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Item CORPORATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP: CHALLENGES OF ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT IN FAST MOVING CONSUMER GOODS COMPANIES IN SOUTHWEST NIGERIA(Departments of Accounting & Finance and Business Administration, Fountain University, Osogbo, 2017) Omolabi, I.; Amosa, J. R.; Suleiman, A. A.The rate at which companies shut down their operations in developing countries requires the need to examine the challenges of entrepreneurial development in Fast Moving Consumer Goods Company in South-West Nigeria. This study therefore: identifies the challenges of entrepreneurial development; and examines the relationship between employee intrapreneurial behavior and organization performance. In an attempt to achieve these objectives, two hundred and five (205) respondents were sampled from junior staff to management to executive level within the key drivers in the fast moving consumer goods in South-West Nigeria. Findings from the study revealed that employee innovation (Pearson Correlation = .958, p<0.001), risk taking (Pearson Correlation = .947, p<0.001), educational attainment (Pearson Correlation = .941, p<0.001), desire for autonomy (Pearson Correlation = .884, p<0.001), proactiveness (Pearson Correlation = .848, p<0.001) and internal locus of control (Pearson Correlation = .824, p<0.001) have statistically significant relationship with performance. The study therefore recommended that management should be cognizant of the inability to recognize and exploit business opportunities, poor communication channels, inability to change from present status of operation. Also, companies should provide a supporting environment that will foster risk taking, employee innovation, proactiveness, desire for autonomy, internal locus of control and educational attainment.Item Effect of e-business on customer relationship management on online stores(Department of Accounting, Banking and Finance, Business Administration and Economics, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria, 2019) Omolabi, I.; Suleiman, A. A.; Amosa, J. R.In today's world business environment, e-business has become a critical business resource to almost every organization, despite customers’ baffle seriously with some challenges encountered in its operation. These challenges are not limited to difficulties in navigating all necessary checkout pages on an e-commerce website, insecurity and lack of privacy to customer's information supplied online. It is in relation to the above that, the current study decided to examine the effect of e-commerce website quality on customer satisfaction as well as determine the effect of e-business strategies on customers' patronage in online stores. Survey research design was adopted and administered 394 copies of questionnaire to the respondents. The result of the hypotheses tested through regression analysis revealed that there was a significant effect of e-commerce website quality on customer satisfaction. This was evidenced with R value of 0.57 and P-value of 0.000, Also, that e-business strategy has a significant effect on customer patronage. This was evidenced by value of 0.665, with probability value of less than 0.05. The study therefore, concluded that customer satisfaction is influenced by e-commerce website quality. Also, customer patronage is highly influenced by e-business strategies in online stores. It is therefore recommended that, online store owners and managers should make maximum usage of the e-business model as part of the emerging ICT revolution, which could serve as opportunity and sometimes threat to their businesses. Thus all aspect of e-business operation should be closely monitored and continuously scanned to help the business stay relevant and meet the expectation of all stakeholders including their customers.Item Effect of organisational culture on employees’ organisational citizenship behaviour in Nigerian manufacturing industry(Department of Public Administration, University of Ilorin, Nigeria, 2020) Amosa, J. R.; Omolabi, I.; Suleiman, A. A.The influence of organizational culture to elicit certain discretionary behaviours from employees cannot be over emphasized. Therefore, to bring OCB to employees, organisational culture is required. However, the lack of administrative will to entrench a culture that encourage the exhibition of OCB by employees has been an impediment to the survival of many organizations. Thus, this study examined the effect of organizational culture on employees'organisational citizenship behaviour in Nigerian Manufacturing industry using selected culture and OCB variables with reference to Sunflag plc. Lagos.The specific objectives of the study were to: examine the effect of people oriented culture on employee sportsmanship behaviour and evaluate the effect of result oriented culture on employee conscientiousness. Questionnaire was served to the sampled respondents of 297 gotten with taro Yamane sample size determination formula from 1150 employee of the organisation, through a multi stage sampling technique(stratified to take care of each levels of staff and simple random to pick from each strata). Regression analysis were adopted to test the two hypotheses formulated for the study.Results from the study revealed that people oriented culture has a significant and positive effect on sportsmanship (R2= 0.581: p-value<0.05) and that results oriented culture has significant influence on employee conscientiousness (R2=0.661: p-value<0.05). The study concluded that organizational culture in its various forms has significant impact on employees' corporate citizenship behaviour. The study recommended that organization manager should promote a culture that foster selflessness, participation and exhibition of innovative behaviour that guarantees the realisation of the organisational target.Item EFFECT OF RESISTANCE TO CHANGE MANAGEMENT ON EMPLOYEES PERFORMANCE IN SELECTED TEXTILE MANUFACTURING