ABSTRACT Despite the obvious differences between the formal government system and the traditional system of governance, there is the growing awareness that good governance at the local level can only be achieved when traditional rulers are incorporated into the formal system of governance. This study examines the predominant traditional authority systems in the Komenda Traditional Area in Ghana. The study sets out to assess the roles and relevance of these traditional authorities in relation ...
ABSTRACT The Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) was established by an Act of Parliament in 2000, Act 581, to promote the development of education in the country. Notwithstanding the wellcrafted nature and noble intentions of the GETFund policy, its implementation has suffered setbacks. Analysis of data collected revealed that GETFund has been politicized. Its implementation has generated conflict among competing forces including disagreements, suspicions and an effort to sidestep frontline ...
ABSTRACT Working capital management is a very sensitive area in the field of financial management. The working capital management of a firm in part affects its profitability. A firm is required to maintain a balance between liquidity and profitability while conducting its daily operations. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of working capital management practices on financial performance of Small and Micro Enterprise in Sokoban Wood Village in Ashanti region. This objective wa...
ABSTRACT The study was to examine the basis for conducting performance appraisal at the GES Headquarters in Accra, what is appraised by the Directors in terms of knowledge of job, quality of work, dependability, etc. vis-à-vis the employees perception on the appraisal system. One hundred and sixteen (116) respondents drawn from the ten (10) divisions were interviewed and made to answer a questionnaire which were mostly close-ended and open-ended comprising mostly dichotomous and multiple cho...
ABSTRACT This study sought to interrogate factors leading to the low patronage of improved sanitation facilities in peri-urban settings. The study’s main emphasis was on the Prampram community located in the Ningo-Prampram District of the Greater Accra Region in Ghana. A recent study by the Joint Monitoring Programme for water and sanitation (JMP) shows that, in Ghana, only 14% of the people have access to improved sanitation or decent toilet facilities. Ghana was graded 48th among 51 Afric...
Introduction This chapter talks about the background and the motivation for the study, the statement of the problem, purpose of the study(objectives), research questions, significance of the study, limitation and delimitations of the study and organization of the study.
ABSTRACT In Ghana healthcare institutions are not anticipated to be efficient but due to the rising demands on hospital reimbursement levels, focus on efficient operations is becoming more vital. This study compared technical efficiency levels of private and public clinics and hospitals in Central Region. A sample of 34 private and public hospitals and clinics in the Central Region of Ghana was used for the study. The main estimation technique employed was the Data Envelopment Analysis, with ...
ABSTRACT The focus of this research is in the area of performance-appraisals (PA) systems. Performance-appraisal is a key component of Human Resource Management (HRM) in every organization and one of the most vital responsibilities for human-resources and line managers/supervisors. A well-designed and implemented formal PA system can serve many valuable purposes in the manager-subordinate relationship (Longenecker et al., 1988). However, it is often perceived as a cumbersome and destru...
ABSTRACT Adolescence is one of the critical stages in the development of an individual. This is the stage at which a lot of experimentation takes place. The main aim of this study was to find out the impact peer pressure has on the decision-making of adolescents. The design was causal comparative (ex post facto). Questionnaire developed was used to obtain data from senior high school students in the Accra Metropolis. In all, 260 respondents were selected through stratified, purposive, and sim...
ABSTRACT The understanding of conflict and local governance as a result of competing interest by people at the local level informed the study. The overall objective of the study was to assess conflict and local governance in the KassenaNankana West District. Through a sample size of 398 respondents comprising 239 (60%) males and 159(40%) females were interviewed using interview schedule. Five District Assembly staff, the Presiding Member and 23 Assembly Members were purposively selected and i...
ABSTRACT The study investigates the attitudes of the public, workers towards persons with disability in the Tema and Accra municipality and metropolis respectively. The study employed a cross-sectional study design to interview one hundred and fifty three respondents made of fifty three Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) and one hundred able workers or Non Persons with Disabilities (NPWDs). The one hundred NPWDs were interviewed to collect views on their attitude towards fellow workers who are ...
ABSTRACT The study examines the psychological contracts in oil marketing retail outlets in the Ga West Municipality of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which employees’ and employers’ expectations in psychological contract were fulfilled in the Oil Marketing Retail outlets. Data for the study was obtained through questionnaire survey from a sample of 15 managers and 109 employees from 15 Oil Marketing Retail Outlets in the Ga West M...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to compare supervision and performance in public and private schools at basic level in the Birim South District. The study focused on identifying the causes of the low academic standard in the public basic schools and to establish the causes of the relatively high academic performance in the private preparatory schools. One of the questions that the study is expected to answer was how has supervision in public and private schools at the basic level has...
ABSTRACT A well performing internal audit function is one of the strongest means to the promotion of the good corporate governance system in an organisation. The study was conducted to evaluate the extent to which the internal audit function is positioned to contribute towards one of the major objectives of achieving good corporate governance in the banking institutions in Tamale for accountability and service improvement. The respondents of the study were drawn from banking institutions in T...