Article InfoThe potentials inherent in most brewing firms in Nigeria appeared thwarted by the physical workplace environment in the industry. The broad objective of this study was to determine the relationship between workplace environment and performance of employees in the selected brewing firms in Anambra state, while the study specifically ascertained the type of relationship existing between physical workplace environment and employee commitment. The study was anchored on Dawes and Lofquist (1984) Theory of Work Adjustment (TWA). The study employed Correlation Survey Research Design. Data for the study were collected through primary source and analyzed using Pearson"s Product Moment Correlation on SPSS version 22. The findings revealed that there was high positive significant relationship between physical workplace environment and employee commitment. It was recommended that Management of organizations should place more importance to employee health and safety by providing necessary facilities, conducive work environment and take actions for employee welfare towards accomplishing set objectives that drive the firms to peak performance.

The seemingly decreased competitive intelligence awareness among Aluminium firms in Anambra State appear to have caused some companies' management uninformed of a real-time view of what their competitors are doing, product' pricing and slow response to customers' demand for quality products and services offered in the market. Consequently, this study determined the relationship between competitive intelligence and performance of selected manufacturing firms in Anambra State. Specifically, it ascertained the type of relationship between competitor pricing and customer retention. Correlation survey design was used in the study. Data were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient which established the type of relationship between the dependent and independent variables. The findings of the study revealed that competitor pricing has significant positive relationship with customer retention. It is therefore recommended that firms should strive for competitive advantage over their rivals by applying an appropriate pricing strategy which enhances fair pricing dimensions of their products. competitive position, businesses should prepare to respond promptly to changes in customer preferences, competitors' strategies and technological advancements.

This study was necessitated due to rate of employee turnover, which is increasing in Nigeria banking system; a situation whereby employee continuously move from one bank to another in a short period of time. This paper seeks to examine the influence of compensation management on employee retention. It specifically set out to examine the relationship between Salary and Employee satisfaction in selected Commercial banks in Awka. The study employed descriptive research design. Primary source of data was the major instrument used for this study. 60 copies of questionnaire were administered to employees of selected commercial banks (First bank, Fidelity and Sterling bank); 56 were retrieved and they were all useful. Pearson's Product Moment Correlation was used for the analyses. The findings revealed that there is a positive weak relationship between salary and employee satisfaction. This shows that employees were not satisfied despite their seemingly attractive salary. In view of the finding, the study concluded that if management fail to formulate, administer and implement a good compensation policies that would allow them retain their talented employee; these employee might leave their job if they find a better offer elsewhere. The researcher recommended among others that compensation structure should include new and enticing ways to motivate and retain employee with wide range of benefits other than salary.

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Manufacturing firms in Nigeria continuously face the problem of stoppage of production processes and high cost of repair due to inadequate knowledge of maintenance culture. The study seeks to examine the extent to which maintenance culture influences performance of selected manufacturing firms in Benue State, Nigeria. The specific objective is to ascertain the extent to which preventive maintenance influences product delivery of selected firms. The study adopted survey design with a population of two hundred and thirty three (233) and a sample size of one hundred and forty seven (147) derived using Taro Yamane's formula for finite population. Questionnaire was used as instrument for data collection. Data collected were analyzed with the use of Pearson Product Moment Correlation. The r value was subjected to a ttest of significance. Result shows that preventive maintenance significantly influences product delivery of the selected firms. The study recommended among others that firms should continuously adopt preventive and corrective measures of maintenance to reduce cost of repairs and intermittent stoppage of production processes. Firms should embark on continuous training programmes for their maintenance personnel as a pillar for proper maintenance culture development.