IOSR-JBM   Volume-11 ~ Issue-1 ~ May-Jun-2013

Abstract: This article investigates organic farming of snake fruit and arrowroot. Those plants are expected to contribute to the farmer household's income improvement. In fact, it gives less contribution to their income. This condition causes those farmers are not interested in this farming business. Consequently, it emerges a problem about how to develop women farmer's entrepreneurial intention at Wonokerto village. In general, this research observed the initial stage entrepreneurship. Therefore, it focused on the entrepreneurial intention. The main objective of this research was analyze the role of women farmers' entrepreneurial intention as the mediator of production factors (entrepreneurship, skill, and natural/land resource) on income improvement of the farmers' household. The analysis tool utilized in this research was path model as the form of advanced regression model. Data collection is conducted by arranging interview and distributing structured questionnaire to 39 respondents whom are women farmers at Wonokerto. The result indicates that entrepreneurial intention is the mediating variable between entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial intention. Thus, the main focus during initial stage of business is to enhance entrepreneurial intention. This research expects if organic snake fruit and arrowroot-based processed food business is able to be implemented, then the existence of Wonokerto's salacca and arrowroot species will be conserved. Keywords: Entrepreneurship, Developing Business Intention, Female Farmer, Organic snake fruit and Arrowroot Based Processed Food, Wonokerto

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Abstract: This article discusses the implications of organizational culture on the performance of business organizations in Nigeria. The first objective of the paper is to elaborate on organisational culture as a determinant of organisational performance. The second objective is to identify four dimensions of African culture as bases for more effective organization culture in the Nigerian context. Works of well known authors in the fields of Culture and Management were reviewed for perspectives and evidence. It is shown from the reviews that a relationship exists between organisational culture and performance of business organisations. In addition, the review suggests that relationship is mediated by reward perception and role perception. Social support, accommodation at work places, religious referencing, supervisor-subordinate age ratio and ethnic diversification are identified as culture factors likely to have positive impact on the performance of business organisations in Nigeria. It is recommended that business organizations in the country should give adequate attention to the development of corporate cultures that integrate the above factors in order to enhance their performance.

Keywords: Organisational Culture, Performance, Business Organisations.

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Abstract: The misplacement of official interest for personal benefit that has characterized the Nigeria bureaucratic settings has in no small way curtailed the extent to which national development is achieved. Blue ocean strategy represents an alternative approach to the conduct of public business in such a way it blocks all the major avenues for looting public treasury as well as the enhancement of effective and efficient service delivery. Exploring the current failures in our health institutions it appears that numerous factors have continued to militate against their effective service quality. Despite the huge amount of money voted yearly for the development of the health sector in the national budget, the sector has remained a mere shadow of itself. This paper adopts a stratified sampling technique and use questionnaire to extract response from the respondents. The result of the analysis reveals that the level of corrupt practices in the health sector has led to the diversion of fund from the procurement of medical equipment to private pockets, hence the inadequacies of medical equipment in the various public health institutions.). It is therefore recommended that stewardship function and improved management support system should be incorporated in the activities of the public service.

Keywords: Blue-ocean Strategy, Bureaucracy. Bureaucratic Corruption, Health Systems and ServiceDelivery

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