1.3 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The study will be used to the
researcher because it is require in capital fulfillment of the
requirement for the award of Higher National Diploma (HND) it is also
useful for future researcher into the subject.
This study will
also highlight some problem and their likely solutions, which will hence
beneficial to study of economic concept (SEC) in the improvement of
their services to their operators and also improve the welfare of the
staff and that of the general public, therefore the research works is
important not just to the research as a student of marketing but to the
organization concerned study of economic concept (SEC). Government,
institution and the general public.
1.4 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
This research is going to be concerned with this area a application of
marketing concept in non-marketing organization study economic concept
(SEC) as an organization of choice, and the sample will be chosen within
Abuja township that is, from the consumers, top management staff and
middle management staff of study of economic concept (SEC). This study
will examine the problem encountered by the study of economic concept
(SEC) and how it will be solved, the study would therefore embrace the
marketing of services with particular, reference to the application of
marketing concept.
1.5 LIMITATIONS AND CONSTANT OF THE STUDY
The greatest limitation were those of retrieving the questionnaire
from the respondents. Two weeks when the researcher called at the
organization for the collection of the questionnaire, it was discovered
their own. These that were completed were collected while some
questionnaire were yet to be returned.
On the part of the operators, some were collected on the spot while few while also not returned.
Finance also provided to be a major limitation constituted a threat to
the researcher work. There are times when one was hundred by lack of
money or inadequate of it to buy stationery and other necessary
materials and there by possess as constraints to the study because, the
researcher is also a student, he had to retrain his limited time between
school and research study.
1.6 DEFINITION OF TERMS
It is a
fact that a concept world has different meanings to different
categories of people. Definition of terms is necessary to guide against
ambiguity or misinterpretation the important word and concepts used in
his particular research work and defined as follows:
Marketing: This
can be defined as all the activities involved in finding out the needs
of the consumers and satisfying them with the available goods and
services at a profit.
Marketing Concept: This is a philosophy that
believe that this satisfaction at the consumer want is to be emphasize
at all stages of production and distribution it is also the philosophy,
that believes in overall supremacy of consumer satisfaction.
Price/Changes:
Price here is an amount of money paid by buyer to seller for a product
or services. The researcher here endorses on price/changes as the money
value of services rendered by the organization. The economist defined
prices as the amount of money, which is needed to acquire in exchange
some combined assortment of a product services.