ABSTRACT For organisations to achieve their goals and targets, it is often not enough for them to recruit and select staff, but very vital for them to retain their most valuable staff. The study assesses current practices in recruitment, selection, and retention of personnel at the Takoradi Polytechnic. The data for the study were obtained from 222 employees of the Takoradi Polytechnic using the stratified random sampling procedure. The main instruments used were questionnaires and an inter...
ABSTRACT One of the important primary macroeconomic convergence criteria of the West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ) is the attainment of single-digit inflation. Available data show that but for The Gambia, none of the member states has achieved this objective on sustained basis. This raises concerns about the effectiveness of monetary policy transmission mechanism in controlling inflation in the Zone. This thesis addressed three policy relevant issues: (1) investigated the effectiveness of mon...
ABSTRACT Civil society organisation (CSOs) have been working in the Talensi Nabdam District to promote and strengthen participation to ensure that resources meant for basic education delivery are fully accounted for and used as agreed. They have designed programmes to improve primary and secondary stakeholders involvement and commitment in basic education delivery. However, teacher workload, poor quality and participation in management of education delivery are still issues of great concern....
ABSTRACT The study investigated the level of financial literacy and financial behaviour of College of Education students in the Central Region of Ghana. The objectives that supported this study were to assess the financial literacy level of College of Education Students in relation to sex and level of study. The study also examined the relationship between financial literacy and financial behaviour of College of Education Students in the Central Region of Ghana. The study employed descriptiv...
ABSTRACT The study set out to examine the impact of decentralisation in the governance of the Kwahu North District. The descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The data collection tools used were questionnaires and Focus Group Discussion guide. the study covered 136 respondents selected by means of purposive and simple random sampling techniques. The primary data collected were analysed using the Statistical Product and Service Solutions (SPSS) Version 15.0 This study r...
ABSTRACT The study sought to examine the factors that impede the academic progression of graduates from technical institutions to the Polytechnics and the Universities. The study used the descriptive research design in a social survey, with the Cape Coast Technical Institute as a case study. Questionnaires were the main instruments for data collection. The findings were analyzed with the SPSS computer software and presented in frequency tables and percentages. The study revealed that Technic...
ABSTRACT Sub-Saharan African countries have experienced a decline in its economic growth rate due to delayed and still limited policy adjustments in the region, with a consequent rise in public debt and deteriorating international reserves. External debt and governance have been argued to impact a country’s economic growth. The study assessed the role of country-level governance structures in the relationship between external debt and economic growth using a panel of 38 Sub-Saharan African...
ABSTRACT The study assessed the effects of taxation on financing decisions of SMEs in Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana. Kumasi is mostly dominated by SMEs in various economic sectors of the Ghanaian economy. The study targeted registered SMEs, with a sampling frame of 153 businesses. A sample size of 115 was determined and were selected (stratified sampling technique). A 100 percent return rate was recorded. Descriptive research survey design was adopted and through structured questionnaire, primary...
ABSTRACT The Ghana Commercial Bank Limited (GCB, LTD) embarked on a computerization drive in 1990 to enhance its business processes and its service delivery. The exercise resulted in the introduction of a centralized banking software (Flex cube) by I-flex Solutions Limited, India. A training programme was organized prior to and after the deployment of the software to equip staff in its use. The study assessed the Flex cube training programme organized for the networked branches of the bank i...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to assess the constructional quality offree school uniforms supplied by Government of Ghana to basic school pupils. The study was a descriptive survey carried out at the West Akyem Municipal Assembly. The population studied comprised Free School Uniform (FSU) beneficiaries for the 2013/2014 academic year. Purposive and disproportionate stratified sampling techniques were utilized to select 419 respondents which comprised of manufacturers, headteachers/t...
ABSTRACT The study examines the antecedence of inflation, most especially the effect of money supply growth, interest rate and real depreciation of the cedi on inflation in Ghana using annual time series data from 1990 to 2016. An Autoregressive Distributed Lag model was adopted as the estimation technique to examine the long-run and short-run dynamics among the variables used. In the long run, the regression estimates indicated that there is an insignificant positive effect between money sup...
ABSTRACT In 1998, Anglogold Ashanti limited set up the Management Training Centre (MTC) to train and develop its human resources to possess the right knowledge, skills and attitudes to meet current and future job demands. Hundreds of employees had undergone diverse programmes since its inception. However, no empirical work has been done to assess the effectiveness of the services provided by the centre. There was, therefore, the need to carry out a study on how the company trains and develop...
ABSTRACT The main objective of this study is to examine the effect of tax policy on growth of small and medium scale businesses. The study was carried out in the New Juaben municipality of the Eastern region of Ghana. In this study the researcher used questionnaires and interviews to collect data from the sample size of 200 out of 400 owners and managers of small and medium scale businesses. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were adapted to analyse data. The data collected was screen...
ABSTRACT The study examines the effect of capital inflow variables on financial development in Ghana. Annual data on foreign direct investment and external debt was extracted from the World Bank World Development Indicators from 1970 to 2014 while data on domestic access to credit by the private sector and remittance inflows was extracted from the Global Financial Development Dataset from 1970 to 2014. Data was analysed by using the descriptive, causal and the Johansen and Juselius (1990) mu...
ABSTRACT Solid waste managementis one of the major issues facing most countries globally. Solid waste was already a problem long before water and air pollution issues attracted public attention. Solid waste managementrepresents a major economic and environmental issue throughout the world. Governments have adopted public private partnership (PPP) as a solution for solid waste management because of the herculean nature of the waste management task in terms of finance and technical expertise....