ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to assess the impact of training and development programmes on job performance with the University of Cape Coast as a case study. A survey was carried out at the University of Cape Coast .The researcher used questionnaires and interviews (about 100) respondents where necessary to collect the primary data for the study. The collected data was examined and checked for validity and consistency. The data was summarised, coded and tabulated the data col...
ABSTRACT This study was purposed to investigate the effect of leadership behaviors on employee performance. Specifically, the study identified the leadership behaviors exhibited by managers in Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited (GGBL) in enhancing employee performance and specific behaviors that affected the performance of the employees. The study was conducted with the effect of three main leadership behaviors in mind, namely, job-centeredness style, people centeredness style and democratic ...
ABSTRACT Knowledge management have gained much prominence in recent years and is said to improve organizational performance. However, the effects of knowledge management practices on employees performance are not well known especially in the case of telecommunication companies in Kumasi, Ghana. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of knowledge management practices on performance of employees of telecommunication companies in Kumasi, Ghana. This was a case study in which data...
ABSTRACT The study investigated how nutritional labelling affects consumer purchasing decisions of food products within the Kumasi metropolis. Specifically, the objectives of the study were to find out the level of awareness of consumers towards nutritional labelling in terms of buying behaviour, to examine whether nutritional labelling affect consumer decision to purchase healthy food products and finally to ascertain whether a consumer demographic characteristics (i.e. gender, income, edu...
ABSTRACT Automobile companies in Ghana continue to lose customers due to various degrees in taste, preferences for technology and poor quality of service delivery. Even though, the sales and services of vehicles are on the increase and also new customers are being attracted every day, customers continue to change their interest in the purchase and services of their vehicles from one automobile company to another. This has resulted in poor customer satisfaction in the automobile industry. Th...
ABSTRACT Gold mining is a very important segment of the extractive sector but has one of the most serious and disastrous environmental consequences; conflicting with the livelihood and cocoa production and survival of resident communities. This research was conducted in Amansie West district of Ghana to assess the effect of small scale illegal mining (Galamsey), its impact on cocoa production and livelihoods. The modified random sampling technique was used. Data collected was analyzed with S...
ABSTRACT T he success of organisations largely depend on the nature of motivational policies established in dealing with employees been the most valuable assets who work to achieve set goals and objectives. This study sought to examine motivational strategies adopted by organisations with specific reference to Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH). The target population involves employees of KATH (3,519). Stratified sampling technique was used in selecting a sample size of 271 out of which 21...
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 The study investigated the moderating role of working experience on the relationship between time management and employee performance. The purpose of this research is to explore the effect of time management on employee performance within Christian Service University College (CSUC), the moderating role of working experience. The objectives were to examine the effect of time management on the performance of employees and to examine the moderating role of working experience in t...
ABSTRACT The study examined the impact of stress on postgraduate working students at University of Education, Winneba, Kumasi Campus.University of Education, Winneba, Kumasi Campus was chosen for the study because it was established during the literature review that not much of similar studies have been conducted at public universities globally. It was therefore imperative that the views of university working students be sampled to know and to fill in the gap as to whether their work performa...
ABSTRACT The study measured the impact of rewards and compensation on employees’ performance within the Ghana Education Service. Specifically, the objectives of the study were to identify the rewards and compensation practices implemented within the Ghana Education Service, to assess the impact of intrinsic rewards on employees’ performance and finally to investigate the impact of extrinsic rewards on employees’ performance. This study was positioned within the positivism worldvie...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to investigate the management of work place - related stress: the case of the Division of Human Resource Management Unit of UEW, Winneba. A sample of forty-five (45) participants was chosen for the study through simple random technique and purposive sampling techniques. Among others, it was found that: staff of the Human Resource Division of the University of Education, Winneba experience stress as a result of doing so many things within a limit...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between recruitment and selection process on level of work performance at Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA). There was the need to conduct this study because not much empirically documented works on effectiveness of recruitment and selection process have been done. The researcher considered 120 staff as sample from the three divisions in Ghana Revenue Authority. The sampling design adopted for the study was constant strati...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to assess human resource planning on organisational behaviour and performance, using the Ghana Education Service as case study. The researcher used descriptive research design for the study. The objectives of the study were to establish the relationship between human resource planning and organisational performance, to identify the strategies use to improve human resource planning and to assess the challenges faced by an organisation in human resour...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to assess the impact of human resource management practices on employees’ commitment: a case of some selected oil marketing companies within the Kumasi Metropolis. Descriptive research design was used for the study. The study used the quantitative research approach. The population for the study was sixtyfive (65) respondents comprising of managers and staff of the selected oil marketing companies in the Kumasi Metropolis. The random sampling procedure ...