Introduction Education has always been the foundation of personal and career development. Broadly speaking education leads invention, innovation, and technology. From the onset, technology has mainly catered to many of our needs. From communication to sending files, technology has indeed made it easier for humans to transact and interact. In the recent years, technological advances…
Introduction International accounting policies and practices in financial reporting are adopted to create equilibrium within the global context. Public interest theory motivates regulatory bodies such as the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). Financial reports are important to both shareholders and investors. The main objectives of financial reporting are to “provide information useful to potential investors…
Date Name of Customer Designation Company Name Business Address Sir/Madam: Greetings! I would like to take a few minutes of your time by requesting you to accomplish the questionnaire on branding in the banking industry. I am doing a study on how branding affects customer preference or choice of bank. The study specifically intends…
History and Profile of Zenith Bank The beginnings of Zenith Bank , located in Lagos, Nigeria can be traced to Founder Jim Ovia who established the commercial bank with a shareholder’s fund of N20million in May1990. 26 years later, the bank has grown profitably and branched itself out to Sierra Leone, Ghana, Gambia, and the…
The banking industry began in Nigeria in the colonial era through the creation of colonial banks which intended to service the requirements of the British colonial government (Murinde & Woldie, 2003, p. 2). Among the first few banks that were established were the African Banking Corporation and the British West Africa which were established in…
Describe the meaning and utility of critical management studies and show how it may affect business practices. We live in a fast-paced society, and change is inevitable. The society continuous to evolve according to the demands of time and change is our way of coping up. Changes do not only apply to people, things, and…
What is Risk Society? The German sociologist, Ulrich Beck, theorized the risk of modernity through his book entitled, “Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity” (Jarvis, p. 24). This was written 18 years ago, and it still holds a profound influence on thinkers, industrialist, and the academic community. Specifically, the risk which Beck delved on is…
Each organization has its own style of managing its people depending on the principles and values it is pursuing. The set of principles also differs according to the type of organization and how each task has been divided among the members. It is not only with the style of principles that these organizations differ but…
A cooperative is an organization formed by volunteer members to meet specific needs. Note that a cooperative can be a non-profit or profit-oriented organization. In addition, there are several types of cooperatives such as agricultural cooperative, consumer cooperative, worker cooperative, and cooperative banks and credit unions, among others. Nonetheless, when compared to traditional forms of…
Consumerism is a phenomenon in which the society leans toward the consumption or acquisition of goods and services. Some definition of consumerism leans toward consumer protection and consumer activism. However, some scholars define this phenomenon as a way of life in which individuals become engrossed at consumption and thereby, spending excessively beyond what they actually…