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Author(s):
Onche Virginia Ochanya.
Page No : 1-9
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Contemporary Office Management at the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Abstract
The office plays a very important role in the efficiency of an organisation. The effectiveness of these functions depends largely on the availability, the needed competencies and skills acquired by the secretary in the Modern Office Practice. This study examines the effects of contemporary office management in the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. The exploratory research techniques were adopted which include reviewing available literature and/or data. Informal qualitative approaches, such as discussions with consumers, employees, management or competitors were employed. The availability and use of modern office equipment will inevitably have an impact on the activities and output of the Secretary of the Offices and the University. The availability of office equipment and knowledge in the use of office equipment at the University of Ibadan is investigated in terms of their effect on office output. The study therefore recommends that training in the use of office equipment be stepped up in order to increase the level of knowledge and output of the secretaries. The study thus recommends that training programmes on the use of modern office equipment for secretaries should be embarked upon.
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Author(s):
Azaki B. Jephtah, Dakyes S. Panse, Nuhu Abdullahi, Ogwu Jeremiah.
Page No : 10-23
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Contributing Factors of Child Labour in Nigeria and Implications on SDG 8: Evidence from 2016 Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey
Abstract
Child labor is considered harmful to the general development of the child but is still common in the developing countries of the world. The study aimed at determining the demographic and socio-economic factors contributing to child labor in Nigeria. Secondary data extracted from the 2016 MICS were used. The sample was two stages sampling frame, with a nationally representative sample of 33,901 households from 2,239 enumeration areas. 61,109 questionnaires were administered to children age 5–17 years using three age-specific thresholds. Tabulations, involving frequencies and percentages were used to analyze the data at univariate level, while logistic regression analysis was employed to determine the contributing factors of child labor. The results showed that child labor was still high in the country and the poorest households had more children involved in child labor. The emerging factors of child labor were child’s age, sex, place of residence, school attendance, mother’s education, wealth index quintile and geo-political zone. To achieve SDG8, it was recommended that enforcement of compulsory school attendance and completion, skill acquisition, empowering parents and education of parents against child labor should be vigorously pursued by the government at all levels in the country.
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Author(s):
Adetunbi Richard Ogunleye.
Page No : 24-31
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Religious Pluralism and Inter-Religious Encounters in the 21st Century Nigeria
Abstract
Religion is one of the heritages that Nigeria shares with other African countries. In fact, Nigeria is blessed with three major religious traditions—African indigenous religion, Islam and Christianity—which actually afford her the opportunity to be a pluralistic religious country. These religions relate with the Nigerian society and they fulfil different roles which are deeply rooted in them. However, because of the inbuilt challenges of a pluralistic religious state, some manipulators use religion as their ready-made instrument of conflict and confusion, in the cities that are well-known for their peaceful co-existence over the years. Consequently, the scenario is having negative effects on the socio-political, educational and religious lives of Nigerians nationwide. This paper aims at discussing religious interactions among Nigerians during the pre-colonial era and comparing it with what is in operation in the current dispensation. It will also examine the various ways that manipulators have used religion and explore how interreligious dialogue and other means of peaceful co-existence can be used to enhance meaningful development in the country. The research employs a qualitative method of data collection and uses a phenomenological approach to analyse the data collected. Findings revealed that different religious adherents interacted freely in antiquity until the incursion of foreign religions with their attendant intolerance. Consequently, improper handling of interreligious encounters, lack of adequate interreligious understanding and abuse of religion have caused religious conflicts and insecurity of lives and properties in the country. These in turn have led to the setback experienced in the development of socio-economic and political sectors in Nigeria. It is the opinion of this study that if the relevance of religion is fully understood and it is allowed to perform its roles for the benefit of humanity, Nigerians in general would witness peaceful, harmonious existence and meaningful development in all dimensions.
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Author(s):
Beauty Chewe, Thomas Kweku Taylor.
Page No : 32-48
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Disciplinary Procedures, Employee Punctuality and Employee Performance at Ndola City Council (Zambia)
Abstract
The purpose of the research was to assess the effect of disciplinary procedures on employee punctuality and performance at Ndola City Council. The research questions were: What is the relationship between disciplinary procedures, employee punctuality and performance? How have the institution’s disciplinary procedures influenced employees on their punctuality? In what ways have the institution’s disciplinary procedures influence employees’ performance? Four hypotheses, i.e., disciplinary procedures positively affect employee performance; disciplinary procedures positively affect employee punctuality; employee punctuality positively affects employee performance; disciplinary procedures and employee performance was moderated by employee punctuality were tested. The hypothesis, disciplinary procedures positively affect employee performance was supported. It was concluded that factors including organizational culture, public institutional entity, and delayed payment of employees’ motivational remunerations could possibly affect employee performance, hence punctuality not being a moderator. The main recommendation was that management should review issues related to organizational culture in relation to punctuality to improve performance.
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Author(s):
Emmanuel Sunny Azubuike, Dr. Wosu Madubochi.
