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Study aids, Scientific word building: Word group; Listening and Lecture comprehension; Note taking and note-making; Reading purposes, aids, speed, comprehension; spelling and punctuation; Aspects of grammar; prepositions, tenses and the sentence.
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Awareness raising; Gathering/generating ideas/information for writing; Structuring the easy; Writing a first draft; Introductions and Conclusion; Writing main sections; citations and bibliography; Quotations and Referencing; Answering exam questions.
Libraries and the organization of knowledge. Types of Libraries and the various forms of recorded knowledge. Organization and retrieval of knowledge catalogues, classification schemes etc. Practical use of catalogues. Information retrieval method and techniques. Use and evaluation of information sources and tools. Dictionaries, encyclopedias, serial publications, abstracts and indexes. Guide to the Literature of specific subjects. Information
gathering methods and project writing. Practical use of information sources and tools.
The nature and scope of Philosophy. Branches of Philosophy. Philosophy and Science. Deductive and Inductive reasoning. Logic-Symbolic logic. Truth Values tables: connectives, affirmation, negation, conjunctions, alternation, conditional and bi-conditional. Grouping and telescoping. Formal fallacies. Informal fallacies.
A: Social Environment as an aspect of the ecosystem: Man, society and Culture. Social structure and social institutions. The social structure of Nigeria. Social change and development. Technology and social change. Social and psychological consequences of
change. Ethical revolution. B: Scope of politics: Political systems in Nigeria. Comparative political structure. The Nigerian political systems. Development of Nigerian constitution. Presidential system of government. The role of the Executive, Legislature and Judiciary. The problems of federalism in a multi-ethnic society and the question of national unity.
Scope and methodology of economic study. Price mechanism. Demand and supply. Theory of production. Forms of business organisation. Market structures, Money and banking. The national income, International trade, economic growth and development. The role of the government in the economy.
Introduction to Nigerian History. Introduction to Nigerian Culture, sources of Nigerian history. Primitive science and technology. Penetration of Christianity and Islam. Traditional political structures and administration. Modern day politics and culture. Role of culture in development. Culture and Socialization. Festival and ritual in Nigerian culture. Festival as drama Nigerian
Literature. The quest for appropriate technology. Cultural revival.
Scope of Managerial Economics. Managerial models. Revenue of the firm. Production decisions. Cost of production. Profit analysis of the firm. Pricing techniques. Location and localization of Industries. Industrial growth in Nigeria. The size of the firm. Integration and diversification. Marketing Demand and Forecasting. Distributive trade in Nigeria. Business finance.
Investment. Capital budgeting and management control. Government policies and the firm.
Terminology and conceptual framework of Accounting. Nature of business transaction. Functions, concepts and conventions of Accounting. The structure of business accounts. Double entry principles. Preparation of accounts of sole trader. The cash book, journals and journal
entries into the ledger. Trial balance, correction of errors, reconciliation of bank statement. Final accounts, trade accounts, profit and loss account, the balance sheet, control accounts. Allocation of expenditure between capital and revenue. Recreation of reserve and provisions, the treatment of accrued expenditures and payments in advance. Depreciation accounts of nonprofit making organisations. Consignments. Hire purchase accounts and joint ventures.
Management principles and practice to enhance efficiency in an establishment, including Management functions; Tools of management: forecasting, planning, execution, organisation, control, delegation of authority. Human relation. Motivation. Workgroups in an industrial setup. Leadership, Personnel management. Capital structure, sources of funds, financial and operating ratios to measure results and efficiency share/dividend/profit plans. Break-even analysis. Budgetary control, market research and product development.
Fundamentals of project analysis, classification of projects. The project in relation to the economy. Data requirements, location and size of project. Capital budgeting. The investment decisions, incorporating time, risk, uncertainty and externalities into decision models.
Project appraisal and sensitivity analysis. Evaluation of projects - financial/social profitability.
Aspects of starting a business. Selecting a promising idea, initiating enterprises, explicating opportunities and obtaining initial finance. Market analysis. Legal aspects of starting a business. Accounting and special tax problems. Going public, selling out, acquisition. Banking and diversification decisions. Family involvement, entrepreneurial succession. Management, organization and control. Student’s business proposal.
In collaboration with FUTA Ventures Limited, the Department runs a three-year programme leading to the award of a Diploma of the Federal University of Technology, Akure in the following options:
(i) Diploma in Financial Studies
(ii) Diploma in Business Studies
Further information is available from the Academic Co-ordinator, DFBS, General Studies Unit.
Three postgraduate programmes are currently located in the unit. Master of Technology in Management (M. Tech (MGT); Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Management.
The EAP Resource Centre is well stocked with books on study skills, communication and EAP pedagogy. It has a reading room for students and some audiovisual equipment.
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