FIRMS, LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA(Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Nigeria, 2021) Amosa, J. R.; Omolabi, I.; Suleiman, A. A.The demand of modern business required that organisations provide their employees with information and support that guarantees the acceptance of change initiatives. Therefore, the failure of management to avail employees with the right to participate and to be informed regarding the change in the organisation has been the main cause of resistance and friction between management and employees. Thus, this study sought to examine the influence of managing resistance to change on employee performance of selected textile manufacturing firms in Lagos state, Nigeria. The specific objectives were to (i) determine the influence of change communication on employee productivity; and (ii) examine the influence of employees’ participation on job satisfaction. The study made use of cross sectional survey design and a multistage sampling techniques. Data were obtained using questionnaire distributed to 365 staff from the total population of 4,115. The hypotheses drawn were tested with regression analysis. The findings from the test revealed a significant and positive effect of change communication on employees’ productivity (R2 = 0.748, P-value ≤ 0.05) and that employees participation had a significant and positive effect on Employees’ job satisfaction (R2 = 0.738, P-value ≤ 0.05). The study therefore, concludes that a well-managed resistance to change positively and significantly affect employees’ performance. The study recommends that managers should pay serious attention to the management of employee resistance to change, with effective and efficient communication as well as entrench organisational democracy through employees’ participation and involvement.Item Effect of technological change management on product quality of selected textile manufacturing firms in Lagos state, Nigeria(Faculty of Management Sciences, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria., 2021) Amosa, J. R.; Omolabi, I.; Suleiman, A. A.Technology is a competitive resource in any organization and as such it has made organizations to consistently rethink how they do their business. If properly managed, technology has the capacity to guarantee the production of quality output. Unfortunately, many business managers failed to properly monitor, manage and cope with the constant change in technology. This has brought serious setback to the competitive ability of the textile firms in Nigeria compared to their foreign counterparts in terms of product quality. Thus, the paper sought to examine the effect of managing technological change on product quality of the selected textile manufacturing firms in Lagos state. The specific objectives are to: (i) examine the extent to which training influences organization's product performance and, (ii) determine the extent to which technology institutionalization influences organization's product conformance. To achieve these objectives, a cross sectional survey design was employed. A study population of 4115 with a sample size of 365 employees gotten through Taro Yamani sample size determination formula made up the respondents for the study. Two hypotheses were formulated and tested. The statistical technique used was multiple regression analysis. The results showed that a statistically strong and positive relationship exists between training and product performance (R square 0.662p (0.05) and that technology institutionalization has positive and significance influence on product conformance (R Square 0585, p0.05) This indicated that managing technological change at it evolves has a positive and significant impact on product quality. The paper recommended that organizational managers should take the issue of technology change management seriously through training and the institutionalization of the new technology to upgrade employees’ skills and competence that leads to the production of high-quality product at low cost.Item Entrepreneurship characteristics and new venture creation: a study of SMES in Kwara state(Department of Economics, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria., 2019) Omolabi, I.; Amosa, J. R.; Suleiman, A. A.The creation of new venture and its nurturing to a full blown business firm such as Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) is often seen as source of innovation and change. It is therefore Imperative that answers are provided to the question of why, how and what are the possible courses of failure that often led to the carly extinction of majority of firms few years after creation. The creation of many agencies and institutions to regulate and boost the growth and development of SMEs notwithstanding, SMEs still witnessed a low growth rate as entrepreneurs start businesses but are unable to turn them into sustainable enterprises. Therefore, this study seeks to determine whether or not entrepreneurial chorocteristics play any role in the creation of SMEs in Kwara State Other objectives of the study are to examine the influence of entrepreneurial characteristics on the creation of SMEs and determine the level of relationship that exists between/among entrepreneurial characteristics metrics and Innovativeness of entrepreneurs in Kwara State. Questionnaire was served to 144 out of 226 registered SMEs owners in Kwara State through simple random sampling technique. Only 137 were duly filled and returned giving 95% response rate. The two hypotheses formulated were tested through regression and correlation analysis. Findings of the study revealed that entrepreneurial characteristics have significant Influence on the creation and eventual development of SMEs (0.740, p-value <0.05) and that strong relationship exist between/among Entrepreneurial characteristics and innovation (P value<0.05). The study therefore recommends that owners and managers of SMEs should embark on rigorous training and retraining of business entrepreneurs since some of these characteristics are learnable, encourage membership synergy through information