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Okafor Explores Big Data's Impact On Business Strategy

Okafor Explores Big Data’s Impact On Business Strategy

February 12, 2024 3:37 am

In a compelling session that captivated the audience at the esteemed New York Learning Hub, Mr. Okafor, a distinguished scholar unveiled the findings of his groundbreaking research. His study, “Integrating Big Data in Business Analysis: Opportunities and Challenges,” explores the transformative impact of big data on the strategic and operational paradigms of modern businesses. The presentation, a highlight of a series designed to promote intellectual exchange within the international academic community, underscored Mr. Okafor’s invaluable insights into the intricacies of big data integration in the contemporary digital economy. Africa Digital News, New York, was on hand to report on this …

Strategic Recruitment: Key To Success In Business By Agbaje

Strategic Recruitment: Key To Success In Business By Agbaje

January 15, 2024 1:50 am

In a compelling presentation at the New York Learning Hub, Mr. Joshua Adeyemi Agbaje unveiled his comprehensive study, “The Impact of Strategic Recruitment and Selection on Organizational Success.” This research offers an in-depth analysis of modern recruitment strategies and their profound influence on organizational outcomes, a topic of paramount importance in today’s highly competitive and dynamic global business environment.

Agbaje, a multifaceted expert in business strategy, ICT, and urban planning, and a postgraduate in Strategic Management and Leadership from the New York Learning Hub, has meticulously crafted this study using a mixed-methods approach. The research integrates quantitative data from …

Diversity's Impact on Global Strategy By A. E. Ihenacho

Diversity’s Impact on Global Strategy By A. E. Ihenacho

November 19, 2023 11:20 pm

In the bustling corridors of the New York Learning Hub, a new chapter in strategic management and global business was written by Mr. Anthony Ezenwa Ihenacho. His research paper, ‘Cultural Diversity’s Impact on Strategic Management in Global Organizations: An In-Depth Analysis’, is a beacon of insight, illustrating the profound influence of cultural diversity on strategic management within global organisations. This groundbreaking work blends theoretical rigour with empirical evidence, setting a new standard in the understanding of strategic management dynamics in diverse environments.

Mr. Ihenacho’s paper is a revelation. It unveils that cultural diversity, far from being a mere ethical …

Strategic Control Essential For Business Success

Strategic Control: Essential For Business Success

August 21, 2023 4:52 am

In the contemporary business landscape characterised by ceaseless change, strategic control has transcended jargon to become an indispensable force propelling organisations towards success. As businesses grapple with rapid shifts in technology, consumer behaviour, and market dynamics, the concept of strategic control has evolved into a linchpin for steering enterprises through uncertainty towards sustained excellence.

In today’s world, where adaptation is a requisite for survival, strategic control is far more than a catchphrase. It embodies the vigilant monitoring and assessment of an organisation’s strategy and performance, ensuring their seamless alignment with overarching goals.

The mantra of ‘change as the only constant’ …

Apsley Business School Ranked Among The First 100 In Europe

Apsley Business School: Ranked Among The First 100 In Europe

January 24, 2023 5:26 am

It is not surprising that in just a little over a decade, Apsley Business School has elevated itself to become one of the best Business Schools anyone can find in the world in terms of class, variety, affordability, flexibility, and general curriculum. Through consistent efforts coupled with hard work, purposeful determination, and tenacity, the highly renowned citadel of learning can now boast of being ranked among the best 100 schools in Europe. 

Before now, Apsley Business school could only boast of being one of the top five hundred business schools in the world, and today, the story is now …

Understanding Strategic Planning In Contemporary Times

Leveraging Strategic Change Cycle In Business

December 19, 2022 6:19 am

The strategy change cycle is a five-step process that enables an organisation to determine the type of leadership preparation needed and plan staff training activities. The cycle consists of five steps: needs assessment, design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, and adjustment actions. When used in conjunction with other strategies, it can help organisations prepare for future strategic changes and respond effectively when they occur.

Step 1: Needs assessment

This step is critical because it determines the type of strategy change required by an organisation. For example, the focus should be on the design phase if the goal is to start new …

Understanding Strategic Planning In Contemporary Times

Understanding Strategic Planning In Contemporary Times

December 19, 2022 6:07 am

Strategic planning can be a confusing process, but it’s one that’s essential to any organisation. It helps companies and organizations set goals and priorities for the future and align those with the resources they have available. But while many people are familiar with strategic planning in theory, how does it actually work? What makes it effective or ineffective? And what’s the best way to make sure your plan is as sound as possible? In this course, you’ll learn all about it. You’ll gain an understanding of strategy in general and why it matters; develop strong skills for evaluating different kinds …

Luxury Buses Banned In Kano State As Traders Lament

Luxury Buses Banned In Kano State As Traders Lament

August 28, 2020 10:13 am

Some traders in Kano, especially those who travel to the southern part of the country for their business, have lamented the restraining order placed on the operations of luxurious buses in the state.

The Kano Road and Traffic Agency, popularly known as KAROTA, had earlier directed the luxurious owners to relocate from the Sabon Gari Park to Unguwa Uku Motor Park, but the Luxurious Bus Association refused to comply with the directive.

This prompted the agency to go to court with a prayers seeking to ban luxurious buses operation in the state.

A Chief Magistrate Court in Kano on …

Samsung heir avoids arrest over controversial merger

Samsung Heir Avoids Arrest Over Controversial Merger

June 9, 2020 5:09 pm

A South Korean court on Tuesday declined to issue an arrest warrant for the heir to the country’s Samsung empire over a controversial merger of two business units seen as a key step to his succession.

Lee Jae-yong, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, is already being re-tried on charges of bribery, embezzlement and other offences in connection with a corruption scandal that brought down former South Korean president Park Geun-hye.

The merger case is separate from his ongoing retrial, but adds to the difficulties for the Samsung group, by far the biggest of the family-controlled conglomerates, or chaebols, that dominate …

Fraud

Confronting Growing Challenge Of Fraud

February 5, 2020 6:11 am

 

As the business world gets more complex, fraudsters are becoming even more sophisticated in their approach to crime. At present, growing desperation among fraudsters has made many corporations admit that the possibility of having fraud related problem is ever present.

Indeed, there are examples of companies in the most secure and developed countries that have been victims of impersonation related fraud.

In the 2018 edition of Price Waterhouse Coopers’ Global Economic Crime and Fraud Survey, 49 per cent of organisations surveyed admitted to being victims of fraud and economic crime at some point.

In August 20019, Toyota …

Begging: Booming Business In Kaduna

December 6, 2019 5:41 am

To some givers, beggars are humans and deserve kindness, care and support. But others think the other way round. Begging is simply a way of life, a lucrative business culture that shortcuts the hardship of the present times and exploits the rich of their excesses.

Not surprising, the numbers of beggars in cities and towns in Nigeria are on the increase. From Lagos, Port Harcourt, Enugu to Kano, the figures are alarming, the situation is unbecoming. There are, of course, factors that drive up the figures, namely the rural- urban pull that throws up unskilled and unemployable persons to urban …

‘Kwara Will Change Narrative On Ease Of Doing Business’

November 20, 2019 8:22 am

Piqued by the ranking of the Kwara State in the North central zone of the country as the lowest state in terms of Ease of Doing Business, the state Governor, Alhaji AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has pledged to implement reforms that would change the narrative.

He said the ranking was not unacceptable, stressing that steps were already being taken to make business transactions a lot easier and faster for attract investors.

Abdulrasaq stated this in Ilorin, at the North Central regional engagement on Ease of Doing Business which was organised by the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) and the Kwara State …

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