Browsing by Author "RUFAI-AHMAD Kazeem"

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    Assessing and evaluating theatre management approaches of repertory theatre troupes in Nigeria.
    (The Department of the Performing Arts, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria, 2020) RUFAI-AHMAD Kazeem
    Historically, series of repertory theatre companies have emerged in Nigeria after the period of the Alarinjo traditional repertory travelling theatre. Among the professional repertory theatre troupes that emerge in Nigeria between late 1940s and 1980s are the Hubert Ogunde, Oyin Adejobi, Kola Ogunmola, Duro Ladipo and Moses Olaiya theatre troupes. Using deductive method and the adoption of Robert Kiyosaki’s B-I Triangle’s model, this study assesses and evaluates the management approaches of these theatre companies. This study reveals that these professional repertory theatres performed excellently well through the exploration, manifestation and implementation of the three basic structural elements of; Mission, Team and Leadership qualities which are elements that give structure to a business, while cash flow and system management are identified as the cause of their extinction. The study concludes that the proper application of the B-I Triangle to the management approaches of repertory theatre troupes is germane to the sustenance and survival of theatre business in Nigeria.
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    Staff motivation strategies in the management of Nigerian film production company.
    (The Department of the Performing Arts, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria, 2015) RUFAI-AHMAD Kazeem
    Motivation is an essential element for the attainment of goalsetting of an organisation. It is a crucial area of management which cannot be underrated and its essence in the management of human capital and organisational efficiency cannot be quantified. This is because employees of an organisation are valuable assets which can make or mar the organization, management strategy, in view of the importance attached to motivation to motivation as a management strategy, this paper examines staff motivation strategies in the management of Rasol Entertainments, a film production outfit in Ibadan, Oyo State. In this paper, we employ the interview and deductive methods of research to examine motivational strategies in the management of Rasol Entertainments. In addition, the study adopts Fredrick Herzberg’s Two Factor Theory to identify factors that serve as satisfiers and dissatisfiers in the management of Rasol Entertainments. This paper, thus, observes among other things that making, role switching, financial support, trainee and industrial attachment programme, rewards, compensation and remuneration. However, it was discovered that Rasol Entertainment’s pay is not tied to educational qualification of workers/artists but the popularity they have obtained in the film industry. It was also discovered that the company has no retirement insurance and staff promotion plans. Consequently, this paper concludes that for any home video production company operating within the Nigerian home video industry to survive and withstand the challenges posed by the current economic recession, the in-house staff and artists must be well motivated to develop skills and interest to move the company forward.
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    Theatre entrepreneurship and the management of graduate unemployment in Nigeria.
    (Department of Adult and Primary Education, University of Ilorin, Nigeria, 2017) RUFAI-AHMAD Kazeem
    The number of graduates being produced by tertiary institutions in Nigeria has increased tremendously. Therefore, the need to create job opportunities for the Nigerian youths underscores the emergence of entrepreneurial skills acquisition programmes which the Federal Government of Nigeria adopted as measures of intervention for the promotion of entrepreneurship and youth empowerment. However, enough consideration has not been given to the exploration of theatre or performing arts entrepreneurial opportunities in the said government measures of intervention. Through the deductive and interview techniques, this paper identifies forty entrepreneurial potentials inherent in the performing arts which Nigerian youths cum graduates of theatre or performing arts can explore in their quest to be self-reliant and contribute to the economic development of Nigeria. This paper concludes that there is need to create enabling environment for young entrepreneurs not only through the establishment of empowerment programmes but also to encourage, prioritize, patronize, finance and recognize the significance of young entrepreneur to the development of a nation. Furthermore, the Federal Government of Nigeria should incorporate entrepreneurial potentials of the Performing Arts into its empowerment programmes.