ABSTRACT The study examined the role of staff training and development in the risk management programme of Inspection and Control Services (ICS) Limited in Accra. Specifically, the study focused on the factors that influence assignment of staff to the risk management unit, effectiveness of the risk system and the role training and development play in ensuring the effectiveness of the risk management system. Descriptive study design, covering 74 staff and management personnel of Inspection a...
ABSTRACT The main objective of the study was to assess the nature of supervision of teaching and learning in public basic schools in the Wa West District. The study focuses on types of supervision, role of supervision and challenges of supervision as practised in the district. Using a simple random sampling, 248 respondents comprising 137 teachers, 103 headteachers and 8 circuit supervisors were selected to respond to questionnaire. The design used was descriptive survey. Questionnaires were...
ABSTRACT It was until the early 1990’s that economists began to place greater emphasis on the role of human capital development as the basic rock for development. Using a multi-stage sampling technique, the researcher interviewed a sample of 868 households in rural Ghana. The study adopted unitary model of intra household decision model to examine parents’ expectation and investment in children’s education in rural Ghana. The study revealed that the probability that children getting th...
ABSTRACT With an upsurge of fraud in the current economic scenario experienced, fraud detection have received considerable attention from the investors, academic researchers, media, the financial community and regulators (Sharma & Panigrahi, 2012). This study therefore examines the factors that influence internal auditors‟ fraud detection capabilities in Ghana. To sample the respondents for the study, stratified random sampling technique was adopted and questionnaire was used to solicit in...
ABSTRACT Traditional authorities and their indigenous knowledge systems are indispensable for local level and national development. Yet, decision-making at the local government level has not involved traditional authorities in all decisionmaking process. The aim of the study was to explore how the integration of traditional authorities and local government actors in the West Gonja District of Northern Region of Ghana can lead to enhanced decision-making. The study used a mixed methods approac...
ABSTRACT The main objective of the study was to determine the effects of firm size on performance of manufacturing firms in Ghana. The study employed a quantitative research design under the positivist philosophy to address the research objectives. A panel on about 1,203 firms were involved based on the Enterprise Survey for Ghana data set for the periods 2007 and 2013. Multiple measures were adopted for firm size but just one measure was adopted for firm performance. Firm size was proxied b...
ABSTRACT Ghanaian women entrepreneurs operating small businesses play a significant role in fostering economic growth and development due to their possession of Entrepreneurial Orientation Dimensions (EODs). Notwithstanding the importance of this area, current conceptualizations of EODs do not adequately consider the association between EODs and business performance of women entrepreneurs. The objective of this research was to .examine the EODs and business performance of women entrepreneurs...
ABSTRACT The performance and survival of any organisation (such as banks) in a rapidly changing work environment, among other factors, depend largely upon the employees’ motivation. Given that needs of employees and the level of motivation may differ from organisation to organisation, an understanding of what fosters and enhances employee motivation and organisational performance is critical. The study therefore sought to determine the factors that influence bank staff motivation in the Ca...
ABSTRACT The interest in financial literacy has increased globally because it enhances financial security, wealth creation and excellent portfolio choice for the individual. The study was set up to investigate financial literacy and the practice of saving and investment by public sector workers in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam district of the Central region of Ghana. Frequency distributions, percentage, contingency tables and bar charts have been employed to show the results in the study conducted...
ABSTRACT In recent years, service organisations have instituted various mechanisms to ensure “long stay” of employees in the organisations. These strategies are targeted at employee’s intrinsic and extrinsic drive in order to ensure that employees stay in the organization for long time. These motivational packages includes: workfamily support, good employee-employer relation, reward and recognition systems, and training and career enhancement opportunities. While extent studies exist in...
ABSTRACT This study that was conducted at Techiman Municipal Assembly was meant to identify all the revenue sources of TMA; examine the type of limitations TMA is confronted with in her revenue mobilisation; examine the effect of staff motivation on revenue mobilisation and to make recommendations for improvement in revenue mobilisation. The study relied on both primary and secondary sources of data collected through questionnaire administration and interview of key management staff of the As...
ABSTRACT In most recent times the issue of the Ghana National Insurance scheme has preoccupied many a mind. Whereas some see in it a saviour others exercise their scepticism seeing it as another very big white elephant. The efforts made in this study have sought to digest some concepts of the Health Insurance as well as trace the origin of the Insurance with a commitment to ensuring that the emerging scheme is devoid of bottlenecks as it appears to be harbouring now. Two main tools were emp...
ABSTRACT The main objective of this study was to evaluate staff perception of Action Aid Ghana’s human resource capacity building effectiveness. The purposive and simple random techniques were used in the selection of sample units of the study. A sample of 60 was drawn from a target population of 80 using the lottery method. The instruments used in this study were interview guide and questionnaire. Statistical Product and Service Solutions (SPSS) was used to analyse the data collected from ...
ABSTRACT It is argued that the success of every organisation depends largely on the quality of its employees and that employees are the most vital resources for the achievement of organisation goals and objectives. It was of interest to know how the employees are inspired to commit themselves to the realisation of organisational goals and objectives. Most public sector organisations are bedevilled with poor employee performance. For a variety of reasons, however, the performance and output o...
ABSTRACT The main objective of the study was to examine farmers’ perceptions of the contribution of maize farming technologies to livelihoods in the Buea SubDivision of Cameroon. The specific objectives dealt with farmers’ demographic characteristics and their use of maize technologies, farmers’ views of other factors that influence their use of maize technologies, a comparison of the yields, incomes and livelihood perceptions of farmers who use traditional technologies and those who us...