ABSTRACT This study explores the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practices of pharmaceutical companies in Ghana. Specifically, the study examines whether pharmaceutical companies in Ghana were engaged in ESG practices, whether they adopt a structured approach to ESG practices, how they disclose and report ESG practices and the challenges (if any) that they face in their ESG practices. A cross-sectional descriptive study design was adopted for the study. The target population for th...
ABSTRACT It is expected that the discovery of oil and gas will propel economic growth and development. When Uganda and Ghana discovered oil and gas in commercial quantities in 2006 and 2007 respectively, there were high hopes that projects emanating from the sector would positively affect the two nations, particularly the project communities. Uganda and Ghana undertook projects following the discovery of oil: Uganda acquired lands for the construction of an oil refinery in Hoima Dis...
ABSTRACT This study examined the economic and environmental security issues associated with Nigerian and Chinese immigrants in business activities in Ghana. The general objective of the study was to examine the routes the immigrants use to migrate to Ghana, the nature of their businesses, the factors that motivate them to come and do those businesses, and the economic and environmental security threats associated with their businesses, based on the perceptions of Ghanaian Small and Medium E...
ABSTRACT Globalisation and intense competition have compelled organisations to think of better ways to improve their performance and still remain competitive. It is therefore necessary to ensure proper management of the supply chain due to increasing costs and depleting resources. The oil industry involves complexities in its operations and hence a proper management of its supply chain is appropriate to ensure that customers are duly satisfied. The focus of this study is to investigate...
ABSTRACT Studies on organisations have focused on restructuring as strategic response to increased competitive pressure of globalization and the need to be more efficient. The effectiveness of restructuring depends on the influence of work attitude and behaviour (Job Satisfaction (JS), Organisational Commitment (OC) and Turnover Intention (TI)) of surviving employees which had been inadequately studied in Nigeria‟s banking sector. This study was conducted to examine organisational restruct...
ABSTRACT The study set out to investigate the performance and challenges of internally generated revenue mobilisation of the Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese District Assembly in the Central Region of Ghana for local level development. Descriptive and analytical study designs were adopted for the study. A sample of 100 residents from the district, 21 revenue collectors, 8 key District Assembly officials and 6 organised groups operating in the district were selected for the study. Questionnaires and in...
ABSTRACT The main purpose of this study was to examine the effects of financial and nonfinancial incentives on staff performance in public institutions. The detail of this research was conducted in an attempt to demonstrate whether incentives have a great potential to increase public employees’ motivation and work performance. To fulfill the objective of the research as well as to obtain real and reliable data, a research study was conducted at the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly. A proje...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to examine financial literacy of small business owners, financial records keeping and enterprise performance in the TarkwaNsuaem Municipality of Ghana. Financial literacy level and operating performance of those enterprises as a measure of business economic performance was examined. In addition, the study examined financial records kept by small business owners. It was an explanatory study which employed quantitative methodology and survey strategy. Findi...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to assess the effects of labelling attributes of market products on consumer’s choice in the Cape Coast Metropolis. Data were collected from 123 consumers and shopkeepers/shop owners in the Cape Coast Metropolis. Presentation and analysis of the study’s data were done using percentages and frequencies which were discussed descriptively. Chi-square tests were also used to test the association between consumers’ demographic characteristics and consume...
ABSTARCT Managers of public, private, civil or non-governmental organisations cannot ignore the importance of developing their human resource to acquire the essential skills, knowledge and desired attitudes needed for timely delivery of appropriate actions to achieve corporate goals. It is no doubt that the effective tool to measure or evaluate performance of individuals, teams and organisations is the Performance Appraisal technique. The question, however, is how relevant and effective is t...
ABSTRACT The general objective underlying this study was to examine the effect of safety measures on the job performance of workers at the Adwumapa Buyers Company Limited in the Aowin-Suaman district of the Western Region. The study was to provide guidance to the improvement of safety measures at various workplaces with the aim to minimize risk and also improve worker efficiency and effectiveness. It was also geared towards making in-depth analysis of safety measures at the workplace and the...
ABSTRACT This report provides an insight into the involvement of children in surface mining activities. It endeavors to throw more light on the roles played by children in surface mining and the dangers faced by such children and the long term effect on their education and health.The objectives of the study were to examine the living conditions of children in the study area, roles assigned to children in mining activities; the working conditions of such children; the effects of involvement...
ABSTRACT The principal objective of this paper is to ascertain and examine the presence of gender gaps in the performance of SMEs in Ghana, and to determine the contribution of financial inclusion to the gender performance gap of 1225 SMEs observed in the Gender and Enterprise development in Africa survey in 2015. Using the Unconditional Quantile Decomposition Technique, the findings from the study revels statistically significant gender gaps at the selected quantiles. Financial incl...
ABSTRACT The competitiveness of financial institutions, in recent times, have called for Ghanaian rural banks to implement relevant total quality management practices in order to improve customer retention. However, total quality management practices and customer retention has not been largely investigated in Ghana’s rural banking sector. The study, therefore, purposely examined the effect of total quality management practices on customer retention at Unity Rural Bank. It also examined the...
ABSTRACT Performance appraisal is a mechanism for determining the performance levels of employees in any organisation based on which reward and remedy programmes are implemented. Classroom teachers have a perception of the performance appraisal system at the school level as geared towards only promotions. This perception held by many classroom teachers impedes the level of their contribution to the appraisal process. The perception is addressed within four principal objectives. The study used...