EPRA International Journal of Economics, Business and Management Studies (EBMS)

NAVIGATING THE COMMODITY MARKET-AN OVERVIEW FOR INVESTORS AND TRADERS

2024-03-11T14:49:09+00:00

The paper provides an in-depth overview of commodity markets, covering traded goods, key stakeholders, financial instruments such as swaps, options, and futures. It underscores the importance of risk management, touching upon pricing, operational, and geopolitical factors, as well as the role of commodities in portfolio diversification. Additionally, it explores forthcoming trends in commodity trading, notably sustainability, and underscores the significance of education and risk awareness in making well-informed decisions.

QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS PERFORMANCE OF HOTELS IN YENAGOA BAYELSA STATE

2024-03-11T14:51:01+00:00

The paper investigated quality management and organizational performance of hotels in Yenagoa Bayelsa State. Specially, the study focused the relationship between quality management training and organizational performance in hotels in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, the relationship between quality standard and organizational performance in hotels in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State and the relationship between human resource and organizational performance in hotels in Yenagoa, Bayelsa. The study adopts used of descriptive research design approach because of the nature of the investigation which is to examine the opinion and perception of employee. The study population consist of fifty (50) employees of the three star hotel in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The instrument for data collection used for this study was the close-ended questionnaire. The data collected were using descriptive and inferential statistics with the support of Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS). The result shows that a positive significant relationship between quality management training and organizational performance, there is a positive significant relationship between quality standard and organizational performance and there is a positive significant relationship between human resource and organizational both in three star hotels in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state. It was concluded that there is a significant and positive relationship between quality management and organizational performance in hotels in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state. It is recommended that the hotel management ought to give top priority to adhering to set quality standards in all facets of their business, such as customer satisfaction, facilities management, and service delivery.

INFLUENCE OF CORPORATE ATTRIBUTES ON TIMELINESS OF FINANCIAL REPORTING OF LISTED INDUSTRIAL GOODS COMPANIES IN NIGERIA

2024-03-11T14:53:16+00:00

Using cross-sectional data from selected firms from 2013 to 2022, a ten-year span, this research looked at the effect of corporate qualities on the financial reporting timeliness of quoted industrial products companies in Nigeria. This paper's particular goals were to ascertain interplay among business size and profitability and the timeliness of financial reporting. This study utilised an ex-post facto design as its research methodology. The thirteen (13) listed industrial products businesses in the Nigerian Exchange Group comprised the study's population and sample sizes. The results of the research, which were based on the yearly financial reports of the firms involved and data analysed using multiple regression analysis with the use of Stata output, showed that although profitability has no outcome on the promptness of financial disclosure, size has a considerable impact. Regulatory agencies should, among other things, push businesses to promptly provide their annual reports, regardless of whether they turned a profit in the year in question.

TECHNOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATION: THE EMERGING TRENDS IN EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS AMONG ENGINEERING GRADUATES-AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS

2024-03-11T14:55:02+00:00

We are living in a fast-paced competitive world where new technologies are being introduced almost every day, trends are evolving, manual jobs are becoming obsolete, and new tech jobs are on the rise. Technology has eased its way into our lives, it has given rise to uncertainty. The rapid changes in the technologies have also transformed the need for in-demand skills in the industries. In addition, newer domains are emerging in the market and this is fuelling the demand for talent with the required skills that are capable of driving the organizational growth. Organizations and educational institutes need to cater to the requirements of the industry for upcoming generations and lay foundations for devising solutions that support rapid skill development. Industry 4.0 was in the recent past in 2011, its focus was on digitalization and included automation, artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, connected devices, data analytics, cyber-physical systems, digital transformation, and more., India needs to invest in constant upskilling of human resources and stay agile. Industry 5.0, seems to have already set in, 2020. The focus is personalization and humanization, emphasizing collaboration between humans and machines to create sustainable products and services and to deliver value-added tasks to customers. Hence, it is essential for us to keep learning and constantly upskill ourselves. The importance of upskilling for leaders by stating, “When a person stops learning, they start falling behind.” Therefore, we must learn new skills in such uncertain times to adapt to rising jobs in the era of industrial transformation. Over the past few years, the world is experiencing rapid changes in every sector. New employment avenues have opened and due to this, the demand for tech-savvy new-age skills has also grown. Keeping this in view this article is focus on to study the emerging trends in reskilling, upskilling and capacity building programmes.

CEBU ASIANA LOGISTICS, INC. LEADERSHIP STYLES TOWARDS CREATING ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE

2024-03-17T14:20:29+00:00

This study intent to investigate the leadership style of middle to top managers of Cebu Asiana Logistics Inc. and to create an organizational culture for the organization. The researcher made use of Burns's Transformational and Transactional theory of leadership, Edgar Schein's theory, and Denison's Model of Organizational Culture as its theoretical framework for this research work. This study ascertains the leadership styles of managers and supervisors in the organizational culture of Cebu Asiana Logistics Inc. A significant contribution to understanding this concept of leadership styles is the transformational leadership theory of McGregor Burns which has captured the interest of many researchers in the field of organizational leadership over the past three decades. This theory as cited by Purwanto, A. et al. (2020) in their study on the Effect of Transformational and Transactional Leadership Style on Public Health Centre Performance, was developed in the late 20th century by Burns (1978) in his investigation of political leaders. Most of the managers in Cebu Asiana Logistics Inc., are 41 to 45 years old. And the majority are males with bachelor’s degree holders. They had been with the company for 1 to 5 years of service, and most of them attended seminars in the Maritime Industry Authority and Philippine Ports Authority; Supervisor respondents are mostly belonging to the age bracket of 46 to 50 years; are males and bachelor’s degree holders. In terms of length of service, they have been working in the company for 1 to 5 years and have attended seminars from the Philippine Ports Authority. Personnel respondents are ages 26 to 30 years old; Majority of them are males, and are bachelor’s degree holders; They are also working in the company for 1 to 5 years. Based on the significant findings and conclusions of this research, the following recommendations are offered. 1. Managers and supervisors should pursue graduate education and should be given incentives by the company. 2. Managers and supervisors as well as personnel should be given the chance to continuously evaluate the leadership styles and implementation of organizational culture competencies for results that could promote the quality, efficiency, flexibility, and productivity of the whole Cebu Asiana Logistics Inc. system.

SELF-EFFICACY AND SAVING BEHAVIOR AMONG STUDENTS IN A LOCAL COLLEGE

2024-03-17T14:22:06+00:00

This descriptive-correlational study aimed to determine the level of self-efficacy and saving behavior among students in a local college. The study involved 318 respondents who were selected via random sampling. Survey forms on self-efficacy and saving behavior were willingly answered by the students. The results of the study found that the self-efficacy of the students in terms of generality, magnitude, and strength has a descriptive equivalent of high. It also revealed that the level of saving behavior of the students has a descriptive equivalent of high, which includes the saving aims, saving consistency, and saving attitude. Moreover, the study showed that there is a significant relationship between self-efficacy and saving behavior among the study respondents.

EVALUATION OF CONSUMER BRAND ASSOCIATION ON PREFERENCE OF TEA LEAVES PACKED BY KTDA FIRMS IN KENYA

2024-03-17T14:23:24+00:00