Abstract This research explores how Ashesi Students Council (ASC) can effectively manage campus events to improve students’ social life. The purpose of this study is to unearth how ASC can use events to create a sustainable vibrant campus with socially active students. Ashesi University College has student owned campus activities where most events are organized and run by the students themselves. In as much as they are working towards creating a vibrant campus, there is still low attendance...
ABSTRACT Even though, the SME sector plays a major role in the development of the Ghanaian economy, yet they are faced with huge challenges including inadequate financing and poor working capital management. Working capital management is expected to enhance the profitability and liquidity of enterprises. The aim of this study is to explore the working capital management practices of SMEs using inventory and trade credit as factors. The study was qualitative (descriptive) using structured ques...
ABSTRACT For several decades, Ghana has faced an increasing housing deficit. As population is expected to grow in the coming years, so is the housing deficit, if the right measures are not put in place. Following this, the study sought to gather information from relevant stakeholders in the housing industry on the key factors influencing the housing deficit. Thereafter, ways of addressing the deficit were discussed and proposed. To achieve the objectives of the study, the following research q...
ABSTRACT Companies are increasingly looking to employ the best talents to keep up in a rapidly changing business environment and to drive their strategies to achieve long-term growth. As a result of the high cost of recruiting from the mature and already existing labour pool to meet this need, many companies are reaching into the graduate employment market to recruit high potential fresh talent that can be groomed to occupy key positions. As the graduate employment market becomes more and mo...
ABSTRACT Ghana’s government places a lot of emphasis on promoting goods produced in the country as a method of moving its country towards the goal of being an industrialized economy. Efforts made to promote the use and purchase of goods produced in Ghana include the launch of the made-in-Ghana campaign and logo in 2014 by the country’s Trade Ministry. Even though the government has made several attempts to promote the use and purchase of made-in-Ghana goods, research shows that most of th...
ABSTRACT Economists believe that human capital is necessary for development. This has resulted in a focus on the expansion of not just tertiary and secondary education, but also vocational education, and the use of manpower planning, as far as the Asian tigers are concerned (Taiwan, Republic of Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore) (Harris, 1996). Taking a cue from successful outcomes in Asia, this study therefore sought to find out how technical and vocational education has impacted youth unemploy...
ABTRACT Agriculture’s impact in Africa has led to the conclusion that it is the lifeblood of many Africa economies. In Ghana, agriculture was historically the dominant sector of the real economy accounting for more than 30 percent of GDP post-independence although more recently, it has declined sharply and is the smallest sector of the economy as at 2016. Despite that, the sector still plays a key role in Ghana’s economy and employs 44.7 percent of the population above15 years. The contin...
Abstract This study sought to measure the level of priority or focus given to the study of Pan Africanism among undergraduate students. Students selected for this research paper were from the University of Ghana and Ashesi University College. A lecturer was interviewed to find out about the relevance of the study of Pan Africanism in modern Africa. Students from the history department of the University of Ghana were given questionnaires to fill. The questionnaires aimed at finding out if they...
ABSTRACT This study aimed to collate and analyze the views of students and graduates of Ashesi University, a top African university, on the relevant factors which significantly influence their academic performance. The research was motivated by the desire of some university officials to identify the specific aspects of Ashesi’s “modified liberal arts model” which most significantly impact students’ academic performance and enable them to do so well in the job market. The questions thi...
ABSTRACT This paper focuses on studying the relationship between company size and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) in manufacturing companies in Ghana. The study sought to establish the relationship between company size and the decision to outsource in manufacturing companies in Ghana and also to assess the extent to which manufacturing companies are outsourcing and which main functions are outsourced. By definition, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) is a managerial practice which essentia...
ABSTRACT To get the best out of employees in the banking industry, pressure is increasingly put on them to perform for sustainable growth leading to work-family life imbalance and consequent stress related issues. The purpose of this study therefore, is to explore issues related to work-family life balance among banking professionals in Ghana. It compares the experiences of bankers in two banks in Takoradi in the Western region of Ghana, to understand in-depth the factors that enable them to ...
ABSTRACT Real estate in Ghana has also undergone tremendous change largely to economic stability and government‟s support of foreign investments. Over the past decade, the office property market in Accra has grown steadily averaging an annual 14 percent of GDP since 2010 (Setrana, 2013). This increase in demand has led to several developments being undertaken in Accra (Ghana Prime Properties, 2013). However, this paper focuses on the office property market in Airport City and uses Porters F...
ABSTRACT This thesis explores how city planning affects economic development in Ghana by comparing two urban settlements in the greater Accra region of Ghana: Ashaiman and Tema. The two proximal settlements were chosen because Tema is a planned city while Ashaiman evolved into a settlement without any formal planning. In this paper, city planning refers to orderly zoning of domestic residences as well as the provision and placement of infrastructure like good roads and social amenities such a...
Abstract The quality of the human resource of an organization is essential to its success. Thus, every organization must seek to improve the quality of its workforce. One way of achieving this is through training. The importance of training can only be appreciated with a clear understanding of its direct impact on employee performance. An improvement in employee performance also leads to an improvement in the company’s performance. It is in this respect that HFC Bank (Ghana) limited was ana...
Abstract For years, Ghana has been confronted with illegal small-scale mining commonly known as galamsey. It is alleged that cocoa farmers are relinquishing their farmlands for galamsey, however, as many people in the cocoa farming communities depend on cocoa farming as their primary source of income, it raises questions as to why farmers would want to abandon their farms for galamsey. As a result, this thesis is aimed at investigating the motivations for galamsey and how the practice impacts...