Bøger af Micah Effiong

Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2016 in the subject Economics - Economic Cycle and Growth, grade: A, , language: English, abstract: The study was conducted to evaluate the impact of inflation on economic growth in the context of an emerging market using empirical evidence from Nigeria. Using time series data spanning forty one years (1970-2011) which was obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) statistical bulletin volume 22, and Central Bank of Nigeria official website, the nature of the relationship existing between the focus variables - economic growth (proxied by real Gross Domestic Product, GDP) and inflation rate was explored. The Augmented Dickey Fuller (ADF) and Philip-Perron (PP) tests were used to test for the stationary of the variables while the granger causality test was employed to ascertain the direction of influence between inflation and economic growth in Nigeria. The follow research questions guided this study: What is the trend of inflation in Nigeria? Why have all the policies used unable to reduce inflation rate to an acceptable level? What is the impact of inflation of Nigerian economic growth? Inflation growth has been the macro-economic problem in Nigeria that seems to be intractable over the years; Nigeria government has adopted various measures (both monetary and fiscal policies) to curb or reduce inflation growth to an acceptable level but all these policies seem to have no effects. This gave rise to the following research questions.

Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2019 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: A, , course: Business Administration, language: English, abstract: This study examines the relationship between sustainable development practices and organizational effectiveness in manufacturing firms in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The work specifically examines the relationship between waste recycling and the increase in output in manufacturing firms, investigates the relationship between waste recycling and cost reduction, the relationship between waste recycling and increase in sales volume in manufacturing firms and determines the relationship between waste recycling and environmental pollution reduction in manufacturing.Global warming and increased pollution from all aspect of business activities highlight the importance of green management for firms operating in Nigeria and worldwide. More so, sustainable development practices is one of the elements that contributes directly or indirectly to business value. As the Nigerian population and its industries continue to grow, the problem of proper waste disposal becomes increasingly difficult. Products of the manufacturing process amplify the need for improved waste disposal. Efficiency is sometimes pursued at the expense of environmental sustainability. To produce as much as possible in the most cost-effective manner, manufacturers may adopt practices that appear to be cheap but are actually resource-intensive in the long run.The perspectives on manufacturing companies operations have expanded from economic to environmental and social aspects in current trends. Manufacturing companies are not only aiming to improve operations in terms of flexibility, delivery, quality, and cost, but also attempting to be competitive in terms of economic, environmental and social issues. Hence understating sustainable developmental practices is necessary and should be prioritized in the decision-making processes by company management.

Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2017 in the subject Leadership and Human Resource Management - Leadership, grade: A, , course: Business Administration, language: English, abstract: The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between organizational commitment, moral or affective commitment, calculative or continuance commitment and normative commitment and job performance. The population of the study is made up of 300 academic and non-academic staff of Ritman University, Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State. The paper used purposive sampling for the selection of the respondents. Questionnaires were distributed to the respondents for statistical analysis. The study utilized linear correlation coefficient to analyze the data collected.The study revealed a number of findings including: there is a significant correlation between organizational commitment and employee performance, there is a significant correlation between moral or affective commitment and job performance, there is statistically significant correlation between continuance commitment and job performance. Based on the findings, some recommendations were made most importantly: Nigeria University should lay more emphases on the provision of social responsibility to its workers, owners, society and other stakeholders. Finally, the success or failure of any organization depends on its workforce. Adequate motivation and remuneration boost the employee moral to work harder towards achieving or accomplishing challenging task or goals.

