INTRODUCTION
It is an undisputable fact that Nigeria of the pre-independence era was predominately small scale in its productions and marketing activities. Industrial revolution brought about a shift from the orthodox trade by barter to a more sophisticated marketing system where consumers satisfaction becomes the ultimate goal of the most businesses. Thus small scale business becomes the next option since they stood a better chance of offering a more personal relationship with customers as well as socio economic satisfactions of societal needs.
Unfortunately the over concentration on t he oil sector which Nigeria hoped will boost economic growth led to the negligence of the small scale industries until economic depression set in during the oil boom period. This and other factors led to the quest for private participation in the various economic sectors through the Small Scale Industries especially in the present civilian government where the Industrial Development Centres (IDCS ) have embarked upon a loan scheme for small business to enhance their contribution to national economic development. The question now is, will small scale contributes to nation’s economic development? One might wonder if this will be realistic, but it is quite obvious that Nigeria as a country developing very slow due to economic dependency of the country.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE CASE STUDY
1.2 STATEMENT OF GENERAL PROBLEMS
1.3 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
1.4 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
1.5 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
1.6 LIMITATION OF THE STUDY
1.7 HYPOTHESIS
1.8 DEFINITION OF TERMINOLOGIES (CONCEPTS)
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
2.0 THE REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
2.1 DEFINITION OF SMALL BUSINESS
2.2 FORMS OF BUSINESS OWNERSHIP UNDER SMALL SCALE OPERATION
2.3 CHARACTERISTICS OF SMALL BUSINESS
2.4 PROBLEMS AND CAUSES OF SMALL BUSINES FAILURE IN NIGERIA
2.4.1 PROBLEMS OF SMALL BUSINESS
2.5 FACTORS FACILITATING THE SUCCESS OF SMALL BUSINESS
2.6 FINANCING THE BUSINESS
2.6.1 WHY DO BUSINESS ORGANIZATION REQUIRE FUNDS?
2.7.2 PLANNING
2.7.3 CONTROLLING
2.7.4 DECISION MAKING
2.7.5 ORGANIZING
2.7.6 LEADING
2.7.7. MOTIVATION
2.8 MARKETINGASPECTS OF SMALL BUSINESS
2.9 LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SMALL BUSINESS
2.10 SMALL BUSINESS AND THE MACRO ENVIRONMENT
2.11 REASONS FOR GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION IN SMALL
2.12 THE ROLES OF SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES IN NIGERIA’S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER THREE
3.1 INTRODUCTION
3.2 RESEARCH DESIGN
3.3 AREA OF STUDY
3.4 POPULATION OF THE STUDY
3.5 SAMPLE AND SAMPLING TECHNIQUE
3.6 INSTRUMENT FOR DATA COLLECTION
3.7 VALIDATION OF THE INSTRUMENT
3.8 RELIABILITY OF THE INTSRUMENT.
3.9 METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION
3.10 METHOD OF DATA ANALYSIS
CHAPTER FOUR.
4.1 INTRODUCTION
4.2 CHARACTERISTICS OF RESPONDENTS
4.3 DATA PRESENTATION
4.4 TEST OF THE HYPOTHESIS
4.5 SUMMARY OF MAJOR FINDINGS
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
5.1 INTRODUCTION
5.2 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
5.3 CONCLUSION
5.4 RECOMMENDATIONS
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