Bücher von Adeola Ajayi

Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject Politics - Region: Africa, Obafemi Awolowo University (Department of Public Administration), course: Pad 646, language: English, abstract: The term paper evaluated poverty alleviation programs in saki east local government of oyo state.It also identified various poverty programs in saki east local government of oyo state and examined the implementational strategies for these programs in the local government.It also assessed the impact of the povertyalleviation programs on the people of saki east local government area, This was necessitated by the need to make poverty alleviation more effective and beneficial to the people of the local government.The paper utilized primary and secondary data.Primary data were questionnaire while secondary data were textbooks,journals,internet sources etcThe term paper revealed that there is a need to shift emphasis to target approach to poverty reduction in Nigeria.It also revealed that there is for target women and other vulnerable group of poor people in order to prevent bias against women inaccessing information above poverty alleviation programs.The paper concluded that poverty alleviaton plans should be well comprehensive coordinated and well funded in order to make it more effective and beneficial to the people of saki east local government of oyo state.

Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject Leadership and Human Resources - Miscellaneous, University of Nigeria, course: introduction to personnel management (PAD 635), language: English, abstract: The study examined motivation as a tool for productivity in the Nigerian civil service: A case study of Edo State Civil Service. It also identified the motivational strategies that exist in Edo State Civil Service. In addition, the degree of implementation of these motivational strategies in Edo State Civil Service was examined as well as the effectiveness of the identified motivational strategies on the productivity of the Civil Servants in Edo State. The study used both primary and secondary data. The study revealed that the civil service in Edo State enjoys some motivational incentives from the State Government, although the motivational incentives are rarely implemented in the State Civil Service. They study revealed that increase in remuneration among others like reward for loyalty, availability of opportunity and provision of working tools are motivational mechanisms adopted by the Edo State Civil Service towards increase in employees¿ productivity. The finding of the study revealed that job satisfaction level of staffs of Edo State civil Service is affected or determined by a number of factors which include wages and salary, pension and gratuity, promotion work environment and the work condition. The study also revealed that the Edo State Civil Service motivational strategies like prompt payment of salary and granting of housing and car loans are poorly implemented. The study posits that the morale and initiatives of the Edo State Civil Servants is dampened due to the improper implementation of these motivational strategies which may not at all times be disconnected from politics of favouritism and nepotism. The study concluded that employers should be able to help employees see that the organization can help them satisfy their needs and utilize their potentials to contribute to the achievement of the organizational goal. Workers are affected by different needs at different times; this means that individual worker is motivated differently. Also, those human needs could be interdependent and overlapping. The government should endeavour to integrate goals of the organization with those of its employees and continuer to adopt the supportive management technique.

Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2012 in the subject Leadership and Human Resources - Miscellaneous, Obafemi Awolowo University, language: English, abstract: The paper focused on the procedure of performance evaluation of staff in Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria.It assessed the appraisal method and instrument of performance evaluation employed by the institute and the effect on the staff performance and work-related habits.The book concluded that the appraisal of staff should not be handled with levity and that performance appraisal be a continuous exercise,rather than a "postmortem" exercise which is currently the situation.