ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to assess the effectiveness of internal controls in credit unions in Takoradi. The study used cross-sectional descriptive survey. It was conducted in Takoradi for the staff/workers, management and the clients of Shama Co-operative Credit Union and Work place credit union. Simple random was employed to select 102 workers each from the various credit unions, however, purposive sampling was used to select 2 management officials each from various credit union...
ABSTRACT Infertility is a social and cultural problem that makes People Living with Infertility (PLWI) to seek solutions through different means. The 2007 - 2010 clinic records at General Hospital, Ijebu-Ode, a secondary health care facility that serves several communities in Ijebuland, have shown that the prevalence of infertility is on the increase. Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) is a major breakthrough or innovation for the treatment of infertility. In Nigeria, previous studies ha...
ABSTRACT The study examined the relationship between organizational culture and employees‟ job satisfaction among nurses at the Ghana Health Service in the Agona district in the Central Region of Ghana. The descriptive and cross sectional designs were adopted in the study. A representative sample size of 169 was selected out of 300 total population for the study. Self-developed questionnaire was used for data collection. The descriptive statistics was used to analyse the data including mean...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to examine impact of the COMBAT community policing project on domestic violence in Brong Ahafo region of Ghana. The mixed-method approach, also known as methodological triangulation, was chosen for this study. Specifically, the descriptive case study design was adopted and a total of 89 respondents participated in the study. These included 31 police personnel, 30 COMBAT volunteers, 18 community residents, and 10 key informants. Data collection techniques ...
ABSTRACT Public Sector Organizations are not countries but they have a sort of constitutions in the form of internal regulations and controls to adhere to in order to ensure judicious use of their resources towards sustainable growth and development. Unfortunately, the big investments countries are making to achieve their policy objectives are totally derailed or only partially achieved due to disobedience to the financial rules and laws. Financial controls use by the heads of these instituti...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to evaluate the performance appraisal system in the Lower Pra Rural Bank. Both quantitative and qualitative research methods were used to assess the performance appraisal system in the rural bank. The quantitative aspect adopted a cross-sectional approach using a self administered questionnaire while the qualitative aspect took the form of in-depth interviews to obtain qualitative data to supplement the quantitative data. A total of 50 respondents were i...
ABSTRACT Adolescent sexuality constitutes one of the most unattended aspects of young people's development in Nigeria. Consequently, reproductive health mishaps such as sexually transmitted infections, unplanned pregnancies, abortion, maternal morbidity and mortality are common features among different categories of women. This study which anchored on Social Action and Rational Choice Theories investigated sexuality education among out-school female adolescent house-helps in Ibadan as a way o...
ABSTRACT This study examined to what extent the credit processes contribute towards loan delinquency. The convenient sampling procedure was used to select thirty (30) respondents: fourteen (14) credit officers and sixteen (16) clients all from the Microfinance Institution studied for the research. Frequencies, Charts, Percentages and Tables were the statistical tool used to analyze the data collected. Microsoft Excel Software and SPSS were used for the analysis. From the findings it was clear...
ABSTRACT This study examined the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on employment creation in Ghana using panel data covering the period 1997 to 2012. The study employed Pedroni co integration, Johansen panel test and the Granger No-causality test procedure suggested by Toda and Yamomanto to empirically examine the relationships and directional relationships between FDI and employment creation. The study employed two controlling variables namely exchange rate and GDP growth. The study ...
ABSTRACT Managing organizational commitment brings positive outcomes to organizations. These outcomes are measured in terms of loyalty, intention to leave, work stress and self performance. The purpose of this research was to find out the effect of organizational commitment on the performance of senior staff of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). The research was conducted by employing both qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection. Stage one involved the...
ABSTRACT The research aims to examine accounting record keeping practices and its association with growth of SMEs in Wassa Amenfi West Municipality. The specific objectives are: to determine the extent of accounting record keeping practices of SMEs in the Wassa Amenfi Municipal, examine the types of accounting records kept by SMEs in Wassa Amenfi West Municipal, determine whether entrepreneur characteristics affect accounting record keeping practices and assess the effect of accounting record...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this paper is to analyse the impact of training on job performance of employees at Prudential Bank Limited’s Cape Coast branches. Descriptive survey design is employed in this study. Using questionnaires, responses were sourced from fifty-six (56) staff who were selected using census sampling technique and analysed using multiple regression analysis. The result of the study revealed that training programmes at the bank usually take the form of on-the-job training (co...
Abstract Background: Hypertension is a common non communicable condition worldwide. In developing countries (including Nigeria), the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is common. This study investigated the frequency and factors associated with use of CAM among hypertensive subjects in an urban Nigerian community. Perspectives about the management of hypertension were obtained from CAM practitioners in the community. Methods: Four hundred and forty hypertensive subjects in ...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the relationship of inflation targeting monetary policy and economic growth in Ghana. Inflation rate was measured by conditional variance generated by fitting an empirical Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Hetroskedasticity (GARCH) model to seasonally adjust annual consumer price inflation for the period 1960-2015. The inflation rate measure, together with macroeconomic control variables, was used to estimate economic growth models for two periods corresp...
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the Study One major phenomenon that is responsible for the setback in the development of human society is child abuse, specifically bullying. This global phenomenon, has, over the years, attracted the attention of governmental and non-governmental organisations all over the world (Farmer, 2011). Children of today indisputably are the custodians of tomorrow’s world. The continuous existence of any society depends on the ability of the society to sociali...