School of Logistics and Innovation Technology (SLIT)

EFFECT OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION AND BUILDING DESIGN CONSIDERATION ON SUSTAINABLE URBANISM IN SELECTED REAL ESTATES, LAGOS STATE NIGERIA

2023-08-02T11:41:44Z

EFFECT OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION AND BUILDING DESIGN CONSIDERATION ON SUSTAINABLE URBANISM IN SELECTED REAL ESTATES, LAGOS STATE NIGERIA SUNDAY, OLUWASEYI GABRIEL Creating cities that are economically, environmentally and socially sustainable will be one of the biggest tasks of this century in the face of current fast urbanization, environmental degradation and natural resource depletion. In a bid to arrest this situation, technological innovations in the building construction industry that can help preserve the ecosystem through efficient energy, water and waste management has been taunted as way out. Based on this assertion, this study seeks to assess the role of technological innovation and building design consideration on sustainable urbanism in Selected Real Estates, Lagos State, Nigeria. The study adopts a survey research technique which involves the use of well-structured questionnaire to elicit information from the respondents. Simple random sampling technique was used to distribute 220 copies of questionnaire among the respondents who are residence of three selected real estates namely, County Estate (Agege), Unity Estate (Ikorodu) and Arowojobe Estate (Victoria Island) selected across the three senatorial districts in Lagos State Nigeria. 183 copies of questionnaire were eventually analysed with SmartPLS3.0 and SPSS version 25 coding data after cleaning. The mean scores on the level of adoption of sustainable building design reveal that indoor environmental quality (3.95), water conservation (3.32) and optimization of site potential (3.16) were unanimously agreed by the respondents to be among the most considered by building designers in ensuring sustenance and exploitation of natural resources. Furthermore, descriptive statistics also shows that high initial cost of building a sustainable home (4.57), Reluctance to leave conventional buildings adapted to for sustainable building (3.78) and level of income (3.77) are the key factors affecting the adoption of sustainable building design in the study area. A statistically insignificant P-values of 0.216 and 0.91 95% significance level for energy conservation and site optimization potential respectively indicates that energy conservation and optimization of site potential aspects in building design considerations have not been critically looked into by designers in ensuring a healthy built environment for man and the ecosystem. However collaborative design approach has the highest contribution with beta value 岫�岻 of 0.307 with P-value 0.02. Findings also reveal that technological innovation no mediation between the endogenous and exogenous variables. First hypothesis result shows that there is significant difference between sustainable building design and sustainable urbanism at P-value (0.000), less than 0.05. Result of second hypothesis as it that there is no significant difference between role of technological innovation adoption on the sustainable building design and sustainable urbanism in the study area. Hence the study concluded that technological innovation in building design and construction has not been exploited thereby giving rise to natural depletion and environmental degradation in the study area event. The study therefore recommends that sustainable building practices should be considered by building control agency as a criterion to acquire building construction permit. v M. TECH. Thesis

ASSESSMENT OF INSTITUTIONAL EXPENDITURE ON UNDERGRADUATE TRAINING IN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE

2023-08-02T11:36:02Z

ASSESSMENT OF INSTITUTIONAL EXPENDITURE ON UNDERGRADUATE TRAINING IN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE ORESEGUN, EMMANUEL ADEMOLA AYODEJI Education in general and tertiary education in particular has been identified as a necessary catalyst and indispensable tool for a nation's economic growth and development. Notwithstanding, the university system in Nigeria is being faced with the challenge of inadequate funding with an attendant increase in the enrolment size of the institutions, which has witnessed gross inadequacy of educational infrastructures for up to date research and learning. Thus, the study assessed institutional expenditure on undergraduate training in Federal University of Technology Akure. Secondary data for the study were collected on six of the nine schools (faculties) of the university that were purposively selected for the study. Data collected covered a period of five years between 2011 and 2015. Descriptive statistics technique such as tables, frequencies and means were used to highlight the sources and level of funding available to Federal University of Technology, Akure while unit cost of education model was adopted to determine the unit cost of university education in the various faculties or schools. Independent samples T-test, an inferential statistics was used to determine the degree and direction of relationships that exists among the variables of the study and subsequent testing of hypothesis. The study found that foremost among the identified constraints is the dwindling level of funding in relation to the purchasing power of the country’s currency (Naira) and the yearly increase in level of enrolment at the University. It was also revealed that government grant to the institution was consistently 23% to 34% lesser than the institutional cost per student except in 2013 when there was a 15% shortfall. The mean total grant per undergraduate student received by the institution for the period under study was ₦150,968 while the mean institutional cost per undergraduate student over the period was ₦204,997. The study concluded that despite increased undergraduate enrolment between from 2011 to 2015, there was a huge shortfall in grant received in relation to institutional cost per undergraduate student by the university. The study however recommended that adequate budgetary allocation to education sector is supposed to be in geometric progression in consonance with the UNESCO benchmark of 26% rather than retrogression or stagnation as currently being experienced. Also, efforts must be directed towards performance-based funding mechanism in order to establish healthy competition among Nigerian universities. In performance-based funding as an output-driven approach to allocating funds to universities, emphasis should be placed on agreed or consistent indicators or outcomes for evaluating universities in order to allocate funds. M. TECH. Thesis

