Understanding threat factors in information governance
Michael Irene
June 20, 2022
MICHAEL IRENE, PhD There is no doubt that in the modern information-flow era, where information informs a lot of what we do, and how we make concrete decisions, there must be threat factors that come with their own business implications. However, a lot of stakeholders in small, medium and large enterprises yet fail to consider […]
Personalisation not at expense of data privacy
Hyther NizamJune 20, 2022
BY HYTHER NIZAM Personalisation is becoming more critical for fulfilling customer expectations. But a changing consumer mindset about privacy makes the necessary data acquisition a difficult and expensive process. It has been proven that personalisation increases sales, customer loyalty, and client lifetime value. Amazon’s quarterly sales increased by 29 percent after implementing targeted recommendations, and […]
The Nigerian economy at its lowest ebb ever?
Marcel OkekeJune 20, 2022
MARCEL OKEKE The title of this piece retooled from something similar in one of Nigeria’s national newspapers the other day, and it deepened my worry and worsened the pains and anguish that I have been going through in my periodic panoramic analyses of the nation’s economy. The alarm—‘Nigeria’s economy hits lowest ebb ever’—was raised by […]
A consuming nation or a productive economy (2)
Sunny NwachukwuJune 20, 2022
SUNNY CHUBA NWACHUKWU Nigeria, rated the largest economy in Africa, needs to maintain the status if it aspires to be a global champion within Africa. It will have to do this by applying innovative strategies economically, which have to be pursued by applying all efforts and economic tools in developing the energy sector under the […]
The significance of customer experience in aviation recovery
EKELEM AIRHIHENJune 20, 2022
The Economist reports that passengers queued for hours at airports in Europe from Mallorca to Manchester as flights were delayed or cancelled. Also, in America, nearly 3000 flights were scrapped in the four days around the Memorial Day weekend in late May. This large number of unsatisfied customers, the paper suggests, are a sign that […]
Tomorrow’s data privacy challenges
Michael IreneJune 14, 2022
BY MICHAEL IRENE, PhD Every business today relies on personal data and other forms of data for the management of various business processing activities. Yet, the processing of these activities comes with its own challenges and often exposes companies to new risks. Tomorrow’s business is moving towards using more data and as the increase in […]
How managers can motivate their workers (2)
OLUFEMI ADEDAMOLA OYEDELEJune 13, 2022
OLUFEMI ADEDAMOLA OYEDELE The Hawthorne studies allegedly discovered the influence of human relations or social factors on workers’ motivation (Fritz Roethlisberger and William John Dickson, 2003, “Management and the Worker: An Account of a Research Program Conducted by the Western Electric Company, Hawthorne Works, Chicago”). According to Lyman Porter (1997) and Henry Mintzberg (1989), motivation […]
Strides, novelties and oddities in Nigeria’s banking landscape
Marcel OkekeJune 13, 2022
BY MARCEL OKEKE Developments in the Nigerian banking system in recent times can be dispassionately classified into some giant strides, novelties and then benumbing oddities. From the acquisition of the ‘elephantine’ Union Bank of Nigeria (UBN) Plc by ‘baby’ Titan Trust Bank Limited to the commencement of business by a few newly licensed banks, down […]
Great expectations of the international community
Gregory KronstenJune 6, 2022
BY GREGORY KRONSTEN The ability of the international financial community to resist global economic headwinds is being tested as never before. The core institutions were overhauled during the global financial shakeout of 2007-08. There followed the Covid-19 pandemic, for which the International Monetary Fund (IMF) disbursed unprecedented sums for developing countries with only notional conditionality. […]
Connecting privacy notices to internal company procedures
Michael IreneJune 6, 2022
There is the sense of data protection and the importance of privacy notices. In this week’s article, I start with a live scenario which involves a Nigerian human resource company that collects large amounts of CVs, allows clients access these CVs based on contractual obligation and most importantly, it claims that it helps candidates apply […]