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Effect of Social Planning on Business Performance

Gift Ugwe Roman PhD

Abstract

The study investigated the Effect of Social planning on Business performance with Okin Biscuits Nigeria Limited, Offa, Kwara State, as a case in hand; the aim is to know whether Social planning has effect on the overall performance of the organization. The methodology that was used for the study is survey design and the target population was 200 members of staff of Nigerian Bottling Company Enugu while the sample size was 133 which were determined using Taro Yamen’s formula. The result of the analysis indicate that there is relationship between effective Social planning and Business performance and also that lack of accountability, lack of commitment and lack of understanding of the role in the execution process are challenges in the implementation of Social planning and therefore recommend among others that Nigerian firms should give more serious attention to Social planning and finally, employee welfare should also be given adequate attention for efficiency and effectiveness in organization.

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