ABSTRACT
The research is an explanatory attempt to study and analyse “the impact of management challenges on the productivity” with special references to intergrated Building Technology and Services Limited. The objective of this project is to determine various ways through which these challenges can be faced and checked, recommend at the end of the study the best way to counter such challenges. The method of data collection is through personal interview, questionnaires and observation methods. The findings of the study are people refuse to recognized such enterprises by not pratronizing their product in large market due to some reasons and similarly inadequate funding by the appropriate authority which hinder the activities of the organisation. The major conclusion is that government should realize that small and medium scale industries have made a lot of contribution to the Nigeria economy and reducing the rate of unemployment and over dependence on government jobs. Based on the findings and conclusion the researcher recommends that the government should provide adequate financial assistance to the organisation to face challenges that may occur to their productivity.
TABLE OF CONTENT
Title page- - - - - - - - - - i
Declaration - - - - - - - - - ii
Approval pages - - - - - - - - iii
Dedication - - - - - - - - - iv
Acknowledgement- - - - - - - - v
Abstraction- - - - - - - - - vi
Table of content - - - - - - - - vii
CHAPTER ONE
Introduction - - - - - - - - 1
1.1 Background of the study - - - - - 1
1.2 Statement of the problem - - - - - 4
1.3 Objective of the study - - - - - - 5
1.4 Significance of the study - - - - - 5
1.5 Research question and hypothesis - - - - 7
1.6 Scope of the study - - - - - - 8
1.7 Limitation of the study - - - - - - 8
1.8 Definition of the terms - - - - - - 9
CHAPTER TWO
Literature Review
2.1 Introduction- - - - - - - - 10
2.2 Management and administration in a small and medium scale enterprises - - - - 12
2.3 Management profile in a small and medium scale enterprises - - - - - - - 13
2.4 Problems of marketing management in a smalland medium scale enterprises - - - - - 19
2.5 Operations management in a small and medium scale enterprise - - - - - 27
CHAPTER THREE
3.1 Introduction - - - - - - - 32
3.2 Research design - - - - - - - 33
3.3 Area of study - - - - - - - 33
3.4 Population of study- - - - - - - 33
3.5 Sample size and sampling techniques- - - - 34
3.6 Instruments for data collection - - - - 34
3.7 Validation of instrument - - - - - 35
3.8 Reliability of instrument - - - - - 35
3.9 Method of data collection - - - - - 36
3.10 Method of data analysis - - - - - 36
CHAPTER FOUR
Data Presentation and Analysis
4.1 Introduction - - - - - - - 37
4.2 Characteristics of respondents - - - - 37
4.3 Data presentation and analysis - - - - 40
4.4 Test of hypothesis - - - - - - 46
4.5 Summary of discussion of findings - - - - 50
CHAPTER FIVE
Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations
5.1 Summary - - - - - - - - 52
5.2 Conclusion - - - - - - - - 54
5.3 Recommendations - - - - - - 55
Reference - - - - - - - - 57
Appendix - - - - - - - - 58