ABSTRACT Credit facilities continue to pose a major threat to the survival of the SME sector. Traditional banks have failed to advance credit facilities to the SMEs due to challenges with collateral securities and information. This study sought to assess the relevance of microfinance in terms of meeting credit needs and reducing poverty among the small business owners of Jukwa in the Central Region. Thirty-one (31) respondents were sampled for the study. Descriptive statistics were used for t...
ABSTRACT Mining companies in Ghana receive criticism from inter alia the media, civil society organizations, Governments and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) for not properly responding to the challenge of corporate social responsibility (CSR) to compensate for the negative effects of their activities in host communities. Although some mining companies plan and prosecute CSR policies and projects to improve their public image and increase economic opportunities and improve social welfare...
ABSTRACT After a decade of reforming policy, building and developing the multi-sector market economy, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Ghana have developed strongly and contributed to creating employment, increasing GDP, and raising the nation’s volume of exports. However, SMEs have found difficulties on the way to development due to lack of risk management practices, and uncertainty within the business environment. As a result, SMEs often faced obstacles during their operations. This...
ABSTRACT The private sector in recent years has been recognized as a key engine of economic development in Ghana. However, Productivity is commonly low in the various private firms in Ghana mainly because employees are poorly recruited and retained. This therefore makes it necessary for a critical look into how some private organizations recruit their employees and the measures they put in place to retain them. Also, ways of improving current recruitment and retention strategies of these firm...
ABSTRACT Ghana has various mechanisms to ensure that good relations exist between employers and employees at places of work. Such mechanisms include the Labour Law, Department of Labour, National Labour Commission (NLC), the Trades Union Congress and other ratified ILO labour conventions. Despite the availability of all these institutions to maintain peace and harmony at workplaces, the problem of labour disputes still exist. The study sought to investigate industrial disputes and conflicts r...
ABSTRACT This study aimed at assessing service quality delivery and students’ satisfaction in Higher Institutions. The study was a quantitative research which adopted the descriptive survey. In all, 400 students comprising of 221 B.Ed. management students and 179 B.Ed. Accounting students were selected using the multi-stage sampling technique. Data was collected on a 5-point likert scale questionnaire ranging from Not AT all (1) to a Very high extent (5). Both descriptive (mean and standard...
ABSTRACT Internal auditing plays a significant role in the management of most modern organizations. In the public sector of Ghana, internal auditing is meant to drive greater efficiency and help in the delivery of public services. Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) have Internal Audit Units (IAU) as independent appraisal functions to examine and evaluate their financial and operational activities. Despite the potential roles of IAUs in MMDAs, the 2013 Auditor General repo...
ABSTRACT The Judicial Service as the third arm of government is the body mandated by law to dispense justice in the country to ensure that peace, tranquillity and stability prevail for socio-economic development of the country. However, productivity or efficiency on the part of Staffs is ordinarily low in the various courts in the Central Region, because, the Judicial Service of Ghana lacks the needed technological or Management Information Systems to propel efficiency in delivery of justice ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to assess the perception of students of distance education about distance learning in Ghana. Specifically, this study assessed; the opinion of distance students regarding distance education in Ghana, the main factors contributing to the demand for distance education, the level of distance students’ satisfaction of distance education, and the challenges faced by the students offering distance education. A cross-section survey and quantitative method were...
ABSTRACT Policy failure has been a concern for social scientists for some time now, yet there are no clear answers as to why certain policies do not achieve their intended purpose. Moreover, studies on policy implementation in service institutions neglect the audit service. This study investigated the challenges of policy implementation in the Ghana Audit Service (GAS) with emphasis on bureaucracy in the Central Region of Ghana. The study was a cross sectional survey and was quantitative in n...
ABSTRACT A lot of individuals are joining credit unions because of its advantages over the formal banking sector and other microfinance institutions. This study primarily sought to identify and examine the corporate governance systems and financial performance of the University of Ghana (UG) credit union. More specifically to identify the corporate governance systems in place, examine the risk management structures, and examine the financial performance of the credit union over the last deca...
ABSTRACT Leadership at the various levels of education is considered as a critical input in the academic achievement of students. Hence, stakeholders in education always endervour to appoint or recruit the right people with effective leadership skills as headteachers to manage their educational institutions. This study therefore investigated the effects of headteachers’ choice of leadership styles on pupils’ academic performance in BECE in the Asuogyaman District of Education in the Easte...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the influence of employee relations on productivity of selected publishing firms in Accra Metropolis. Using the noninterventional quantitative research design, correlational study design, and multi-stage sampling method (lottery techniques, census method); structured questionnaires were administered to 135 regular staffs of six selected publishing firms in the Accra Metropolis. However, 125 questionnaires were valid and usable for the purposes of data analysis...
ABSTRACT Mining companies in Ghana receive criticism from inter alia the media, civil society organizations, Governments and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) for not properly responding to the challenge of corporate social responsibility (CSR) to compensate for the negative effects of their activities in host communities. Although some mining companies plan and prosecute CSR policies and projects to improve their public image and increase economic opportunities and improve social welfare...
ABSTRACT The study sets out to determine the influence of organisational support on employee performance at La Dade Kotopon Municipal Assembly in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. The three main specific objectives were to ascertain the extent to which job condition as an organisational support dimension influences employee performance, to establish the extent to which organisational justice as an organisational support dimension influences employee performance and finally to determine the e...