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Author(s):
Editor in Chief.
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British Journal of Management and Marketing Studies, Volume 2 Issue 2, Full Issue
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British Journal of Management and Marketing Studies, Volume 2 Issue 2, Full Issue
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Author(s):
Dr. Ikon Michael A., U. O. Ochumba.
Page No : 1-12
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Intellectual Capital (IC) and Competitive Advantage in selected Pharmaceutical Firms in South-East Nigeria
Abstract
Intellectual capital is a key human resource contributor to any organization’s survival if properly harnessed. The broad objective of the study was to ascertain the extent of relationship that exists between Intellectual Capital (IC) and Competitive Advantage in selected pharmaceutical Firms in South-East Nigeria. The study adopted a survey research design. Population if the study was 1120 employees and sample size 295 employees derived by using Taro Yamane’s formula. Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation coefficient was used in data analysis. Findings indicated that employee competence had a significant positive relationship with organizational learning capability in the selected Pharmaceutical Firms in South-East Nigeria (cal. r. 793> crit. r. 138). The study concluded that intellectual capital plays a major role and significantly impacts on competitive advantage of the studied firms, and recommended to the management of the studied firms to focus on the competence level of prospective employees while recruiting as this would make them fit into the organization and job seamlessly and increase their learning capability.
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Author(s):
Dr. Ikon Michael A., Dr. Onwuchekwa Faith C., Ezeaku C.U..
Page No : 13-29
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Change Management and Organizational Innovation in Selected Manufacturing Firms in Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria
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This study examined the influence of Change Management on Organizational Innovation with particular reference to selected manufacturing firms in Awka. The study seeks to find out specifically the relationship between Environmental-adaptability and product innovation. The study is anchored on Three Steps Change Theory by Kurt Lewin. Survey research design was adopted. The population of the study is four hundred and eighteen (418) and complete enumeration was adopted. Pearson's Product Moment Correlation was used for data analysis. The findings revealed that there was significant positive relationship between environmental-adaptability and product innovation. The study recommends that focused manufacturing firms should always try to improve their products using innovations that are environmental adaptive.
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Author(s):
Felix M.O., Hamilton D.I..
Page No : 30-40
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Impact of Innovativeness on Organization Agility of Food and Beverage Firms in Rivers State, Nigeria
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This study empirically examined the impact of innovativeness on organizational agility of food and beverage firms in Rivers State, Nigeria. The survey research design was utilized. The sampling technique used was simple random sampling techniques. The sample size of 119 was obtained from 17 selected manufacturing firms in Rivers State Nigeria. The spearman rank order correlation was used in ascertaining the relationship between the predictor and the criterion variable. The result of the analysis revealed that innovativeness significantly and positively impacts on organizational agility of food and beverage firms in Rivers State. The study concluded that innovativeness helps in organizational encouragement of Research and Development, development of new work processes, new product/services creation and introduction, and assuming leadership in area of technology, and in development of competitive advantage. Additionally, innovativeness is positively and significantly related to organizational agility of food and beverage manufacturing firms in Rivers State Nigeria. It is recommended that; Innovativeness should be codified as prerequisite specification for potential employees, innovativeness should be enshrined into the culture of the organization and managers of organizations should always encourage employees to be creative enough and also attach reward to creative idea generation from employees. Also, there should always be periodic scanning of the external business environment in search of threats and opportunities, Organizations should stay aggressively competitive in order to combat rivals when the need arises and should be proper risk assessment before embarking on any project.
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Author(s):
Prof. Mohamad Shehada, Dr. Muntaha Bani Hani.
Page No : 41-52
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The Impact of the Seeds Already Implanted by “Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization” on the Organization’s Performance
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The objective of this paper is to measure the impact of the seeds (competence, creativity, innovation, technology, and entrepreneurship) that have been already implanted by Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization (TAGORG) on the performance of that organization. The target population for this study is 70-unit managers and their assistants at (TAGORG). 66-unit managers and their assistants participated in the completion of the questionnaires and 3 were excluded. The findings of the study stipulate that the seeds already implanted by (TAGORG), increased the effectiveness and efficiency of the services and image of (TAGORG). In order to formulate appropriate competitive advantage through the seeds implanted, it is first recommended to analyze the company’s strategic outputs. After all, this would create an environment within (TAGORG) to promote mutual respect, trust and concern between management and employees and that would influence performance.
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Author(s):
Dr. Dim Ethelmary, Emeakayi Hope Chizoba, Arua Nneka Maria.
Page No : 53-71
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Effect of Employee Training on Performance of Selected Multinational Corporations in Nigeria
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This study examined effect of employee training on performance of selected multinational corporation in Nigeria. Both primary and secondary data was employed, population of the study was 2774 but Taro Yamane formular was adopted to trim it to a sizable figure of 359. Questionnaire were distributed in order to realize a quality data; descriptive survey design was adopted to add value to the study. Conclusions were established that employee training has a positive significant with employee performance, findings disclosed that there is a significant relationship between coaching and employee performance. Recommendations were made that organization should evaluate coaching type of training and development programs; it is vital to evaluate coaching in order to assess its effectiveness in learning outcome of employees.
