CHAPTER ONE 1. BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Social influence is defined as “a change in an individual’s thoughts‚ feelings‚ attitudes‚ or behaviors that results from interaction with another individual or a group of people”. Social influence is distinct from conformity‚ power‚ and authority. French and Raven (1959) provided an early formalization of the concept of social influence in their discussion of the bases of social power. For French and Raven‚ agents of change included not just individuals
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A SEMINAR PAPER ON LOGICAL POSITIVISM AND THE ABSURDITY OF METAPHYSICS PRESENTED BY: AKOMOLAFE OLUWATOBA M. MATRIC NO: 187189 COURSE CODE: PHI 702 COURSE TITLE: HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY LECTURER IN CHARGE: Dr. Afolayan LOGICAL POSITIVISM AND THE ABSURDITY OF METAPHYSICS NATURE OF METAPHYSICS In everyday discourse‚ “Metaphysics”
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SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISES IN NIGERIA: THE PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS. By Abiodun Fatai1 Department of Political Science‚ Faculty of Social Sciences Lagos State University‚ Ojo‚ Lagos Nigeria. ABSTRACT Small and medium scale enterprises have long believed to be catalysts for economic growth and national development both in developed and developing countries. In Nigeria where private sector is not well developed SME is assumed to play the role of employment generation‚ facilitator of economic
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My first quarter of college life has been an experience that has taught me several vital lessons. The combination of classes‚ clubs‚ and other activities has forced me to use time wisely while managing a busy schedule. As my academic life at college will continue to become increasingly difficult‚ I believe now is the time to become serious about my education. I have found that there exist ideas‚ mindsets‚ and other factors that help in the motivation and success of learning. In addition‚ there are
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Nigeria’s Religious and Cultural Conflict  Ethnic conflict has scared Nigeria dating back to the slave trade and is still apparent today. The clash between Muslims and Christians throughout the Nigerian state has brought about concern on how stable a nation Nigeria is. Recently‚ the country of 126 million has seen a dramatic increase in violence. Since the election of Olusegun Obasanjo in 1999‚ there has been over 10‚000 Nigerians killed due to ethnic‚ religious‚ or political violence
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DROP IN PRICE OF CRUDE OIL: IMPLICATION ON THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY PAPER DELIVERED TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF GUINNESS NIGERIA PLC Executive Summary The volatility in the prices of crude oil in the international oil market which was triggered by factors within the global economy has impacted the Nigeria economy to some degree with dire consequences for the implementation of the 2012 budget. Some of the factors which triggered the fall in oil prices include a massive
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References: Agboola‚ A. A. (2001) “Impact of Electronic Banking on Customer Services in Lagos‚Nigeria” in Ife Journal of Economics and Finance. Department of Economics‚O.A.U‚ Ile-Ife‚ Nigeria‚ vol. 5‚ Nos. 1&2 Aragba-Akpore‚ S. (1998): ‘The Backbone of Banks’ Service Regeneration’‚Moneywatch‚ July 22‚ p23. Harold‚ B. & Jeff‚ L. (1995): ‘Don’t
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STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM If education is a weapon of liberation from ignorance‚ poverty and diseases‚ then the education for a child means giving the child the potentials to improve himself and the educational standard will no small way improve the child’s worth; hence the child would be able to play his or her own role in the building of his or her own nation. The need to improve on the educational standard by all means stem from the fact that education will not only develop the personality of the
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Of Business Administration) University Of Lagos in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the award of Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration OCTOBER 2010 CERTIFICATION This research project titled The Effects of Training and Development on employees Performance by Ndih Azuka martins meets regulation governing the award of B.Sc. degree in Business Administration (Business Administration) of the University of Lagos‚ Akoka – yaba. Lagos -------------------------- Date ------------------------
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1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Following the announcement by the Central Bank of Nigeria on July 6‚ 2004 about a major reform program that would transform the banking landscape of the country‚ an unprecedented process of merger and acquisition has taken place in the Nigerian Banking Sector shrinking the number of banks from 89 banks to 25 banks or banking groups involving 76 banks which altogether account for 93.5% of the deposit share of the market. Thirteen (13) out of the 89 banks‚ accounting for
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