PHCN Seminar Topics for Final Year Students

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Can the material for “The Role of Managers in Effective and Efficient Management of an Organisation” be used as a guide for Business Administration and Management (BAM) Seminar?

Yes it can be used — The topic of this study is “The Roles of Managers in Effective and Efficient Management of The Organization” “A case study of Nigeria Breweries Plc, Ibadan, Oyo State. The company has a population of about 200 staffs. Yaro Yamani formular was used to find the sample size which is 150 and that was the number of questionnaires distributed. The objectives of this study is to ascertain The extent to which managers can have a substantial impact on performance and organization’s success or failure cannot be over emphasized. Managers establish the type of climate which facilitates motivation and successful performance of the organization. Managers play important role in an organization’s life. They direct, guide, influence, facilitate and coordinate the activities in …

Can the material for “Analyzing the Application of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) for Maritime Security” be used as a guide for Maritime and Transport Seminar?

Yes it can be used — Maritime security is critical for sustainable growth of global commerce conducted along ocean passages or maritime domain. The study was carried out to analyze the Application of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) for Maritime Security. In achieving this aim, the following specific objectives were laid out to examine the relationship between ICT and the improvement of maritime security in the area under study and determine the risk factors affecting implementation of ICT services on maritime security experts onboard Vessels at Sea. The research design used in this report is descriptive design, utilizing questionnaire method to obtain information from the respondents for this project. A total of 70 (seventy) respondents were selected for this study to represent the entire population of the …

Can the material for “Design and Implementation of a File Duplicate Remover” be used as a guide for Computer Science (CS) Seminar?

Yes it can be used — File duplicate remover system refers to the deletion of multiple user or system files. Duplicated the files or documents are detected during file transmission process which is indicated in as a popup dialog box stating its existence. The aim of the study is to Design and Implement File Duplicate Remover application software. In achieving this aim, the following specific objectives were laid out to develop an application software that will: detect duplicate documents in the existing system, check file or document validity before file processing, manage files uploaded on a server as a web service and prompt user file verification in order to prevent automatic overwriting of files or document. The methodology adopted in this study is the structured system …

Can the material for “Terror and Tragic Optimism as Sustaining Constructs in Camus’s the Plague and Soyinka’s Season of Anomy” be used as a guide for English Language Seminar?

Yes it can be used — Camus’s The Plague has been read variously as an allegory of Nazi terror in France as well as a depiction of Camus’s absurdist philosophy. Many critics of Soyinka’s Season of Anomy strangely also have interpreted the text as an allegory of the Nigerian civil war inwhich terror is seen as a political weapon. Although these modes of reading explore the resistance to terror, critical reading of a work cannot be achieved through allegory which searches for meaning outside the text. The present reading, therefore, while distancing itself from the above perspectives, undertakes a comparative examination of the two novels in order to demonstrate that terror and tragic optimism are their sustaining constructs. The study examines tragic optimism following Nietzsche’s notion …

Can the material for “Branding as a Marketing Tool in Sales Performance” be used as a guide for Business Administration and Management (BAM) Seminar?

Yes it can be used — This study was carried out to ascertain consumer perception towards leading brands of beverage produced by the Nigerian Breweries Plc and how branding can be used by brewers as a marketing tool to increase or boost its sales. I employed a combination of tabulations and weightings to arrive and consumer ratings of brands. The result showed that taste and flavour emerged as the most important attribute to respondents in the research sample. This was followed by alcoholic content, price and aroma/smell in that order. The questionnaire method of data collection was adopted and administered to a systematic random sample of respondents. The results of the study revealed that consumers preference for a brand is a function of the relative importance of the …

Can the material for “Human Relations and the Office Manager’s Performance in Selected Firms in Port Harcourt” be used as a guide for Office Technology and Management (OTM) Seminar?

Yes it can be used — The Office Manager’s work is based on human relations to a very large extent. Human relations involve the activities and relationship resulting from the interaction of two or more people in an organization, human relations concern the reason for the degree of motivation they posses, by definition, the secretaries occupies an important position in an office. Recent research have shown that the position of a Office Manager and human relations in an organization, and the fact that most secretaries failed to exhibit good human relations between their colleagues and the general public, the researchers shall address the study to the following problems. Some office managers do not have good cordial relationship with their customers and their employers, and some of …

Can the material for “The Effect of Poultry Manure on the Growth and Yield of Two Varieties of Tomatoes (Lycopersicon Esculentum)” be used as a guide for Agricultural Engineering (AE) Seminar?

Yes it can be used — A field experiment was carried out at the Teaching and Research Farm of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Benin, Benin City to investigate the effect of different levels of poultry manure on the growth and yield of two varieties of tomatoes. The experiment was laid out in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications. The treatment composed of four levels of poultry manure (0, 5, 10 and 15 tha-1) and two varieties of tomato (UC82-B and Roma VF). Each replicate had 8 plots for a total of 24 plots. The parameters measured were plant height, leaf area, number of leaves, number of branches, days to first flowering, days to 50% flowering, number of flowers, number of fruit, …

Can this topic “The Impact of Agriculture on Economic Growth in Nigeria” be used for Architecture Seminar?

Yes it can be utilized for research — This study examined and analysed the impact of agriculture on economic growth in Nigeria. It adopted the secondary data sourced from Central Bank of Nigeria covering the period 1985 to 2010. The study employed the modern Time Series of the Ordinary Least Square to test for the relationship between agriculture and economic growth in Nigeria. The results derived infer that there exists a significant relationship between agriculture spending and economic growth. The null hypothesis stated for this study does not hold. What this implies is that agriculture revolution is a determinant to economic growth. Thus, it is important that the government placed greater emphases on this sector by increasing budgetary allocation to agriculture in Nigeria in other meet the recommendations of …

Is the topic “Impact of Human Capital on Economic Growth” recommended for Economics Seminar?

Yes it is highly recommended — A nation cannot experience economic growth without human capital development. For human capital to actually have any impact on economic growth some investment has to be made. Investment in human capital consist of ;education, training, health and other social services, that will help in enhancing productive capacity of labour. This project examines the impact of human capital on economic growth in Nigeria from 1980-2006. The study used the ordinary least square technique(O L S) to determine the relationship between human capital and economic growth. This finding demonstrate the relevance of real gross domestic product in boosting the human capital development through the ratio of student enrollment in schools. …

Can this topic “Effect of Information Technology on the Performance of the Office Manager” be used for Human Resource Management (HRM) Seminar?

Yes it can be utilized for research — We live in a digital world in which the amount of information available for human consumption doubles every three years. As information users we expect reliable information at our fingertips, continual connection to people wherever they are, and equipment that fits into a top pocket. Whether we are consumers, clients, students, professors, employees or managers, we expect the digital world to work for us. The concept of information overload is not new, but with the continued growth of digital technology and the plethora of tools and channels for digital communication, the challenge of managing all that information is not getting smaller, and it is increasingly everyone’s responsibility to deal with it. …