Abstract This study examined the effect of drug abuse on job performance in a manufacturing industry. Alcohol and Drug abuse at the workplace poses a great challenge to the growth and development of any organization. Presently, about 200 million people or 5 per cent of the world’s population aged 15 to 64 use drugs. In Nigeria it is observed that a large percentage of youths abuse drugs. This study used Beloxxi industrial limited as a case study. The objectives of this study were to determ...
ABSTRACT This study investigates the effect of brand management on customer loyalty. The main objective of the study is to examine the effect of branding on customer loyalty in the electronics industry using Alaba International market of Lagos State, Nigeria. Primary data were used for the study, 100 customers were selected from Alaba International market of Lagos state using the simple random sampling technique. The data were gathered using the questionnaire and analysed using descriptive s...
ABSTRACT The aim of this study is to assess the factors that engender commitment and job satisfaction among the employees at Ghana Meteorological Agency Headquarters, Accra. It is also to assess the measures which needs to be put in place to ensure the employees are satisfy and committed to the success of the organization. The study adopted a quantitative approach because it gives an advantage of describing respondent’s personal characteristics, opinions, attitude, perception and preference...
ABSTRACT The management of any business entity, be it for profit or non-profit, is deemed the most perilous faction of a firm’s survival in whatever market it operates. Both private and public agencies have the same challenge of making sure the firm’s success rests on a reliable team of experts who is capable of arresting challenges thrown at the agency as well as helping to levitate the company in the face of competition. The issue of political interference however stares in the faces of...
ABSTRACT Organisational climate has become one of the pressing issues in both public and private organisations. The general objective of the study was to examine the effects of organisational climate on employees’ performance using Accra Metropolitan Assembly as the area of study. Specifically, the study was to identify the factors that influence organisational climate. Further, it was to examine the effects on employees’ performance. A random sampling technique called systematic samplin...
ABSTRACT The financial performance of financial institutions is crucial for the growth and sustainability of which credit unions are no exception. This study sought to examine the financial performance of credit unions in the Volta Region of Ghana using the PEARLS ratio analysis model. Twentythree (23) credit unions were selected from the Volta Region and their financial records were analysed using the PEARL ratio analysis. The findings discovered that majority of the ratios use were met by c...
ABSTRACT Containerisation has since the middle of the 20th century made container ports and terminals an essential component of the modern economy and its impact has touched all the three major maritime communities of vessels, ports and shore side activities. This phenomenon did not only change shipping but has caused the docks of some traditional maritime centres to decline into obsolescence. In order to survive in the port competition, Port Authorities are under colossal pressure to incre...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to find out the leadership styles headteachers exhibit in public basic schools in the Bosomtwe Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti Region. The study was specifically interested in finding out the factors accounting for high performance in particular schools in the district and those responsible for low performance in other schools of the same district. Questionnaires were used as the instrument for the study. Out of a sample population of sixty, fift...
ABSTRACT Long-term unemployment has negative consequences for the individual, society and a country‟s economic system. People who are unemployed for a long period find it more difficult to be employed as time goes by and has effect on their behaviours when they should even secure a job. The study examined the indirect effect of unemployment on employee‟s attitude to work. The study was conducted using the staff of Aramex Ghana Limited with a population of forty (40) employees, inclusive o...
ABSTRACT The purpose of study was to understand and assess the risk management practices and their effectiveness using El-Virtues Construction Limited as a case study. The study employed the cross-sectional design and the qualitative approach to gather data from 20 employees through semi-structured interviews and with the aid of a questionnaire. The study found that there was an adequate understanding of risk management among the respondents as including a tool to facilitate the project, a sy...
ABSTRACT This dissertation was aimed at studying the participation of Private Stevedoring Companies (PSCs) in Port of Tema with the specific objective of identifying the differences in stevedoring operations between private and public stevedores, enquiring about the impact the participation of PSCs on the performance with respect to cargo handling and finding out the challenges confronting PSCs in the Port of Tema and how they mitigate them. Using qualitative research method and research inst...
ABSTRACT The study was to assess employees’ attitudes towards work and the effects these attitudes have on their job performance. The study employed the quantitative approach using forty- eight (48) respondents from Koforidua Technical University made up of male and female administrative staff both of the senior and junior level forming the target group for the study. Questionnaires administered to these sampled group examined employee attitudes on three phases namely, employee attitudes to...
ABSTRACT Business today operates in a global environment. The flow of goods and services along the logistics chain in the port industry is critical for the survival of businesses. The study was based on the Analysis of the Supply Chain Security in Tema Port. The main objective of the study was to assess the applicability of some of the selected Supply Chain Security Programs in Tema Port. A number of Supply chain security programs were reviewed and one of these were identified as the ISPS Cod...
ABSTRACT In the context of increasing rural-urban migration, real estate development is becoming fast-emerging as the desire for shelter and individual abode increases. This development has given rise to a high volume of developmental activities. Development project have a few attributes, for example, time limit, budgetary imperatives and financial necessities, individual authoritative and legitimate conditions, intricacy and orderly qualities, so every project in itself is an interesting fra...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to provide an understanding on how the issue of low staff remuneration is affecting the job satisfaction of the employees of Bank of Africa-Ghana. Respondents were randomly selected and structured questionnaires were distributed to them to complete over a period of one to two weeks depending on the respondents availability and readiness. At the end of the retrieval all of the questionnaires totaling 50 were used for the research as none of the questionnai...