Seminar paper from the year 2019 in the subject Psychology - Intelligence and Learning Psychology, grade: A, , course: Business Administration, language: English, abstract: Language since inception has been hailed as the hallmark of humanity, the ability that separates humans from animals. "Language development is a process starting early in human life". Young children acquire language through significant others by interaction in their immediate environment, through responding to sounds, sentences and experiences expressed by their parents, family and other carers.They begin by absorbing, listening and then imitating and practicing. Their responses are reinforced by these significant others and patterns begin to emerge, even for the babies, as they try so hard to make sense of what is happening around them. Gradually they learn to reproduce sounds and words and establish an understanding of how language works, the structure and grammatical sense of putting these sounds and words together. Infants start without language, yet by 4 months of age, babies can distinguish speech sounds and engage in babbling. Some research has shown that the earliest learning begins in uterus when the foetus starts to recognize the sounds and speech patterns of its mother's voice. Usually, productive language is considered to begin with a stage of preverbal communications in which infants use gestures and vocalizations to make their intents known to others. According to a general principle of development, new forms then take over old functions, so that children learn words to express the same communicative functions which they had already expressed by preverbal means (Kennison, 2013). Language plays an important role in an individual development; children use speech not only for social communication, but also to help them solve tasks.

Seminar paper from the year 2015 in the subject Guidebooks - Self-help, Psychology, grade: B, , course: Business Administration, language: English, abstract: "Career" being a controversial and complex term had been defined by different authors pertaining to their different fields of study and perceptions. Making the right career choice that would keep adolescents relevant in the scheme of activities in the society could be daunting and difficult. Adolescents in our society are often preoccupied with so many thoughts of future career prospects. This, more often than not, often predispose these adolescents to irrational thoughts. Such irrational thoughts could be debilitating to the society and psychological well-being of adolescents. Transition from secondary school to workplace, college or university is a critical path through which every adolescent must pass through.However, it is not uncommon to aver that many of these adolescents are left unguarded while transiting from college to workplace. Most often, parents, teachers, and friends have encouraged secondary school students to proceed to the university while a good number of secondary school students may end up attending universities without knowing why or what they intend to study of which in most cases career psychologist is needed to ascertain the uncertain issue and finding a helping solution to it. For many, this is an important time for career-related matters that will be beneficial to them. As they face the need to choose an academic major, as well as to develop career goals for the future, career problems often become a developmental phase they must pass through in making proper career choices for life.

Seminar paper from the year 2016 in the subject Business economics - Economic Policy, grade: A, , course: MONETARY ECONOMIC THEORY, language: English, abstract: To reconcile the lack of consensus on the appropriate concept of money in Nigeria using a 45 year time series data from 1970 ¿ 2014 and employing the Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) estimation techniques to estimate two equations for both monetary aggregates (M1 and M2). Findings shows that the principal explanatory variable (GDP) on both models has a positive and significant impact on both monetary aggregates, but the impact was more felt in the broad money supply measure (M2). It was concluded that the broad money supply measure defines the appropriate concept of money in Nigeria.

Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2019 in the subject Business economics - Company formation, Business Plans, grade: A, , language: English, abstract: This work examines the relationship between government policies on entrepreneurship and new venture creation in Akwa Ibom, Nigeria. In specific, some of the objectives include to determine the relationship between loans/credit facilities and start-up motives in Nigeria, to examine the relationship between loans/credit facilities and innovativeness in Nigeria and to investigate on the relationship between loans/credit facilities and risk taking in Nigeria.In Nigeria, different administrations at various times have geared their efforts towards developing its entrepreneurship. Several developmental and financial assistance instruments were employed. Similarly, many scholars have written widely on entrepreneurship and its potency to generate employment through the establishment of new ventures, thus, under-scoring the essence, significance and relevance of this sub-sector in the development of any given economy.

Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2019 in the subject Business economics - Organization, grade: A, , language: English, abstract: This study examines the relationship between copreneurship and business sustainability in Nigeria. In specific, the following objectives are included: to examine the relationship between spousal commitment and business profit in small scale business in Nigeria; to investigate on the relationship between spousal commitment and sales growth in small scale business in Nigeria. The population for the study will consists of three hundred and fifty (58) copreneurs in Uyo metropolis, Akwa Ibom State with accessible respondents consisting of small scale business such as catering/decoration services, super markets/stores, beading/makeup services, restaurants/drinking centres in Uyo metropolis, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. The study used purposive sampling techniques for the study. The study utilizes the Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) in which the Scientific Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) package was used to analyze the data collected. The result of the findings from the both variables shows that there is a positive correlation between copreneurship and business sustainability. Hence, it is posited that high levels of spousal commitment lead to more supportive relationships that improve the business success.