Entrepreneurship Education and Orientation as Performance Driver in Small and Medium-Scale Enterprises

Entrepreneurship education and orientation exposes students to the fundamental knowledge required for running a business successfully. Entrepreneurship education was introduced into Nigerian educational curriculum by the Federal Government of Nigeria in 2006 to enable youths acquire basic skills and knowledge for opening up their own small businesses. It finds expression in developing the foresight of the entrepreneur and his ability to take advantage of business opportunities unfolding in the business environment to create competitive value. Entrepreneurship education is one of the intervention strategies in line with global trend to refocus education towards solving the unemployment problem facing the world today.   Descriptive research design was adopted in this article. Structured questionnaire was used to gather primary data for the study.  A total of 60 questionnaires were administered to employees of Astral Water Limited, Surulere, Lagos.  However, only 53 questionnaires were correctly completed and returned to the researcher. Data collected through the questionnaires were analyzed with regression and ANOVA test statistics using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 16. Two (2) hypotheses were formulated and tested in the study. The test showed that the null hypotheses of the two formulated hypotheses were rejected. The test of the two hypotheses provided resounding evidence to prove that entrepreneurship education and orientation serve as performance driver in small and medium-scale enterprises operating in Nigeria.  The study recommended that entrepreneurs should re-double their effort on the acquisition of entrepreneurship education and skills to make superior performance sustainable

Total Quality Management Practices and Organizational Performance

This article examined Total Quality Management (TQM) practices and organizational performance using data gathered from Cway Water Group, Lagos to consummate the study. Total quality management aims at enhancing the quality of products, services and processes in all departments and sections in an organization. Sometimes improvement in quality gives rise to increased cost. The paper, therefore, critically examined the extent to which drive for total quality ultimately impinges on corporate performance. Descriptive research design was adopted. Data were gathered from respondents using structured questionnaire.  A total of 325 respondents were used as sample size for the study. The data gathered were analyzed using tables and percentages.  Three hypotheses were formulated and tested using SPSS statistical software with regression and correlation analysis. The test of hypotheses revealed that TQM has significant effect on organizational performance as the P-Value was found to be less than 0.05 occasioning the rejection of the null hypothesis.  The test also revealed that TQM has positive effect on customer satisfaction.  The paper recommended that top management of organizations should make TQM practices top priority in their operations in the interest of sustainable performance

Total Quality Management Practices and Organizational Performance

This article examined Total Quality Management (TQM) practices and organizational performance using data gathered from Cway Water Group, Lagos to consummate the study. Total quality management aims at enhancing the quality of products, services and processes in all departments and sections in an organization. Sometimes improvement in quality gives rise to increased cost. The paper, therefore, critically examined the extent to which drive for total quality ultimately impinges on corporate performance. Descriptive research design was adopted. Data were gathered from respondents using structured questionnaire.  A total of 325 respondents were used as sample size for the study. The data gathered were analyzed using tables and percentages.  Three hypotheses were formulated and tested using SPSS statistical software with regression and correlation analysis. The test of hypotheses revealed that TQM has significant effect on organizational performance as the P-Value was found to be less than 0.05 occasioning the rejection of the null hypothesis.  The test also revealed that TQM has positive effect on customer satisfaction.  The paper recommended that top management of organizations should make TQM practices top priority in their operations in the interest of sustainable performance