Review of the Adoption of Strategic Management Practices in Abia State Local Government Area

This study reviews the adoption of strategic management practices in Abia state Local Government Area of Nigeria. Beyond the broad objective, the study sought specifically to: Investigate the extent to which strategic management is adopted by the LGAs in Abia State, ascertain factors that impede the smooth adoption of strategic management, and to determine the effect of strategy formulation, and strategy implementation on the success of strategic management of the councils. Three local government areas were purposively chosen as the case study which forms the hub of this research work. Multi-stage sampling procedure was administered and a total of 230 respondents were obtained and studied from the LGAs. Data analysis was done using descriptive statistics, probit regression and correlation coefficient model. Results revealed that factors such as organizational policy, lack of focus by top management, organizational structure, and lack of trained staff, resource allocation, and leadership style impede the smooth adoption of strategic management in Abia state local government areas. Furthermore, the result reviles that the nature of strategy formulation and strategy implementation can determine the success of the adoption of strategic management principles in local government areas. Keyword: Review, Adoption, Strategic Management Practices

Empirical analysis of the problems and prospects of export marketing of non oil agricultural product in Nigeria

This study empirically examined the problems and prospects of export marketing of non oil agricultural product in Nigeria. The data for the study was collected from the publication of the central bank Nigeria and other publications from 1970 to 2011. The work analyzed the performance of the non oil agricultural export of Nigeria, the prospect of the non oil agricultural exports on the economy of Nigeria, the effect of trade variables on non oil agricultural export of Nigeria and the analysis of the relationship between non oil export and economic growth. The tools used to achieve the objectives of this study include descriptive statistics, multiple regression and correlation analysis. The study found that non oil agriculture export has the prospects of contributing to the economic growth of Nigeria and the unfavorable nature of the foreign exchange constituted a major problem. Based on the above, it is advised that non oil agricultural exports should be supported as this was found to have a positive relationship with the economy and the foreign exchange was found to be negatively affecting the non oil agricultural export and should be regulated effectively. Keywords: problem, prospects, export, non-agricultural products