THE PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS MANAGING SMALL-SCALE MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISE IN NIGERIA

(A CASE STUDY OF ALLIWA SACHET WATER ACHARA LAYOUT ENUGU)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title Page                                                                                i

Approval Page                                                                        ii

Dedication                                                                               iii

Acknowledgement                                                                             iv

Table of Contents                                                                    v

List of Tables                                                                          ix

CHAPTER ONE: 

INTRODUCTION                                                                            1

1.1     Background of the Study                                                        1

1.2     Statement of the Problem                                                        3

1.3     The purpose of the Study                                                        4

1.4     Scope of the study                                                                   5

1.5     Research Question                                                                   5

1.6     Significance of Study                                                     6

CHAPTER TWO:

 LITERATURE REVIEW                                                       8

2.1     Concept of Small Scale Business                                   8

2.2     Concept of Small Scale manufacturing Enterprise                  15

2.3     Problems of Managing Small-Scale

Manufacturing Enterprise.                                             16

2.4     Prospects of Managing Small-scale

Manufacturing Enterprise                                              28

2.5     Industrial Background of Alliwa Sachet

Water Achara Layout Enugu.                                        33

2.6     Purification of water                                                      35

2.7     Summary of the Related Review Literature.                            36

CHAPTER THREE:

 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY                                            37

3.1     Research Design                                                            37

3.2     Area for the Study                                                                   37

3.3     Population for the Study                                                         38

3.4     Sample and Sampling Procedure                                   38

3.5     Instrument for Data Collection                                                39

3.6     Validation of instrument                                                         39

3.7     Reliability of the Instrument                                          39

3.8     Method of Data Collection                                            40

3.9     Method of Data Analysis                                                        40

CHAPTER FOUR                

4.0     Date Presentation and Results                                      

Summary of Results/ Findings                                                41

4.1     Problems of managing small-scale

manufacturing enterprises                                             41

4.2     The prospects of managing small-scale

manufacturing enterprises                                             53

4.3     Summary of findings                                                     60

CHAPTER FIVE: 

DISCUSSION OF RESULTS                                                 62

5.1     Discussion of Results                                                    62

5.2     Conclusions                                                                             62

5.3     Implications of the Research Results                                       63

5.4     Recommendations                                                                   63

5.5     Suggestion for Further Research                                    64

5.6     Limitation of the Study                                                  64

References                                                                      65

Appendix                                                                       66

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1       Respondents Response on the lack of Awareness of Government Aids To small-scale manufacturing Enterprise.

Table 2       Respondents Response on lack or poor state of infrastructural facilities.

Table 3       Respondents Response on lack of Gods workshops.

Table 4       Respondents Response on lack of patronage from large scale manufacturers.

Table 5       Respondents Response on FAULTY Plans.

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1     BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

In Nigeria, there are manufacturing firms that manage to manufacture on small-scale basis.  The manufacturing enterprises make such local consumable as garri pomade, detergents, sachet water, foot wears, garment, corn flour, cassava flour, and pastries including bread, cake, meat pie, fish roll, toast etc other relevant manufactured products include furniture items cement blocks and so on.  It has however been observed that the quantity and quality of the products are to in-adequate to satisfy the needs and demands of consumers.

          The terrible state of inadequacy of manufactured products has been attributed to certain problems which militate against the effective and efficient management of the small-scale manufacturing enterprises.  The constraints have become frustrating and resistant.  Consequently, fear is being entertained that small-scale manufacturing a firms in Nigeria may lack chances of success, growth, and diversification.  Despite the ugly situation all hopes are not lost for the small-scale manufactures in Nigeria.  Solutions can be found in the accurate identification, presentation and analysis of the problems and prospects of managing small-scale manufacturing enterprises in Nigeria. The researcher id determined to provide the said solutions.

Some of the Problems Includes:-

1.       Lack of infrastructural facilities such as good road, pip-borne water, telecommunication services, electric power and industrial estate.

2.       Inadequate funding

3.       Scarcity of technical man-power

4.       Ignorance of available incentives provided by government and other agencies.

5.       Lack of well-equipped maintenance workshops.

6.       Frequent changes in government policies by successive administrations.

7.       High cost of and difficulty in, obtaining needed raw materials, and so on.

          In the face of the problems of managing small-scale manufacturing enterprises in Nigeria, it can be convincingly shown that small-scale manufacturing enterprises in Nigeria have hope of chances of surviving and performing even much better.

          The chances or prospects comprises

1.       Creation or awareness about available incentives provided by the government.

2.       Recent rehabilitation of vital and basic infrastructural facilities like roads and electric power supply.

3.       Family ties and patriotism

4.       Availability of market for manufactured goods.

5.       Small initial capital which one or two investors can provide.

1.2     STATEMENT OF PROBLEM

          This research work will dwell on the problems and prospects of managing small-scale manufacturing enterprise in Nigeria.

The sub research problem include the concept of small-scale business, the concept of small-scale manufacturing enterprises the historical development of manufacturing in Nigeria.

          Other components of the problems are problems of small-scale manufacturing enterprise in Nigeria, the prospects of managing small-scale manufacturing enterprise in Nigeria and the industrial background of Ariwa sachet water Achara Layout.

1.3     THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY

1.       To clearly define and describe small-scale business.

2.       To clearly define and describe small-scale manufacturing enterprises.

3.       To present the problems of managing small-scale manufacturing enterprises in Nigeria.

4.       To present the prospects of managing small scale manufacturing enterprises in Nigeria.

5.       To determine the relationship between the problems and prospects of managing small-scale manufacturing enterprise in Nigeria.

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