ABSTRACT In today’s competitive business environment, Training and Development has become a valuable activity in all organisations in which Koforidua Polytechnic is no isolation. It is therefore incumbent on Koforidua Polytechnic to pay much attention to training and development of its workforce to enable it compete with other educational institutions. The main purpose of this study was to examine the effects of training and development on performance at Koforidua Polytechnic. Data was ...
ABSTRACT Introduction The whole world has gradually become a global village whereby everybody relates in terms of communication, trade, exchange of ideas, increase in job mobility, improved GDP, etc. The driving force behind this great advancement is knowledge-based economy. A knowledge economy is one where organisations and people acquire, create, disseminate and use knowledge more effectively for greater economic and social development by providing more efficient ways of producing goods an...
ABSTRACT This is an exploratory and descriptive study that examined staff motivation as a factor in water and sanitation services delivery in Community Water and Sanitation Agency in Two Districts of the Eastern Region. The objectives of the study were to examine the satisfaction of staff of CWSA in terms of motivation, the effectiveness of the motivational processes on staff members and the stakeholder’s role and satisfaction in the service delivery process. Questionnaires and interviews...
ABSTRACT In Nigeria, freshmen constitute a risk group of adolescents and young adults capable of engaging in unsafe sexual practices. This study documents the associated factors to sexual risk behaviours practices of University of Ibadan, Nigeria freshmen. Eight hundred and forty one (841), freshmen who attended a routine orientation program were asked to respond to a questionnaire. Results showed that 30.8% were sexually active and 47% did not use condom in their last sexual episode. Assoc...
ABSTRACT The relatively low level of women political representation between 1999 (7.5%) and 2011 (14.0%), at the federal level, is an indication that women are marginalised in governance in Nigeria. Previous studies on gender relations and governance in Nigeria largely focused on the marginalisation of women by men with negligible attention on the role of women in this gender-based political imbalance. This study, therefore, investigated the role of women in women‟s marginalisation in gove...
ABSTRACT The study examine the staff training and development programmes of the IRS by; identifying the training and development needs of staff, examining the overall training and development processes, assessing the benefits of training and development as well as examining the challenge facing the effective implementation of staff training and development policies in the IRS. Descriptive and cross-sectional survey designs were adopted for the research and a sample of 240 drawn using simple...
ABSTRACT Employee turnover is a problem for organizations and is one of the challenges facing human resource managers. This study was motivated by the desire to find out the nature of employee turnover in the hotel industry in Cape Coast and Elmina, the factors that account for it and probable solutions to the problem. A stratified sampling procedure was used to select 240 employees and 40 management personnel for the study. Primary data were gathered through the administration of questionna...
ABSTRACT The study sought to examine customer relationship management and customer satisfaction with Mobile Telephone Networks (MTN) Ghana. Specifically, the study sought to uncover how Mobile Telephone Networks Ghana maintained quality relationship with customers using its Customer Relationship Management system and also how customer relationship management can influence customer satisfaction among Mobile Telephone Networks subscribers without overlooking other determining factors of satis...
ABSTRACT The livelihoods of farmers in the Upper East Region of Ghana, is based on crop production which is often been affected by floods. As a result, farmers have continuously been adjusting their livelihood against the impacts of floods. This study examined the effects of flooding on farmers‟ livelihood and the adaptation strategies of farmers to ensure food security. Using cross-sectional and descriptive designs, a concurrent mixed method approach involving both quantitative and qualit...
ABSTRACT The study evaluated the Performance Appraisal system of the Mfantseman Municipal Assembly between 2010 and 2012. It also considered the measures adopted by the Municipal Assembly to address the issues of Appraisal within the Assembly. Data were collected from both Appraisers and Appraisees in five Departments. Eighty questionnaires were distributed to the respondents (70 appraisees and 10 appraisers) who were randomly selected for the interview. All the questionnaires were returned...
ABSTRACT One of the most challenging tasks for most organisations today is not just retaining talented employees but fully engaging them, and capturing their minds and hearts at each stage of their work lives. Hence, this requires the need to put in place effective Human Resources policies that will fully suit the needs of employees in order to gain their loyalty and retain them. The current study sought to assess the level of employee engagement and by extension their turnover intentions i...
ABSTRACT Nigeria is classified among high fertility countries, which despite sustained campaigns, has experienced very slow rate of fertility reduction. The Igbo ethnic group contributes substantially to the country’s prevailing fertility regime. Population pressure in Igbo sub-groups is a product of patriarchy and specific reproductive practices. This study examined onyima, which is a relatively less emphasized pronatalist custom among the Igbo, as way of understanding the inherent ideolo...
ABSTRACT This paper provides empirical evidence regarding the perceived investigation into the benefits and challenges of international financial report standard adoption and implementation amongst small and medium enterprises in Kumasi metropolis. The Ghanaian financial reporting framework is keeping pace with the global development due to the globalization of the world’s economy and markets led companies and nations to become world global players. Thus, as a result, Ghana made prepa...
ABSTRACT The success of every organization depends largely on the competence of their workforce. Training and development for employees has been identified as a major strategic tool adopted by organizations to enhance and achieve their goals and objectives. The study sought to examine the impact of training and development on the performance of employees using Abrafi Memorial Hospital as the case study. The target population involves employees (50) of the hospital. The study adopted census ...
ABSTRACT Most nations in the world have modernized their accounting practices especially during the few decades of the 21st century. Such modernization encompasses the adoption and adaptation of local accounting practices and harmonizing it with that of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Despite the significant decision by Ghana to adopt IFRS in the quest to increase harmonization and comparability of financial statements of companies in Ghana, as stakeholders in IFRS, ...