sharing about the existing market, product and services.Item Ethnic Groups’ Relations in the Emergence of the Fulani Dynasty in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria(Labar: Journal of Military History and Peace Studies (LJMHPS), Published by the Department of Military History, Nigerian Army University, Biu, Borno State, Nigeria, 2024) Adeshina, Lukman; Suleiman, A. A.; Onagun, RThe foundation of co-existence in Ilorin Emirate is premised on nascent settlements of the Baruba hermit, Ojo-Isekuse, Laderin, Solagberu, Abdullahi, Bako, AbdulMumeen, Dose and Olufadi (al-Fahd) in different quarters of Ilorin between seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Each of the aforementioned personalities played socio-cultural roles that fostered relations. Some writers and traditional narrators, especially non-professional historians hardly see pre-Alimi Ilorin history as the foundation and inseparable part of Ilorin history, some writers emphasized a single ethnic group as the basis for the establishment of the Emirate. This work found the essentiality of pre-Alimi Ilorin history, ethnic collaborations and individuals‘ contributions to the establishment of the Ilorin Emirate in 1823. The Ilorin Emirate comprises five L.G.As of Kwara State, namely, Asa L.G.A, Ilorin East L.G.A, Ilorin South L.G.A, Ilorin West L.G.A and Moro L.G.A. This paper examines the contribution of all the ethnic groups‘ subjects and the earliest ward leaders of Ilorin to the survival of each settlement and the emergence of the Ilorin Emirate. Sources of data collection for this study involved primary and secondary. The methodology adopted in his work is historical hence, it relied on primary (oral interviews, praise songs and folklore) and secondary sources. The paper concludes that the administrative acumen of the early Ilorin settlers provided an avenue for the evolution and the heterogeneity of Ilorin as a community.Item Government regulations and survival of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMES) in Kwara state.(Department of Public Administration, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria, 2018) Amosa, J. R.; Omolabi, I.; Suleiman, A. A.; Peleowo, T. K.Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) have been recognized by government and development experts, most especially the developing countries of Africa, as the main engine of economic growth and major factor in promoting private sector development and partnership. Nigeria has facilitated the growth of SMEs through the creation of many agencies, institutions and promulgation of laws and regulations that aid government in regulating and boosting the growth and development of SMEs. Therefore, this study seeks to examine the impact of government regulations on the survival of SMEs in Kwara State. Other specific objectives were to examine the extent to which government regulations influence the survival of SMEs and determine the nature of the relationship that exists between tax policy and growth of SMEs. Questionnaire was served to 144 out of 226 registered SMEs in Kwara State through stratified, simple random sampling technique. The two hypotheses formulated were tested through regression and correlation analysis. Findings of the study revealed that government regulations have significant influence on the survival of SMEs (r2=73.2%, pvalue< 0.05) and that strong relationship exist between tax policy and the growth of SMEs (Pvalue< 0.05). The study therefore recommends that government should legislate against multiple taxation and make funds available to regulatory agencies and financial institutions established statutorily to cater for the growth and survival of SMEs.Item Impact of Organisational Culture on Employees’ Performance in Selected Pharmaceutical Companies in Nigeria(Academy of Taiwan Business Management Review, 2019) Isiaka, S. B.; Kadiri, I. B.; Adeoti, J. O.; Saka, M. J.; Suleiman, A. A.; Jimoh, A. L.The various studies on organisational culture have shown that employees in most of the business organisations in Nigeria today are operating under the whims and caprices of the owners established beliefs, values and norms which are usually difficult to change as environment changes. Failure in the attempt to properly capture the interest of the employees when addressing this, usually generate the exhibition of some attitudes and behaviours that are inconsistent with the company’s best interests. Therefore, this study examines the impact of organizational culture on employees’ performance with reference to selected Pharmaceutical companies in Nigeria. The study adopted a survey research design. Primary data was used to obtain the needed information through structured questionnaire. Out of 634 permanent staff of the selected pharmaceutical companies in Nigeria, simple random sampling technique was used to select a sample of 239 respondents. Multiple regression used to test the formulated hypothesis. The result of the regression showed that organizational culture has significant impact on employees performance (R Square of 0.684, p-value=0.0001). The study concludes that organization culture has a significant relationship as well as a good influence on employees performance. Also, significant differences exist in the level of adherence to the identified cultural dimensions. The study therefore recommended that the Pharmaceutical companies in Nigeria should promote organisational culture, especially by paying more attention to detail so as to yield positive and significant contribution to employees performance.Item Impact of the Modernization of Arabic and Islamic Education in Ilorin Emirate, 1943-2015(Kaduna Journal of Humanities, Published by Department of History, Kaduna State University, Kaduna-Nigeria, 2024) Adeshina, Lukman; Suleiman, A. A.The much emphasis, which Islam laid on knowledge as a criterion for effective worship of Allah (God) necessitated the need for people of Ilorin Emirate to establish various traditional Islamic schools. The presence of Islamic knowledge in Ilorin