ABSTRACT The study sought to find out the perception of teachers about training in public basic schools .The research was conducted using self administered questionnaire and an interview guide. Three objectives were formulated to guide the study. The study was based on the systematic training theory. A sample size of 51 consisting of 40 teachers, 10 head teachers and the District Training Officer was used for the study. Descriptive analysis was employed in the discussion of employment charact...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the influence of corporate governance on firm performance using listed financial institutions on the Ghana Stock Exchange. The study also investigated the influence of board composition on firm performance. Ex-post factor research design was adopted for the study and purposive sampling was used in selecting sample for the study which comprises all financial institutions listed on Ghana Stock Exchange. The study revealed that there is a positive and significant ...
ABSTRACT The issue of credit risk is of greater concern because of the higher levels of perceived risks resulting from some of the characteristics of clients and the business conditions that these clients find themselves in. The structure of risk management calls for a review that reflect on policies and procedures which will help manage risk as well as conform to the best practices. As a contribution to this exercise, this study focuses on Unique Trust (UT) Bank and Teachers’ Fund (TF) Fin...
ABSTRACT Education plays a vital role in the development of the human resource of every nation and it is an undeniable fact that the development of every nation also depends on the human resource. Investment in the education, training and development of the human resource is a necessary condition for national development however the success of this largely depends on the quality of teachers. Hence there is the need for staff development programmes that commensurate with the nation’s develop...
ABSTRACT The study sought to assess occupational health and safety practices at the Tarkwa Government Hospital. Case study research design was adopted for the study. Through the use of stratified and simple random sampling procedures, 144 hospital employees were selected to participate in the study. The mixed method was used to gather the requisite data for the study. The data were analysed through the computation of descriptive statistics such as frequencies, percentages, and mean of distrib...
ABSTRACT Employee retention is vital as it brings implications for organisational competitiveness in an increasingly global landscape. This study was undertaken to examine the factors influencing retention in the public sector more specifically at National Disaster Management Organisation, Greater Accra region. It further seeks to establish a relationship between factors such as the recruitment and selection process of the organisations, the employees hired; that is their competencies, availa...
ABSTRACT Every organisation has its own unique culture which defines its existence and operation. This culture is so critical to the existence of any organisation and it could either be a barrier to change or a catalyst to the same in an organisation. This study sets out to assess the organisational culture of the Business schools of University of Ghana and Central University College within the context of Van der Post, De Coning and Smith (1997) dimension of organisational culture. The study ...
ABSTRACT Issues of recruitment, selection and placement are at the heart of the human resource management process. Not only are they critical to the success of any institution but are also essential to the survival of any institution. This study assesses the recruitment, selection and placement processes within the Ghana National Fire Service in the Central Region of Ghana. Questionnaire and in-depth interview guides were used to solicit data from a representative sample of 218 personnel incl...
ABSTACT One successful method to ensuring that children attend school on a regular basis is through school feeding programmes. Many different organisations fund school feeding programmes, among them the World Food Programme (WFP) and the World Bank. In Ghana the Catholic Relief Service (CRS) is one such organisation involved with school feeding in the Savelugu/Nanton District. The general objective of the study is to evaluate the CRS intervention of the school feeding programme and its effect...
Table of Contents 1. Industry Analysis 3 1.1 About Google 3 1.2 Industry Player 3 1.3 Organizational Structure 3 2. Market Analysis 4 2.1 Market Position 4 2.2 Problems Faced by Google 4 3. Culture and Working Climate of the Organization 5 3.1 Work Environment 5 3.2 Hiring 5 3.3 Retention 6 3.4 Leadership 6 3.5 Road Ahead 7 4. Google’s Important Values and Ethical Standards 7 4.1 Ethical Standards at Google�...
ABSTRACT In this study, I aimed at three objectives. First, t o determine the financial leverage of manufacturing firms listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange. Second, t o analyze the relationship between financial leverage and profitability. Third, t o examine the factors affecting financial leverage of manufacturing firms that are listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange. Employing descriptive and trend analysis, my results showed that financial leverage of manufacturi...
ABSTRACT The concept of decentralisation as a developmental phenomenon comes with it, financial decentralisation and autonomy in which case the subnational institutions are enjoined to generate their own revenues for their developmental activities within their geographical areas. The study was to find out to what extent the Ahanta West District Assembly prosecutes its service delivery functions with its own internally generated revenues, and to examine the potentials and the challenges in the...
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...