ASSESSMENT OF TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE OF SELECTED BANKS IN ONDO STATE, NIGERIA

2023-08-02T11:31:08Z

ASSESSMENT OF TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE OF SELECTED BANKS IN ONDO STATE, NIGERIA OLOTU, ADEDAYO OLUWADARE The study assessed the technological capability and environmental performance of selected banks in Ondo State, Nigeria. Specifically, it evaluated technological capabilities of the selected banks; it examined inhibitors to the development of technological capabilities of the selected banks; investigated the level of environmental performance of the selected banks; and evaluated the cause-effect relationship between technological capability and environmental performance of selected banks in the study area. Resource-based View (RBV), Knowledge-based theory and the Theory of Adoption and Diffusion of Innovation served as the theoretical foundation for this study. The total population for this study is 485 banks. A sample size of 217 was derived from the population using Krejcie and Morgan (1970). The study made use of muti-stage sampling technique which initially selected four banks (two each from first and second generation banks) in the study area. The data collected were analyzed using both the descriptive (frequency and percentage distributions and mean score ranking) and inferential statistics (Regression analysis). The study found out the highest consideration is for ‘priority for developing new products and services to corporate clients’ (4.961) as among the construct for product innovation. In process innovation, ‘commitment to fast and un-bureaucratic processes’ (4.820) has the highest attention of the banks whereas ‘management’s attitude towards change’ (4.768) was dominant under organisational innovation. Also, the finding of this study revealed that leadership and employee support (4.833), project management skills (4.794), macroeconomic environment (4.416), learning culture (4.365), technical personnel availability (4.309), duration of training programs (4.305) and firm’s planning and control of the technology acquisition (4.228) have very high influences on technology capability and are under the control of the selected banks. Government support (4.052) occupied the last positions and it is the only factor that is beyond the control of the banks. In addition, the study established that technological capability moderately predict environmental performance of the selected banks in the study area such that 19.2 per cent of the changes in environmental performance is caused by technological capability variables. Hence, there is a significant cause-effect relationship between technological capability and environmental performance of selected banks in the study area. Based on these findings, the study recommended that banks need to strengthen their product innovation strategies through improvement of it processes to attain the level of other technological capability areas. M. TECH. Thesis

ASSESSMENT OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN SUSTAINABILITY OF RURAL WATER PROJECTS IN ONDO STATE, NIGERIA

2023-08-02T11:20:56Z

ASSESSMENT OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN SUSTAINABILITY OF RURAL WATER PROJECTS IN ONDO STATE, NIGERIA ODURINDE, SAMUEL OLUSEGUN The active involvement of community members in all aspect of project design and management has become the cornerstone of community-based development initiatives. Community participation includes a proactive process in which community member influenced the development and management of developmental projects and it is expected to enhance projects sustainability. However, many development projects initiated by past governments in Nigeria has not result in the expected benefits to people. While some of the projects were abandoned, the few completed others in the deplorable state were not utilized by the end users or not maintained due to the lack of involvement of the stakeholders in every management phases of the projects. Therefore, this study assessed the participation of community members in the sustainability of rural water supply (RUWASA) projects in Ondo state, Nigeria. The study employed a survey research approach through which questionnaire was used to collect primary data from 364 community members of the locations where RUWASA projects are being implemented in Ondo State, Nigeria. The collected data was analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 24. The findings of the study revealed that community members moderately participate in needs identification (mean = 3.56), planning (mean = 3.14), communication (mean = 3.11), implementation/execution (mean= 3.22) and monitoring and evaluation (mean = 3.45) of RUWASA project. The findings also revealed that lack of literacy skills among community members and time required for community participation are the major challenges inhibiting community participation in RUWASA projects. In addition, the test of hypotheses indicates that community participation in needs identification (P < 0.05), planning (P < 0.05), communication (p < 0.05) implementation /execution (P < 0.05) and monitoring and evaluation (P < 0.05) all significantly influence sustainability of RUWASA. The study recommends that community members should be carried along in identifying the needs for a projects that concerns their survival and development, be involved in preparing contingency plan in case the project goes off budget and schedule and be involved in providing regular feedback to enhance the sustainability of RUWASA. M. TECH. Thesis