following the formation of a theocratic government by the way of an Emirate in 1823 attracted a large number of Muslims from inside and outside the Oyo empire who were in search of Islamic learning, this therefore, called for the establishment of more advanced Arabic and Islamic educational institutions in Ilorin. This emphasis of Islam on knowledge acquisition as well as the contemporary educational challenges therefore gave birth to the changing of phases of Arabic and Islamic learning in Ilorin Emirate from 1940s till the present time whose effect has been the modernization of Arabic and Islamic learning in Ilorin with its attendant impacts. Using oral sources and secondary sources, the paper examines the transformation of Arabic and Islamic school system in Ilorin Emirate from traditional to advanced form as well as the impacts of the modernization/westernization on the Arabic and Islamic learning in Ilorin Emirate and beyond.Item PARTICIPATIVE MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEE JOB PERFORMANCE IN A NIGERIAN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY(Faculty of Management Sciences, Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria, 2019) Amosa, J. R.; Omolabi, I.; Suleiman, A. A.The denial of workers’ active involvement in decision-making and the attendant negative attitude to work necessitate the need for this study to examine the impact of participative management (PM) on employee job performance in a Nigerian Manufacturing Industry. Other specific objectives were to: examine the impact of participative management on employee job performance; and, evaluation of the relationship between indirect participation dimensions and employee job satisfaction. Questionnaire was served to 240 out of 600 employees of the manufacturing organisation through stratified, simple random sampling techniques. Two hypotheses formulated were tested through regression and correlation analysis. The findings revealed that (PM) had a significant influence on employee job performance (r2=76.5%, p-value<0.05) and that indirect participation dimensions and employee job satisfaction correlated (P-value<0.05). The study concluded that PM remains an important management strategy for improving employee performance with recommendation that organisation should emphasize comprehensive task and contextual performance behaviour strategy through the adoption of participative management.Item REWARD SYSTEM MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIAN PUBLIC ENTERPRISES: A STUDY OF NIGERIAN TELEVISION AUTHORITY ILORIN(Department of Business Administration, University of Ilorin, ilorin, Nigeria, 2017) Amosa, J. R.; Omolabi, I.; Suleiman, A. A.A reward system is seen to be thriving only when the employees concerned construe its guidelines as fairly handled, consistent, and relevant. Therefore, this study seeks to examine whether or not reward system management play any role on employees' job performance in Nigerian public enterprises. The specific objectives of the study were to: (i) determine the relationship between elements of reward management system and employees' job performance and to (ii) examine the extent to which intrinsic and extrinsic reward influences employees' job satisfaction. The study adopted a survey research design through the use of a well-structured questionnaire to elicit the needed information from the respondents. The study adopted a census approach by using the total population of 78 staff of the organisation. Correlation and Multiple regression analysis were used to test the formulated hypotheses. The result of the correlation analysis revealed that strong and significant relationship exist between elements of reward management system and employees' job performance; and that intrinsic and extrinsic rewards have significant influence on employee's job Satisfaction (R Square of 0.635, p-value=0.0001). The study concluded that reward management system elements have significant relationship as well as good influence on employees' job performance and that intrinsic and extrinsic rewards have significant influence on employee's job Satisfaction. The study therefore recommended that government should make very serious policies regarding the provision of rewards and welfare packages for employees of the government owned telecommunication organizations if the purpose that calls for their establishment are to be achieved.Item The Socio-Economic Impact of Trading in Used Household Items (Aganmu/Basiri) at Baboko Market, Ilorin, 1980-2018(Department of History and International Relation, Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin., 2019-12) Adeshina, Lukman; Onagun, Rasheed; Suleiman, A. A.Item Traditional Medical Practices in Ilorin Emirate Up to 1900(Published by Department of History, UDUS., 2020-09) Onagun, Rasheed; Suleiman, A. A.A couple of factors precipitated the fame, strength and power of the Ilorin Emirate in the 19th century. These factors range from strategic location as a transit region, economy, cultural heterogeneity, military as well as medicine. The paper thereby discusses the significance and impact of traditional medicine in the sustenance of Ilorin Emirate as a power to reckon with in the 19th century. The discourse discusses how the Ilorin traditional professional healthcare providers have protected the community against diseases and epidemics, and how several common or ordinary, and severe ailments were cured. Huge success recorded in ensuring the healthy wellbeing of her people prompted the native to repose high trust and confidence in traditional medicine, and their anxiety, shunning and rejection of Colonial health services in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. The paper uses secondary and primary sources such as oral interviews secured from resource persons, traditional medicinal items, and pictorial evidences of diagnosis, oracles and religious venerations to analyze how holistic medical cultures had helped to ensure and sustain the healthcare and wellbeing of the people of Ilorin in the 19th century.