ABSTRACT Job rotation is a major concern to all organizations especially financial institutions. One way of training employees in the financial institutions is through the introduction of job rotation. Job rotation is a directive introduced by Bank of Ghana in 2008 to all financial institutions. The researcher in the view used Akuapem Rural Bank Limited as a case study to examine the impact of job rotation on employees’ performance. Based on the researcher’s objectives, questionnaires w...
ABSTRACT The main purpose of the study was to assess the effect of reward systems on employee motivation in Urban Roads Department, using Kumasi –Metro as a case study. Quantitative research approach was used. The population for the study was five hundred and fifty (550) employees from the Urban Roads Department, Kumasi Metropolis. Random sampling technique was used to select 226 participants for the study. Questionnaire was the main instrument used to collect primary data. The computer s...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to examine factors influencing employee performance in the Ghanaian private sector: A case of the Boakye Dankwah Memorial Hospital (BDMH). The study was guided by the following objectives; to assess the influence of recruitment and selection on employee performance; to establish the influence of training and development on employee performance and to establish the influence of reward management on employee performance. The population of the study was 60 ...
ABSTRACT The main objective of this study will seek to investigate the effect of Accounting Software on financial Reporting Quality in delivering Financial Accounting information for making crucial organizational decisions by management. It also aims at assessing Accounting Software support to the production of Financial Statements in time, accurate recording transactions and also to ascertain the level at which accounting professionals in this field (utility) has adopted and applied inform...
ABSTRACT Non-farm activities are widespread and thought of as an important source of income and employment for some rural and peri-urban dwellers. This study sought to investigate rural non-farm livelihood diversification among farmers in the Sunyani West District. Cross-sectional survey design was used and data were collected from 251 farmers for the purpose of analysis. An interview schedule and FGD guide were used for collection of the data. The data were analyzed with descriptive statis...
ABSTRACT The most important drawback to successful control of malaria is the development of resistance by Plasmodium species to commonly used antimalarial drugs. To enhance effective treatment, many African nations including Ghana changed its malaria treatment policy from monotherapy to combination treatment with Artesunate + Amodiaquine (AS+AQ). The policy specifies AS+AQ as the first line treatment for uncomplicated malaria. There has been public outcry due to the perceived side effects o...
ABSTRACT The main objective of the study was to examine how the socio-economic environment of home communities helped in the reintegration of return migrants in selected communities in the Northern Region of Ghana. The macro-methodological theory underlying the study was interpretivism. Mixed and multi-stage sampling techniques were used in selecting respondents in 30 communities from eight MMD Assemblies in the Northern Region of Ghana. The study used interview schedules in collecting quan...
ABSTRACT In Ghana, despite the implementation of pro-poor models to make potable water affordable to small towns and rural communities, there are still cases of extension of urban water services at cost recovery-based tariff conditions to such communities. This defeats the aims of improving affordability and accessibility to safe water to low-income communities. The main objective of this study was to explore stakeholder roles in the improvement of water tariff payment in rural and peri-urb...
ABSTRACT Leadership is a relevant factor in achieving high employee performance. This is because the style of leadership of superiors commits an employee to a course of action of relevance and helps to ensure willingness to perform better in the organization. The study examined the effects of leadership styles on employee performance in the Judicial Service of Ghana, Cape Coast regional office. Descriptive design of the quantitative method of research was employed for the study. The simple r...
ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to examine the issues of motivation on teaching and learning using content and process theories of motivation. Stratified sampling procedures were used to select a sample of 304 respondents. Research instruments for data collection were questionnaire and interview guide with a response rate of 98 percent. Motivation in teaching and learning has adverse effects in raising the moral of teachers and students. Basically, teachers were to encourage studen...
ABSTRACT In this study, the effectiveness of the system of internal control of SIC Life Company Limited is assessed via the famed Internal Control – Integrated Framework by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO) of the Treadway commission. Forty-one members of staff at the company’s head office in Accra are sampled for the study. Analyses of the responses to the questionnaire indicate that overall the internal control system of the SIC Life company is only marginally strong. Sk...
ABSTRACT Customary land disputes date back as far as the colonial era in Ghana. Customary land disputes have contributed negatively to socio-economic development of Ghana. It is in the light of this that the study looked at the state and nature of customary land disputes in Ghana using Ashanti-Mampong as a case study. The research used both primary and secondary data to find answers to the causes of land disputes, effects of land disputes and measures that are used to resolve these land dis...
ABSTRACT The study examined the influence of motivation, job satisfaction, organisational commitment, and intention to quit teaching among teachers in Public Senior High Schools in Tamale Metropolis. The cross-sectional design was adopted in the study. A representative sample size of 203 was selected for the study using self-administered questionnaires. Descriptive statistics including means, standard deviations, frequencies and percentages were used to summarise the data characteristics. Th...
ABSTRACT Taxation is the major source of revenue to support the execution of government developmental projects. In Ghana, one major sector where more taxes could have collected is the Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) of the informal sector. The sector contributes about 80% to the employment in the country (Ghana living Standard Survey - GLSS, 2010); but, its contribution in terms of tax revenue, relative to its size, is just a drop in the national coffers. The research, therefore, ...
ABSTRACT Organisational politics plays a large role in how most organisations function and develop. Thus, organisational politics is an unavoidable factor at the workplace, and has so many influences on the affairs and behaviour of employees in an organisation. It is in recognition of these facts that an effort was made in this research to find out the causes, prevention and management of organisational politics in Cape Coast Polytechnic. The target population for the study consisted of empl...