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Evaluating HIV/AIDS programme within South African universities

- Ukpere, Wilfred I., Gobind, Jenni

Authors: Ukpere, Wilfred I. , Gobind, Jenni
Date: 2014
Subjects: HIV/AIDS programmes - South Africa - Evaluation , AIDS (Disease) - Government policy - South Africa
Type: Journal
Identifier: uj:5470 , ISSN 2039-2117 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/13446
Description: This paper presents the occasion to consider the need and benefit of evaluating HIV/AIDS programmes within South African universities. The emergence of the need for workplace policy has resulted in a barrage of HIV workplace policies saturating the workplace. The International Labour Organisation and Higher Education HIV/AIDS Programme (HEAIDS) have made recommendations as to points, which policy and decision makers should consider in the development of national policies and programmes on HIV/AIDS. Many Higher Education Institution policy makers have yet to question the need and benefits of an HIV/AIDS programme. This paper further suggests that an HIV/AIDS programme should be followed by an evaluation that would determine the effectiveness of such programme.
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The use of posters in disseminating HIV/AIDS awareness information within higher education institutions

- Ukpere, Wilfred I., Gobind, Jenni

Authors: Ukpere, Wilfred I. , Gobind, Jenni
Date: 2014
Subjects: Posters , Dissemination of information , HIV infections - Africa , AIDS (Disease) - Africa
Type: Journal
Identifier: uj:5477 , ISSN 2039-2117 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/13454
Description: HIV/AIDS continues to destroy individuals and communities within Africa. The need to explore creative forms of awareness information dissemination remains necessary. Posters continue to present a cheap alternative to expensive mass media campaigns. However, the effectiveness of posters in disseminating HIV/AIDS awareness information is difficult to ascertain. Designers of posters aim for visual appeal, with the intention that the posters attract the attention of target audience. Studies on how often posters are being noticed at universities, has not been undertaken. Studies have been undertaken to determine the use of posters within waiting rooms and emergency centres however, these environments allow for time to peruse unlike university corridors. This paper examines the visibility of posters at a university in order to determine the effectiveness of the use of posters in disseminating HIV/AIDS awareness information.
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Rising trend in social media usage by women entrepreneurs across the globe to unlock their potentials for business success

- Ukpere, Wilfred I., Slabbert, Andre D, Ukpere, Celestine Lugaye

Authors: Ukpere, Wilfred I. , Slabbert, Andre D , Ukpere, Celestine Lugaye
Date: 2014
Subjects: Women entrepreneurs , Social media , Success in business
Type: Journal
Identifier: uj:5460 , ISSN 2039-2117 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/13436
Description: Dwindling circulation of traditional media such as television, radio, newspapers and magazines has resulted from the growth of adapting digital technology and tools that involve the internet. The practice of surfing the web 2.0 to obtain real time information instantly, has led to the rise of an ever more connected infrastructure atmosphere globally. Digital marketing and online trading through e-commerce and m-commerce platforms is applied in these interconnected environment; it involves wide variety of approaches, whose success depends on the user-centric and interrelated approach to technology. A new type of media has been enabled with the use of the Internet and the World Wide Web. Marketers are realising the power of the Internet, as a communication platform and a way of following conversation since the past two decades. In marketing, strategy starts on the outside, considering the needs and expectations of the consumer and moving inwards to the root of the brand’s identity, to see where the business can gain advantage and add value. The study of Social Media Platforms and their impact in unlocking the financial success of the women entrepreneurs globally has been widely observed and quite vital to the new generation of gender based ventures that are digitally driven through the use of technology. This type of development through which women adapt and utilise Social Media platforms promotes the creation of a new revolution of modern digital entrepreneurial culture, by changing the female society from a technologically challenged to a technologically savvy one that changes their mind-set from the job seeking culture to embrace a job creating one, through opportunities that are made available by the use of Social Media Platforms and the Internet. Both formal and informal women owned ventures have been observed to adopt social media platforms to grow their communities as a medium for keeping in touch and getting current and ground feedback on products or services from existing and prospective clients.
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The impact of effective inventory control management on organisational performance : a study of 7up Bottling Company, Nile Mile Enugu, Nigeria

- Ukpere, Wilfred I., Ogbo, Ann I., Onekanma, Ifeyinwa Victoria

Authors: Ukpere, Wilfred I. , Ogbo, Ann I. , Onekanma, Ifeyinwa Victoria
Date: 2014
Subjects: Inventory control - Management , Seven-up Bottling Company (Nigeria) - Inventory control , Perfomance
Type: Journal
Identifier: uj:5471 , ISSN 2039-2117 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/13447
Description: This study took into consideration the relationship between effective system of inventory management and organization performance in the Seven-up Bottling Company, Nile Mile, Enugu. The researchers were motivated to embark on this study, in order to bring to fore the importance of effective inventory control system on organizational performance as it relates to the bottling company. A total of eighty-three respondent constitute the sample for the study. Four research questions and four hypotheses were generated and tested at 10% (that is 0.10) significant level using descriptive statistics and non-parametric test. The result of the analysis showed that flexibility in inventory control management is an important approach to achieving organizational performance. It was found that organizations benefits from inventory control management by way of easy storage and retrieval of material, improved sales effectiveness and reduced operational cost. The study also found that there is a relationship between operational feasibility, utility of inventory control management in the customer related issues of the organization and cost effectiveness technique are implemented to enhance the return on investment in the organization. Effective inventory control management is recognized as one of the areas management of any organization should acquire capability. It is recommended that organizations should adopt the inventory keeping method that best suit their operations.
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