Papers by Mayowa G Agboola
European Journal of Business and Management, 2013
The Culture of an organization starts with the leadership of the organization. The culture of an ... more The Culture of an organization starts with the leadership of the organization. The culture of an organization is seen as a DNA that is not visible to the eye, but a very powerful tool that shapes what happens in an organization. Therefore, organizational culture is the personality of the organization. The main thrust of this paper examines how an organization can create, change and strengthen culture as it affects her performance. Furthermore, it examines how organizational culture dynamically creates structures and frameworks for the operations of an organization. This paper further suggests that it is central to comprehend the environmental setting of an organization in order to delineate the cultural standards, values and beliefs to implement. Employees with beliefs and values that are compatible with the organizations' culture must be recruited from the inception of an organization operation and throughout her life span. Organizations must inspire socialization and incorporation of individual employees' goals with the organizations' goals and objectives to sustain her culture. An organization's Management should implement the development of interconnecting culture through the use of unambiguous statements of single-mindedness, core values and cultural standards. Actively, top management should appraise various cultural elements, as this will help to manage and take necessary actions in strengthening culture.
European Journal of Business and Management, Dec 2013
The Culture of an organization starts with the leadership of the organization. The culture of an... more The Culture of an organization starts with the leadership of the organization. The culture of an organization is seen as a DNA that is not visible to the eye, but a very powerful tool that shapes what happens in an organization. Therefore, organizational culture is the personality of the organization. The main thrust of this paper examines how an organization can create, change and strengthen culture as it affects her performance. Furthermore, it examines how organizational culture dynamically creates structures and frameworks for the operations of an organization. This paper further suggests that it is central to comprehend the environmental setting of an organization in order to delineate the cultural standards, values and beliefs to implement. Employees with beliefs and values that are compatible with the organizations’ culture must be recruited from the inception of an organization operation and throughout her life span. Organizations must inspire socialization and incorporation of individual employees’ goals with the organizations’ goals and objectives to sustain her culture. An organization’s Management should implement the development of interconnecting culture through the use of unambiguous statements of single-mindedness, core values and cultural standards. Actively, top management should appraise various cultural elements, as this will help to manage and take necessary actions in strengthening culture.
Prabandhan: Indian Journal of Management, Dec 2013
Organisations are faced with challenges which arise from the interplay of risk perceptions, trust... more Organisations are faced with challenges which arise from the interplay of risk perceptions, trust and diversity. Diversity is a broad term which highlights numerous differences and similarities in an organisation in the areas of culture, age, qualification, gender and attitudes in the work place. Risk perceptions may have a more dominant impact on trust and leadership effectiveness than previously assumed. Trust has been identified as being essential in the effectiveness of charismatic leaders (Bass, 1985) and as being critical when leaders communicate information regarding a risky situation or crisis (Kasperson, Kasperson, Pidgeon & Slovic, 2003). Too often risky situations are explained rationally by leaders and experts who are then surprised when these communications are distrusted or rejected. Research, though limited, has found that an individual’s affect-based perception of the risk significantly impacts whom and what we trust. The role of culture in how risks are perceived and experts are trusted is even less clear. Bringing together extant theory on leadership, perceived risks, trust, and culture, this article addresses how these forces impact trust and leadership effectiveness in an organisational setting and how effective leadership can create high impact in an organization.
NOVENA ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH JOURNAL, Aug 2011
This study examines the impact of organizational culture on performances of Universities in Ogun ... more This study examines the impact of organizational culture on performances of Universities in Ogun State, Nigeria. The objectives of the study were to identify which element of organizational culture has the most contribution in predicting the performances of Universities, and to reveal the relationship that exists between organizational culture and performances of Universities. To determine the impact of organizational culture on performances of Universities, a sample of 300 academic and non-academic staff of Covenant University, Ota, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, all in Ogun State were drawn. The data were analyzed using simple frequency tables, Pearson product moment correlation and multiple regressions. The finding shows that there is no significant contribution of organizational culture in predicting the performances of Universities and some elements of organizational culture contributed predicting the performances of Universities in Ogun State. Finally, the analysis shows that there is no significant relationship between organizational culture and performances of the Universities studied. The general agreement is that positive organizational culture will have a positive impact on performance of any University.
JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, Dec 2012
This research study investigates the impact of microfinance on entrepreneurial development of sma... more This research study investigates the impact of microfinance on entrepreneurial development of small scale enterprises in Nigeria and its global significance. Microfinance institutions world over and especially in Nigeria are identified to be one of the key players in the financial industry that have positively affected individuals, business organizations, other financial institutions, the government and the economy at large through the services they offer and the functions they perform in the economy.
Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa, 2011
The interface between entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurial environment has been given attenti... more The interface between entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurial environment has been given attention in entrepreneurship
literature. This paper starts by placing the issue of entrepreneurial environment in theoretical context, with particular
reference to Nigeria. Two major theoretical perspectives were considered; however, the work dwelt extensively on the
demand side perspective, which gives primacy to the compelling influence of environment on entrepreneurial practice. Using
resources from academic publications, reports and publications of government agencies and other stakeholders in the field of
entrepreneurship in Nigeria, some policy programmes of government were examined with a view to understanding their
relevance and states in entrepreneurship development initiatives in the country. It was found that most of the programmes
considered were moribund either due to discontinuation by succeeding governments or lack of adequate resources, both
human and material, for their operations. In few cases where the programmes were in place, a skewed spread was observed,
which was capable of hampering the success of these programmes. The paper recommends the following: an auditing of all
the policy programmes to avoid duplication and clashes in spheres of operation; continuity in programme implementation;
commitment from credit institutions to spread their activities beyond the “comfort zones” in which they currently operate;
and sustained education and enlightenment programmes on the opportunities that abound in the environment amongst others.
Key words: Environment, Entrepreneurship, Development, Nigeria
Book of Reading, Feb 2011
The main objective of this study is to link marketing with value creation without losing sight of... more The main objective of this study is to link marketing with value creation without losing sight of the intervening variables that might exist between them. The study suggested comparative advantage (CAD), resource-use efficiency (RUET), wealth creation (WECRE) as the possible variables for value creation dynamics and measure items were developed for them which were subjected to common and confirmatory factor analysis through which second-order factors representing CAD, RUET and WACRE emerged. The Gaski and Elzel's (1980) index of consumer sentiments towards marketing was modified and used to measure marketing (MAC) and Diener et al (1985)'s satisfaction with life scale (SWLS) was used as measures of quality of life (QOL) for national value creation dynamics. All variables nomological relationship with subjective quality of life (QOL) was established.
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Papers by Mayowa G Agboola
literature. This paper starts by placing the issue of entrepreneurial environment in theoretical context, with particular
reference to Nigeria. Two major theoretical perspectives were considered; however, the work dwelt extensively on the
demand side perspective, which gives primacy to the compelling influence of environment on entrepreneurial practice. Using
resources from academic publications, reports and publications of government agencies and other stakeholders in the field of
entrepreneurship in Nigeria, some policy programmes of government were examined with a view to understanding their
relevance and states in entrepreneurship development initiatives in the country. It was found that most of the programmes
considered were moribund either due to discontinuation by succeeding governments or lack of adequate resources, both
human and material, for their operations. In few cases where the programmes were in place, a skewed spread was observed,
which was capable of hampering the success of these programmes. The paper recommends the following: an auditing of all
the policy programmes to avoid duplication and clashes in spheres of operation; continuity in programme implementation;
commitment from credit institutions to spread their activities beyond the “comfort zones” in which they currently operate;
and sustained education and enlightenment programmes on the opportunities that abound in the environment amongst others.
Key words: Environment, Entrepreneurship, Development, Nigeria
literature. This paper starts by placing the issue of entrepreneurial environment in theoretical context, with particular
reference to Nigeria. Two major theoretical perspectives were considered; however, the work dwelt extensively on the
demand side perspective, which gives primacy to the compelling influence of environment on entrepreneurial practice. Using
resources from academic publications, reports and publications of government agencies and other stakeholders in the field of
entrepreneurship in Nigeria, some policy programmes of government were examined with a view to understanding their
relevance and states in entrepreneurship development initiatives in the country. It was found that most of the programmes
considered were moribund either due to discontinuation by succeeding governments or lack of adequate resources, both
human and material, for their operations. In few cases where the programmes were in place, a skewed spread was observed,
which was capable of hampering the success of these programmes. The paper recommends the following: an auditing of all
the policy programmes to avoid duplication and clashes in spheres of operation; continuity in programme implementation;
commitment from credit institutions to spread their activities beyond the “comfort zones” in which they currently operate;
and sustained education and enlightenment programmes on the opportunities that abound in the environment amongst others.
Key words: Environment, Entrepreneurship, Development, Nigeria