Page No : 49-58
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Procedural Justice and Employees’ Commitment in Selected Hospitals in Rivers State
Abstract
Justice perception can influence employees' attitudes and behaviors for good or bad, and in turn, have a positive or negative impact on the employees' performance and the organization's success. The purpose of this study was to identify the roles of procedural justice toward employee commitment. It also examined the relationship between procedural justice and employee commitment. A convenience sampling was used on the sample size of 200 studied. The results of correlation analysis show that there is a significant positive relationship between procedural justice and employee commitment. The study concludes that employees who perceive unfairness in the workplace may exhibit varying degrees of malicious behaviors. This study provides guidelines for organization management and better ways to reduce employee turnover.
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Author(s):
Dr. Oluwasolape Onafowora, Dr. Temitope Francis Abiodun, Dr. Olanrewaju Lateef Yusuf, Marcus Temitayo Akinlade.
Page No : 59-73
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Macabre Dimensions of Crimes and Insecurity in Nigeria and the Imperatives of Community Policing
Abstract
The paper focuses on community policing, a recent concept taken to as additive to law enforcement which has become everyone’s allegorical remedy for policing problems in the global system. The concept as an agenda for policing reform, has received numerous attentions, having received scholarly debates in various. In Sub-Saharan African region, and most especially Nigerian state where issues of crimes and insecurity have taken different dimensions, there have been agitations and a need to get an alternative to security structure in the country. Officers of the Nigeria Police are conspicuously overwhelmed in the discharge of their fundamental duties, there is, therefore, the need for community policing to complement their efforts in the maintenance of internal security and protection of lives and property. Therefore, this study interrogates the factors aiding the surge of crimes and ineffective policing in Nigeria, and also examines the merits derivable in subscription to the community policing viewpoint. The study gathered its data from secondary sources. The study in its findings, reveal that: a disconnect between the people and government, interagency rivalry, absence of intelligence gathering on the part of the security agencies, non-prosecution of violence perpetrators, amongst others, aid the surge of crimes and ineffective policing in the state. It as well argues that community policing would definitely go a long way in reversing the current state of insecurity for good in Nigeria. The paper, in its recommendations, submits that both the police and the public should jettison the rigid notion of rivalries between them, and should cultivate the force of togetherness and become partners in the course of securing lives and property in the society.
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Author(s):
Isaac Kwesi Mensah, Emmanuel Obed Acquah.
Page No : 74-86
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Rejection of Indigenous Music? Reflections of Teaching and Learning of Music and Dance in Tamale International School
Abstract
Culturally responsive teaching and learning in schools creates an engaging and accessible learning environment that ensures continuity in the traditions of the people. One of the aspects of culture which engages students effectively in the learning process is music and dance. However, the instructional delivery of Music and Dance in Tamale International School scarcely includes the indigenous music content to a broader perspective. The paper was an investigation to find out how music and dance was taught in Tamale International School. It also highlights the attitudes of students towards the teaching and learning of Music and Dance. Using the cultural theory of Education as the theoretical framework, and a case study research design, participants were drawn from the pupils, the music teacher as well as the headteacher of the school. Interview and observation were the main instruments for the data collection. It was revealed that teaching of music and dance in the Tamale International School was a problem due to the fact that the school is one of the Western colonized schools with much historical orientation on Western music thereby relegating African music to the background. Attitudes of pupils towards the study of African music component of the music and dance syllabus being negative due to their religious background and the orientation received from their parents. Situated within the cultural education theory, the paper concludes that when students are given the opportunity to learn traditional music very often at school, it will help them to know theirs as Africans and embrace it in spite of their orientations from their religious background.
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Author(s):
Dr. Lassana Toure, Atoumane Diagne, Dr. Amadou Traore.
Page No : 87-104
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Impacts of COVID-19 on the World Economy and Societies: Towards a New Social and Economic Order
Abstract
This paper reports an analysis of the statistical data and a socio-economic impact analysis of COVID-19. The pandemic started in Asia, particularly China, in December 2019 and continued until it peaked there at the end of February 2020. Europe has seen a dramatic increase in the number of confirmed cases and deaths since March 2020. At the same time, and to a lesser extent, North America, including the USA, has gradually taken over and now contains more new positive cases than anywhere else in the world. In contrast, South America, like Brazil, was the epicentre of the pandemic at the end of August 2020. Africa and Oceania are modestly affected by the pandemic. Econometric estimates were made assuming that the COVID-19 pandemic continues until December 2021. The results show that the duration of the peak of the pandemic would not exceed 400 days worldwide, if during the first 24 months the number of new cases never exceeds 800,000, and in the absence of an effective vaccine and treatment. The measures currently being implemented in many countries to prevent the spread of the disease (social distancing, closing of markets, confinement, banning of gatherings, etc.) are having a profound impact on the various markets and, through them, on the living conditions of households. The number of unemployed may increase. World trade and world prices of financial assets are in free fall. The State and the Central Banks will be obliged to intervene to revive economic activity and regulate certain prices of necessity. This pandemic, through barrier measures, is causing new social developments across the planet. It emphasises the idea that science, techniques and technologies are largely limited. Health and social systems are gradually destabilised. The pandemic suddenly affects religions, socio-professional activities, cultures, the functioning of transport and consumption systems. A new social and economic order is gradually taking shape in place of individualism, notably with a return to communitarian values and the emergence of new behaviours.
