ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to investigate the equity sensitivity and concerns of teachers about the single spine salary. Questionnaires comprising the conventional Equity Sensitivity Instrument and some other typical items on teacher concerns about the single spine salary structure were administered to 129 basic school student teachers of the Institute of Educational Development and Extension (IEDE) at the Cape Coast study centre in the Cape Coast metropolis. Both descriptive and...
ABSTRACT In spite of many decades of development planning and assistance, Ghana still has low sanitation coverage. This study therefore assessed the urban-rural variation in sanitation service delivery in the New Juabeng Municipality. Descriptive study design was adopted, using a mixed method approach to select two communities (Koforidua and Akwadum) to represent urban and rural communities respectively. Systematic and purposive sampling methods were adopted to select respondents for the st...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted on the premise that despite the importance of staff training in the attainment of organisational goals, most organisations do not handle staff training programmes well. The objective of the study was to examine staff training policies in Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), to find out the extent of implementation of such policies if they exist, analyse the implementation of the policies to see if they meet best practice and also ascertain the importance of sta...
ABSTRACT This research investigated the customer-banker relationship and the operations of deposit mobilization and credit delivery at the Kumasi Central Market Branch of Agricultural Development Bank (ADB). The study was set out to examine the customer-banker relationship and the operations of the Kumasi Central Market Branch of ADB in respect of deposit mobilization and credit delivery to customers. The study design was basically descriptive survey and case study type. The population consi...
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the study The provision of quality, adequate, accessible, and affordable healthcare is one of the most important indicators of development (Kocher, 1973). To achieve this, good healthcare facilities must be integral part of health systems and must be provided for the proper functioning of the health systems. Similarly, Sen (2002), stated that health is one of the most important conditions of human life, and a critically significant constituent of hu...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the relationship between foreign direct investment and economic growth in Liberia. The Autoregressive Distributed Lag approach to cointegration was used with annual data from IMF Statistics 2009 CD ROM, WDI. Capital was disaggregated into foreign direct investment and domestic private investment for a more comparative analysis of their impacts on economic growth. Economic growth was measured by real GDP, Foreign Direct investment (FDI) was measured by Net FDI...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the effectiveness of in-service training (INSET) programmes on the performance of teachers in the Offinso South Municipality. The study targeted all the 32 Junior High Schools with a total teacher population of 270. Simple random sample was used to select 19 schools while stratified sampling method was used to select five (5) teachers from each of the selected schools. Five (5) Circuit Supervisors responsible for the schools were added. Questionnaire and int...
ABSTRACT Employee perception of organisational politics constitutes an important aspect of organisational life with respect to its members as these influence various processes which ultimately affect performance of employees. Although many studies have been conducted to broaden the concept and find its relationship with employee performance, most studies made use of a narrower stream for the measurement of employee performance. The purpose of the study was to examine the moderating role of ...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted to assess the effect of compensation on employee performance after controlling for the effect of perceived external equity. It was conducted in Holy Family Nursing and Midwifery Training College in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. Explanatory research design was adopted in this study with much reliance on quantitative research approach. The study adopted census as the sampling techniques since the population size was relatively smaller (84 permanent staff) an...
Executive Summary The Smoke House is a new product initiative by Mackba Farms Limited. The company has started production on a very small scale and will begin expanded production in January 2012. The Smoke House product is frozen smoked chicken which the company self-retails to ensure maximum quality. The company intends to make the product available to the target market by using mobile retail units. The potential market for The Smoke House product is large as 87% of respondents to a survey s...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Autism Awareness Care and Training (AACT) is an NGO which seeks to create an inclusive environment for children who are faced with Autism Disorder Spectrum. The organization achieves its goals by providing training activities for the children in three different levels; lower, primary and upper level. A needs assessment conducted revealed that most of the employees voluntarily leave the organization because of reasons such as low pay, poor management-employee relationship, la...
ABSTRACT Road construction typically confers significant benefits on the population the road serves. In spite of these benefits, many roads in rural regions of developing countries such as Ghana are in a deplorable state. The recent rapid growth of urban residential areas in Ghana, however, has necessitated the construction and rehabilitation of the roads linking these areas to major commercial towns in the country. The Kwabenya (Abuom) to Kitase area is a typical example. This study assesses...
Abstract Access to potable water is among the major challenges faced by developing countries in both urban and rural communities. Most residents rely on unhygienic water due to the public distributor’s inability to ensure consistent supply. Consequently, there is the need for individuals, groups, institutions, governments and multinational companies to find ways to curb the problem of inaccessibility, unaffordability and scarcity of potable water which leads to water-borne diseases in Afric...
ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to explore how anchoring affects the dynamics of investor decision making with regard to mutual funds and how this bias differs amongst genders and level of financial knowledge. The study adds to the body of knowledge on the influences of behavioural biases in the sub-region to make investors aware of their biases in order to minimise the influence of these biases on their investment decisions. An experimental research design was adopted to uncover the...
Abstract This paper applies the Barro-regression model on data obtained from 2008 to 2014, to assess whether bank loans affect sectoral growth. This is to test whether finance has an impact on growth as proposed in literature. Sectoral Distribution of Credit is the independent variable while the Value added by Sectors represents the dependent variable. Inflation, Monetary Policy Rate, USDGHS exchange rate, Balance of Payment and Gross Domestic Product are control variables in the analysis. Th...