreneurial development. The general objective of this research work is to critically examine the effects of Marketing Strategies on the growth of entrepreneurial development. However, the specific objective of the study is to determine the effect of promotional marketing strategies on the growth of entrepreneurial development in Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara State. The study employed survey research design. The population of the study consisted of registered entrepreneurs in Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara State. A sample size of one hundred and fifty (150) entrepreneurs was selected using simple random sampling technique. Data was collected through structured questionnaire and analyzed using descriptive statistics and multiple regression analysis. The result shows that there is a statistically significant effect of marketing strategies on the growth of entrepreneurial development in the selected area of the study (β = 0.76, p-value= 0.000 < 0.05). The result implies that there was a statistically significant effect of marketing strategies on the growth of entrepreneurial development in the selected area of the study. It was concluded that promotional marketing strategies have a significant effect on the growth of entrepreneurial development. This study therefore recommended that certain aspects of marketing strategies are important in an effort to achieve the growth of entrepreneurial development.