ABSTRACT    The study examined the effect of educational qualifications on entrepreneurs and performance of small and medium scale enterprises in Mainland Local Government Area of Lagos State, Nigeria. In this study, relevant and extensive literatures were reviewed under sub-headings. The descriptive research survey was used in the assessment of the opinions of the selected respondents with the adoption of the questionnaire and the sampling technique. A total of 100 (One Hundred) respondents were selected and used as samples for this study, the respondents were made up of (50 males and 50 females). A total of four null hypotheses were generated and used in this study using both the percentage frequency counts and the t-test statistical tools at 0.05 level of significance. At the end of the data analyses, the following results were generated: hypothesis one found that there is a significant effect of educational qualifications and performance of entrepreneurs in small and ...

EFFECT OF AUTOMOBILE TECHNOLOGY ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR SUSTAINABLE    DEVELOPMENT IN LAGOS STATE. Background of the study Over the years there have been many definitions of  entrepreneurship and they have all been acceptable definitions but i define it as the capacity and willingness to develop, organize and manage a business venture along with any of its risks in order to make a profit. The most obvious example of entrepreneurship is the starting of new businesses. In economics, entrepreneurship combined with land, labor, natural resources and capital can produce profit. Entrepreneurial spirit is characterized by innovation and risk-taking, and is an essential  part of a nation's ability to succeed in an ever changing and increasingly competitive global marketplace. One can simply say that entrepreneurship as t...

TRAINING MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE  INTRODUCTION: The purpose for this study was to determine the training Manpower Development and Employee Performance in an organization. Training of Manpower has been one of the pressing problems that have greatly affected the economy of any nation. Since the problem of training manpower development and employee performance among organizations is not new in the field of educational research, many studies have been carried out, but considerable numbers of literatures and papers have been reviewed. Hence, related literature on this subject therefore has been profound and vast. Some of the studies were quite intriguing. Some were particularly concerned with sporting factors that aided poor employee performance. Such studies have however been helpful in a way that they point to why some employee could not perform or achieve their goals positively thereby opting out as a result. In the reviewing the related literature...

EVALUATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ON THE BANKING INDUSTRY (A CASE STUDY OF FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA PLC) ABSTRACT    Information technology is a powerful force that drives the world towards a converging commonality. From the beginning of the human era, technology has been of the most essential and most important factor for the development of mankind. The use of Information technology broadly referring to computers has seen tremendous growth in service industries in the recent past. The most obvious example is perhaps the banking industry. This project examines the impact of information technology on the banking industry 2000 -2009. It will also find out how growth rate in computer technology cost, interest: interbank, inflation rate, total bank asset, total deposit, number of bank branches, total computer asset cost affect the performance of First Bank of Nigeria. The study will analyze the problem of the impact of information technology on the banking secto...

The business of modern banking started in Nigeria in 1892 with the incorporation of African Banking Corporation. British Bank of West Africa later absorbed this bank in 1894. The early period of commercial banking in Nigeria was characterized by a lack of legislation which made it an all-comers affair. With the absence of any banking legislation in 1892, when the first bank was established in Nigeria (African Banking Corporation) anybody could set up a banking company provided the bank is registered under the Ordinance Act which section 2(i) prohibited the formation of a banking company or partnership consisting of more than ten (10) persons for the purpose of carrying on a banking business, unless it was registered as a company, hence it was referred to as the “free banking era”. This period also saw the establishment of three foreign banks and two indigenous banks. The foreign banks were; The British Bank of West Africa Limited in 1894 (now known as First Bank Plc), the Barclay...