ABSTRACT The study assessed the contribution of the basket weaving industry to poverty reduction in the Bolgatanga Municipality. The study covered 206 weavers, five leather workers, five straw sellers, two dye sellers, two exporting companies and three institutions that support the basket weaving industry. The study used accidental and purposive sampling methods and employed the exploratory research design. The main research instruments used for the data collection were interview schedule, in...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to measure the impact of training and development on employees‟ performance measuring the impact from some selected district offices of the National Health Insurance Scheme. Specifically, the objectives of the study were to establish the benefits that training and development of employees had on NHIS operations, to assess the effectiveness of the training and development programmes implemented by the NHIS for its employees and finally to recommend strat...
ABSTRACT This thesis examines the issue of small scale farmers' application of improved agricultural technologies, The study concentrates on small scale maize production, a major rural activity in Ghana, and seeks [Q assess farmers' supply response resulting from th~ application of improved maize produc[lon technologies. Several studies on fanners' supply response e'dst However. most of these studies often concentrated upon farmers' response to price changes hence the exclu~ive focus on price...
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to compare the financial literacy and saving behaviour among teaching and non-teaching staff of Swedru School of Business. A total of 194 staff comprising of one hundred and twenty-five (125) teaching staff and sixty-nine (69) non-teaching staff were selected for the study. Data was collected through the use of questionnaire. Based on the findings it was established that teaching staff exhibited knowledge on personal finance and knowledge on insurance than n...
ABSTRACT One way of improving the effectiveness of employees for greater performance is effective training and development. The main aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of training and development programmes in Takoradi Polytechnic. The study solicited and analyzed responses from 120 Staff of the Polytechnic. Descriptive statistics were conducted including the description of the respondents’ gender, age, position etc. In addition, the study employed a 25-item instrument on tra...
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to study the impact of an organisation’s culture on employee motivation. The aspects of organisational culture which pertain to values, working relationships, leadership styles, communication, decision making, conflict management, systems and procedures and the employee motivation were investigated. The study sought to look into the role motivation plays in employee productivity and performance and the importance of a well-structured effective motivation p...
ABSTRACT The study sought to find out how the people of the Tolon-Kumbungu District were involved in NGO-led development programme meant to improve their communities and the programme’s effects on their lives. The study was a survey research, and was carried out in five communities namely; Tali, Kunguri, Zali-Zalnayili, Tindanpayili and Amdukura. 264 community members were interviewed using spatial sampling (is the sampling employed when the study addresses people temporarily congregated in...
ABSTRACT Nations continue to explore ways and means of increasing and optimising their export flows with other nations across the world. Eliminating supply-side constraints in the export industry is a way to maintain and promote international demand for a country’s exports. To achieve this goal, it is important for every country to be fully aware of its export potential and gaps as well as the inefficiencies that confront their exports. In this regard, the study employed the stochastic fron...
ABSTRACT The success of the agricultural economy in many developing countries is challenged, mainly because women who represent a crucial resource are largely constrained in the access to productive resources Researchers have demonstrated that cultural norms and values strongly influence access to productive resources. Development agencies in response to productive constraints provide programmes to improve rural livelihoods. The outcomes of these projects are however not always successful. Th...
ABSTRACT The general low academic performance in Senior High schools have been attributed to teachers’ inability to perform their functions well and head teachers’ lack of good leadership among others (Osei,2006;Akyeampong, 2010; Oduro, Dachi&Fertig, 2008).The study sought to find out how leadership styles of Head teachers in Senior high schools in the Mfantseman municipality influence teacher performance. The instrument used was the questionnaire and responses were indicated on a five po...
ABSTRACT The aim of this research was to investigate into the issue of sexual harassment against female students in Senior High Schools the Kumasi Metropolis, in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The descriptive survey research design was used for the study. A multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select the participants. A total of 540 female students were selected from six co-educational Senior High Schools. The main instrument used for the data collection was a questionnaire. The results s...
ABSTRACT Any efficient performance appraisal scheme should ensure fairness and aim at giving opportunity for employees to air their views. The objective of the study was, to examine the performance appraisal system as practiced in the Graphic Communication Group Limited and establish its effectiveness and weaknesses so as to suggest ways of improving it. Primary and secondary data were used to accomplish the objective. Instruments used were questionnaire and the methods employed were personal...
ABSTRACT The general objective of the study was to look at the state of garment production under AGOA in the freezone areas of Ghana. The study was conducted using 116 workers from four garment producing industries in Accra and Tema. Questionnaires and interview schedules were developed and used to collect data from the sampled workers. Statistical techniques such as means and percentages were used to analyse the data collected. The industries are in a way benefiting from the AGOA objectives ...
ABSTRACT This dissertation investigated the extent to which caregivers at the SOS Children’s Village and Osu Children’s Home are satisfied with their jobs. The theory guiding this study is Herzberg’s two factor theory which proposes that the factors that cause satisfaction are distinctly different from factors that cause dissatisfaction hence the hygiene and motivation factors. Through surveys and interaction with the caregivers at the two institutional homes, it was established that to...
ABSTRACT The aim of the study was to ascertain how the introduction of microfinance programs by the Lower Pra Rural Bank in the rural areas of their catchment area has helped to alleviate the poverty situation in the Shama, Mpohor Wassa East Districts and Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Area. It was also to establish whether or not the program has had any effects on the business operations of the beneficiaries and their livelihoods. In all 10 groups were sampled out of which 60 respondents made...