INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR ENHANCING PERFORMANCE OF TEACHING STAFF IN OTM DEPARTMENTS IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN RIVERS STATE

Faith Adanne Onuekwa

Department of Office Technology and Management

Capt. Elechi Amadi Polytechnic, Rumuola

ABSTRACT

The study delved into information and communication technologies and Lecturers’ Teaching Performance of Lecturer in Tertiary Institution in Rivers State. The research design is qualitative in which related literature was reviewed.  The paper discussed information and communication technologies in the light of availability of information and communication tools, utilization of the ICTs, challenges of use ICTs and the concept of Lecturer performance.  Availability was viewed in the sense of not just having the facilities available but the ability of the Lecturer to use the available digital tools.  From the reviewed scholarly literature the paper suggested that government should embark on massive training and retraining of Lecturer in public tertiary institutions in Rivers State in Rivers State, while the lecturers themselves should brace up for self-development to cope with the contemporary world of education.

Keywords: Information and Communication Technologies, Lecturer performance, Challenges, Utilities, Availability, OTM (Office Technology and Management).

ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR) IN NIGERIA WORK ORGANIZATIONS: A SITUATION ANALYSIS

¹Okafor, l. C., ²Ele, Augustine Augustine, ¹Mbam John Nwuguru & ¹Orji Awa Prince

¹Department of Business Management, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki,

²Department of Business Management,University of Calabar, Calabar

Email: elenoble2000@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT

This paper centered on Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in the Nigeria work organizations- a situation analysis. The study employed a theoretical –based approach and a conceptual review of related literatures. Three objectives were formulated to guide this study. The study revealed that ADR has a significant influence on organizational and employees’ performance in the Nigeria work organizations. The study also revealed that the different methods of ADR such as arbitration, mediation, negotiation, collaboration, compromise, good governance, communication, facilitation, expert determination, mini-trial, etc. if adopted appropriately would have a significant effects on operational efficiency and effectiveness of work organizations in Nigeria. Based on the findings, the study recommended that management and managers should employ the ADR mechanisms such as mediation, arbitration, negotiation, collaboration, compromise and good governance in settling disputes as well as conflicts among parties in the Nigeria work organizations in order to reduce cost, save time and being fast in reaching a consensus agreement or compromise. It was also recommended that the various mechanisms of ADR should be adopted in resolving disputes between management and workers of the work organizations depending on the situation or circumstances, since there is no one best method in solving organizational conflicts and problems.Key words: Alternative dispute resolution, work organizations, disputes, conflict, Nigeria

ETHICAL ISSUES OF TAX EVASION IN NIGERIA

Nwadighoha, C. E.

Department of Accounting, College of Management Sciences,

Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State Nigeria.

ABSTRACT: This paper examines the views and ethical justifications for tax evasion in Nigeria. The survey method was employed for the study which involves the administration of questionnaires to sixty respondents made up of the academia, civil servants, businessmen and students. The questionnaire contains scale depicting the basic views on tax evasion. Most of the statements begin with the phrase “tax evasion is not unethical if …” which allows the respondents to either agree or disagree with the statement. The responses to each question were tallied and ranked to determine the circumstances whereby tax evasion might be considered most or least ethical. The pooled t-statistic was used to test whether there were significant differences among the respondents on the view on tax evasion. It was discovered that the respondents especially the academia agree that tax evasion was ethical. Similarly, the academia was eighteen structured statements in a 5-point likert less opposed to tax evasion than the other respondents. Moreover, the female respondents (academic and other respondents) expressed more support for tax evasion than their male counter parts. Among the most important justifications or reasons for tax evasion were: religious, political and ethnic discrimination, perception of injustice in government allocation of projects. Unfairness in the tax system was the least justification for tax evasion. It is concluded that there is serious ignorance of tax laws on the part of the respondents as no reason is sufficient to justify tax evasion which is a criminal offence. Therefore, it is recommended that government and the tax authorities should engage in massive awareness campaigns and tax education to enlighten the public on the need to pay taxes instead of evading it and also to correct the wrong perception of tax obligations of citizen in   Nigeria.

DETERMINANTS OF FOREIGN PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS IN AN EMERGING ECONOMY: EVIDENCE FROM NIGERIA

Duruechi, Anthony H

Department of Banking & Finance

Faculty of Management Sciences

Imo State University, Owerri Imo State

Email: tonimoore03@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

The study concerned itself with determinants of foreign portfolio investments in Nigeria. The main objective was to ascertain those factors that influence foreign portfolio investments in an emerging economy like Nigeria.  Secondary data used for the study were obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Statistical Bulletin, spanning the period 1990 to 2018. The Vector Error Correction Mechanism (VECM) was used to analyze the data aided by e-views version 10. The research findings revealed that market capitalization, all-share index, economic growth, foreign exchange rates, interest rates and inflation rates are determinants of Foreign Portfolio Investments in Nigeria. Thus, it was concluded that the identified variables are major factors considered by foreign investor’s viz-a-viz foreign portfolio investments in Nigeria. Thus, it was recommended that having established the fact that market capitalization, all-share index, economic growth, foreign exchange rates, interest rates and inflation rates are major determinants of foreign portfolio investment in Nigeria, there is need to ensure that these variables are properly monitored in order to attract more foreign portfolio investors into the country.

Keywords: Foreign portfolio investments, market capitalization, all share index, economic growth, foreign exchange rates, interest rates and inflation rates.

THE INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF PUBLIC PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT TO PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION STUDENTS

Dominic Shimawua Chiahemen

Department of Public Administration,

Faculty of Management Sciences, Veritas University

Email: dshimawua@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

The personnel or workforce of an organization are the key to efficient service delivery and without an adequate, skilled and well-motivated workforce operating within a sound personnel management system, the realization of organizational objectives is far-fetched, thus, as a student of public personnel management, an administrator or a manager that underrates the crucial role and underplays the importance of people in goal achievement (whether public or private sector) can neither be effective nor efficient. The recognition of the role and importance of public personnel management in the workplace has led to a demand for graduates who are trained and qualified in public personnel management who can advise organizations in this area, and the highest development of a career structure through which such an employees may rise to the highest levels of the organization.