ABSTRACT The research was undertaken to assess the extent to which labor quality affects the quality of textbooks produced by GPC at the head office in Accra. The desire by management to enhance staff quality and the quality of textbooks produced, has lead GPC to introduce training courses with the objective of improving upon skills of employees. To achieve the objectives of the study, questionnaires were used to elicit information from the respondents. In all, 184 employees of the GPC were t...
ABSTRACT There is the need for strategic managers to have a better comprehension of how firms benefit from new product innovation so as to be able to overcome its competitors. It is against this backdrop that this study sought to examine the effect of product innovation as a strategy on sales performance. Purposive sampling and stratified random sampling methods were used to select 250 staff members of Guinness Ghana Limited (GGL). Questionnaire was key instrument for the primary data used in...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to find out the factors influencing Takoradi Polytechnic students’ choice of clothing in the Western Region of Ghana. The study was also interested in types of clothing mostly worn by students on campus and the body parts exposed. Questionnaire and Focus group discussion guide was used. Respondents were chosen at random. The sample for study consisted of 207 students, 104 and 103 students of the Departments of Fashion and Accounting respectively. Sevent...
ABSTRACT Recruitment and selection is a very vital aspect of every organization since the success of the organization is dependent on its human resource capacity. Responses from 103 persons from a sample of 120 persons, both junior and senior officers of ADB, selected through random and purposive sampling, revealed that the government has a very significant influence in the selection process by virtue of its ownership stake in the bank. It is solely responsible for appointing members onto the...
ABSTRACT The study sought to examine the level of job satisfaction and employee commitment at Nyame Yie Cold Stores Limited. Data were collected from 150 employees were used through census in order to ensure high representativeness and generalisation. The main instrument for the study was the questionnaire. The SPSS (Version 10.0) software was used to analyse the data. The results were presented in frequency tables. The study found varied levels of satisfaction with different indicators. For ...
ABSTRACT The countless incidences of injury, death, frequent absenteeism and huge compensation costs that characterized most Ghanaian industry are worries to the country’s economic development. This draws from the fact that these negative implications of unhealthy and unsafe working environment continue to plague labour productivity in the country and have the tendency of retarding economic growth. At least 7 per cent of Ghana’s GDP is spent on solving problems related to the improper man...
ABSTRACT Credit risk and liquidity risk management practices are very critical for efficient operations and survival of banks. This is because they have the tendency to affect the core existence of banks (profitability). However, the impact of credit risk and liquidity risk on the performance of banks is yet to be fully explored in Ghana. The recent takeover of UT bank Ltd and Capital bank Ltd by GCB bank Ltd; where issues of insolvency were cited by BoG as reason for the takeover is a proof ...
ABSTRACT The study assessed the financial challenges and coping strategies adopted by students in financing tertiary education. It specifically investigated among others the sources of funds available to the students, the nature of financial challenges and their coping strategies. Participation in the study was restricted to only Levels 300 and 400 students of the University of Cape Coast from all eight schools and faculties in the University. A case study design was adopted, and questionnair...
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 The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of international commodity price shocks on economic growth in Ghana from 1990 to 2016. Time series data were collected on oil price, gold price, cocoa price, capital, labour, inflation, exchange rate and trade openness from the Central Bank of Ghana and the World Development Indicators. The study employed Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) to examine the relationship between the index of commodity price shock on economic growth ...
ABSTRACT The study aims to assess the financial management practices of Ghana Health Service. The specific objectives were to evaluate the effect of budgeting on healthcare delivery, to identify the effect of financial accountability on healthcare delivery and also determine the effect of financial controls on healthcare delivery. The study adopted the survey design. A sample size of 69 out of the population of 223 staff in Akim Oda Government Hospital was used. The instrument used for data c...
ABSTRACT The study aimed at investigating gender inequality in education and human capital development. The study was conducted at the Langbinsi Circuit of the East Mamprusi District. The study set out to investigate the causes of gender inequality in education and to explore measures to ensure gender equity in education in the area. Based on the fact that several studies had delved into the issue; this study reviewed both theoretical and empirical literature. The study opted for the descript...
ABSTRACT This study examines the effectiveness of internal audit in the Keta Municipal Education office. The objectives of the study were to examine the effectiveness of internal auditors in identifying non-compliance activities in the Keta Municipal Education office, determine the extent of management support for internal auditors in the Keta Municipal Education office, examine the independence of internal auditors in the Keta Municipal Education office, to determine whether the Keta Municip...
ABSTRACT The main reason for undertaking this study was to examine the main recruitment and retention problems affecting teachers in the Sunyani Metropolis and alternatively find out how transparent the recruitment process was. To investigate these concerns therefore, a sample size of 110 respondents from three senior high schools in the Sunyani Metropolis were selected. The simple random sampling method was used in selecting the respondents from the various schools. Questionnaire was the mai...
ABSTRACT Population trends currently indicate that more than half of Ghana’s population live in urban areas. The pressures of urbanisation and fast growing population in the cities have impacted on land management. This exploratory study examined land management practices in Cape Coast in the light of rapid urbanisation. Purposive sampling was used to solicit information from the Land Sector Agencies and snowballing was used to gather information from private land owners. Interviewing was t...