THE IMPACT OF RESEARCH FINDINGS IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY A CASE STUDY OF NIGERIAN BREWERIES PLC

CHAPTER ONE

          INTRODUCTION

1.1    Background of the Study …………………………………………. 1

1.2    Statement of the Problems ……………………………………… 2

1.3    Objective of the Study  ……………………………………………. 4

1.4    Research Questions ……………………………………………….. 6

1.5    Significance of the Study ………………………………………… 6

1.6    Scope of the Study …………………………………………………. 7

1.7    Limitations of the Study …………………………………………… 8

1.8    History and Development ………………………………………… 9

1.9    Research Institutions (References) ……………………….. 11

1.10  Definition of Terms ……………………………………………….. 18

          CHAPTER TWO

          LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1    Meaning of Research ……………………………………………. 19

2.2The Origin of Research …………………………………………….. 21

2.2.1           The Asian Countries …………………………………….. 23

2.2.2           The Scientific Traditions of India …………………… 23

2.3Technology Policy Statement ……………………………………. 26

2.4The Products of Nigerian Breweries Plc  ……………………. 38

2.5The Company Organogram ………………………………………. 45

2.6Strength and Weakness ……………………………………………. 53

2.7Research and Development Centres ………………………… 56

2.8Raw materials and Nigerianization …………………………….. 57

2.9Large Scale Farming ………………………………………………… 59

2.10Theoretical Framework ……………………………………………. 63

2.11  Raw Materials – Barely Species and Varieties  ……….. 65

2.12  The Importance of Variety …………………………………….. 66

2.13  Malting of Cereals Other than Barley Wheat ………….. 67

2.14            Research Funding ……………………………………….. 69

2.15Research Institutions Visited (References) ………………. 70

2.16Summary of the Review ………………………………………….. 72

          CHAPTER THREE

          RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY

3.1    Research Design ………………………………………………….. 73

3.2    Selection of Sample ……………………………………………… 76

3.3    Data Collection Procedure …………………………………….. 77

3.4    Sources of Data ……………………………………………………. 81

3.4.1           Primary Data ………………………………………………… 81

3.4.2           Secondary Data …………………………………………… 82

3.5    Population of the Study …………………………………………. 82

3.6    The Sample Size …………………………………………………… 83

3.7    Research Instrument …………………………………………….. 84

3.8    Validity of Questionnaire ……………………………………….. 86

3.9    Method of Data Analysis ……………………………………….. 86

3.10  Reliability of the Questionnaire ………………………………. 86

          CHAPTER FOUR

          PRESENTATION AND DATA ANALYSIS

4.1    Presentation of Data ……………………………………………… 87

4.2    Data Analysis ……………………………………………………….. 87

4.3    Test of Research Hypotheses…………………………….. 101

          CHAPTER FIVE

SUMMARY OF FINDING, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

5.1    Summary of Findings ………………………………………….. 107

5.2    Conclusion …………………………………………………………. 108

5.3    Recommendations ……………………………………………… 111

5.4    Area for  Further Studies………………………………………. 112

          BIBLIOGRAPHY …………………………………………………. 114

          APPENDIX 118

                                          ABSTRACT

This research work was done primarily to examine the contribution of the impact of research findings in the performance of manufacturing industry to the development of the economy as indicated by growth in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), it also sought to find out the level of awareness and mode of accessibility of research findings by the manufacturing industry.  The theoretical time of the study to situate it in the context of relevant studies was carried out comprising of the study background, objectives research question/hypothesis significant and profit of the manufacturing industry (NB Plc) under study was written up.  The data used  were both primary and secondary data although primary data was to a limited extent. The data was analyzed using regression analysis and the coefficient of correlation techniques. The findings of the study revealed that the growth in the manufacturing industry greatly depend on the level of the impact of the research findings in the performance of the manufacturing industry which also was positive growth in the economy generally. The study also revealed that there are still a lot of research findings yet to be accessed by the manufacturing industry due to poor publicity etc. Finally, the study revealed that centralization of research work yield more and better findings than decentralized ones hence some individual private companies abandon most of their research works half way, due to huge amount of resource (fund) involved.

                                      CHAPTER ONE

                                      INTRODUCTION

1.1    BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

          The world started in a particular spot where  the first human beings were placed by the  Almighty Creator – God. History and theology told us that man had all he needed in the Garden of Eden where God kept them until the fall of man.

          The fall of man marked the beginning of this study.  That is, man started searching for food, cloth, shelter and the rest of the amenities to help life. Since then we had many ages; primitive age, stoneage and so on and so forth. Today, world over there are a lot of discoveries, invention and development or revolution, evolution, transformations and what have you. All these are the result of research findings.

          Right now, there are series of research works going on in all aspect of human endeavour; politically, economically, socially, culturally in technology, products, marketing, in all aspect of discipline: mathematics, sociology, music, arts, sciences, ecology, philosophy, the list is endless.

          Now the question is how many of these research work see the light of the day or how many of them yield results and among the once that had finding. What impact does the research findings have in the ares they are meant for? These and more are the questions this study is trying to address, but the study will be narrowed to manufacturing industry and Nigerian Breweries as a case study.

          The choice of Nigerian Breweries is because of the company’s over fifty years in research work in Nigeria.

1.2STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEMS

          It has been observed that some of the problems associated with the impact of research findings in the manufacturing industry include but not limited to: