Guidelines for Environmental Scans Performance Management Branch‚ Ministry of Finance May 2010 ENVIRONMENTAL SCAN GUIDELINES (Updated May 2010) Introduction Environmental scanning is a key component of ministry planning processes and provides the foundation for the development of strategic‚ financial‚ performance‚ and workforce plans. The scan describes how demographic‚ political‚ economic‚ social‚ cultural‚ legal‚ and technological trends affect your ministry. The environmental scan enables
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2006‚ 90 – 97. Supply Chain Management in the Petroleum Industry: Challenges and Opportunities RAED HUSSAIN Department of Quantitative Methods & Information Systems‚ Kuwait University‚ Kuwait TIRAVAT ASSAVAPOKEE Department of Industrial Engineering‚ University of Houston‚ Texas‚ U.S.A. BASHEER KHUMAWALA Department of Decision and Information Sciences‚ University of Houston‚ Texas‚ U.S.A. Supply chain management in the petroleum industry contains various challenges‚ specifically in the
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BANKING INDUSTRY AND THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY POST-CONSOLIDATION By B. B. EBONG GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR/CHIEF EXECUTIVE UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC ABSTRACT Against the backdrop of the role of banks as financial intermediaries and their function as the engine of growth of the economy‚ this paper examines the extent to which the banking industry has helped to stimulate economic activities in Nigeria and what the prognosis looks like in the post-consolidation era. The paper notes that the banking industry in
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UNITED NATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT DP 77 ECONOMIC CRISIS‚ STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT AND THE COPING STRATEGIES OF MANUFACTURERS IN KANO‚ NIGERIA by Adebayo Olukoshi UNRISD Discussion Papers are preliminary documents circulated in a limited number of copies to stimulate discussion and critical comment. September 1996 ♦ Preface Nigeria’s manufacturing sector has experienced major changes in production techniques‚ labour relations‚ marketing arrangements and management
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BANK OF INDUSTRY INTRODUCTION. The Bank of Industry was created by the Federal Executive Council in January 2002 with the sole purpose of promoting and encouraging small and medium scale industries in Nigeria by providing long term financing to the industrial sector of the Nigerian economy. It was formed by the amalgamation of three already existing development financial institutions comprising: The Nigerian Bank of Commerce and Industry (NBCI)‚ The Nigerian Industrial Development Bank (NIDB) and
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Future Development and Enforcement of Environmental Standards within the NAFTA Anthony Green November 16‚ 2011 Dr. Michael Harvey’s International Business There have been critics of the pollution mankind has created since the industrial revolution. Like most new ideas‚ being eco-friendly started slowly. The first environmental regulation attempted to ensure clean drinking water. As time progressed‚ more people started understanding that more than water was being affected. When more government
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Petroleum is an oily‚ thick flammable liquid‚ a mixture of various solid‚ liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons. Hydrocarbons are molecules that comprise of Hydrogen and Carbon. Petroleum is the general term for "unprocessed" crude oil. It is present beneath the Earth’s surface (Lithosphere) and forms when trapped‚ decomposed dead organisms buried in the sedimentary rock‚ and are heated under the immense pressure of new sedimentary layers over time (fossil fuel). The heat and pressure distilled the organic
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journey in the Petroleum Industry began. Post Independence‚ Oil India Limited was formed which was a joint venture involving the Indian Government and the British owned Burmah Oil Company (presently known as BP) whilst the Indo-Stanvac Petroleum Project in West Bengal was between the Indian Company and the American Company SOCONY-Vacuum (presently known as Exxon Mobil). This changed in 1956 when the government adopted an industrial policy that placed oil as a “Schedule A Industry” and put its future
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PHARMACEUTICALS INDUSTRY ANALYSIS –USING MAY & BAKER NIGERIA PLC. EMBA 14A GROUP 8 MEMBERS IFEYINWA OKONKWO TINA EBUEHI ADEWALE ADEDIRAN BOLA ADEROGBA ADEROGBA TAIWO OLUTOBI OLUFUNWA IFEANYI IBE 2010 8/13/2010 OVERVIEW Pharmaceuticals companies are very vital to the health care delivery systems in every country of the world. These companies are licensed to market‚ develop‚ research and distribute drugs for the prevention‚ treatment and cur of diseases and other medical conditions
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THE NEED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN SECONDARY EDUCATION LEVEL IN NIGERIA: Problems and Challenges International Masters Degree Thesis on Environmental Policy Year 2004 Made by: Agnes Chizor Ogueri Supervised by: Thomas G. Whiston Department of Environment‚ Technology and Social Studies Roskilde University‚ Denmark List of content GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED…………………………………ix ACKNOWLEDGEMENT…………………………………………xi ABTRACT…………………………………………………………..1 CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION……………………………………
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