ABSTRACT This study assessed internal auditor independence in Ghana Education Service with evidence from Volta Region. Quantitative research methodology was adopted for the study hence the analyses were quantitative in nature. The study used descriptive survey as its research design and used the census method to select all internal auditors and their supporting staffs numbering 135, who served as sample size for the study. A structured close-ended questionnaire was the main instrument used fo...
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 examined customer perception of service delivery by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in the Cape Coast District in the Central Region of Ghana. The descriptive design was adopted for the study and convenience sampling technique was used to sample 120 respondents for the study. Self-administered questionnaire was used for data collection. The descriptive statistics was used to analyze the data including means, standard deviations, frequencies and percentages. Bivariate...
ABSTRACT The study was aimed at finding out the perceptions about community participation in project initiation, project planning and designing and project implementation, monitoring and evaluation. It also seeks to find out the socioeconomic impact or effects of world vision’s poverty reduction interventions in the Assin North District of Ghana. The study was conducted in four major local communities within the Assin North Districts namely: Assin Endwa, Assin Akropong, Assin Wurakesi and A...
ABSTRACT The emergence of new contaminants, owing to the persistently high levels of water pollution, has rendered most conventional water purification techniques inadequate and/or relatively costly. In this study, a simple, effective and affordable prototype membrane filter was fabricated, with the use of Comsol Multiphysics simulations. These simulations were used in the real-time prediction of the water-retention and lifetime of the fabricated membrane. The river and hand-dug well water sa...
ABSTRACT The study assessed organisational performance in Ghanaian public sector especially ISD with specific reference to Cape Coast.The study used descriptive survey as its design and used the census method to select all 18 staffs for regional and metropolitan offices in Cape Coast as the sample size for the study. The researcher employed a self-administered questionnaire to collect data for the study which helped to produce 100% retrieval rate. The questionnairewasmade up of 22 items. The ...
ABSTRACT The financial systems of the 21st Century have been growing with speed, sophistication and becoming more complex world over. Per this, the economic and social environment in which people take financial decisions has also changed drastically. This has increased individual employees’ responsibility in managing their own finances and securing their financial freedom. The study examined the relationship between financial literacy and retirement planning of employees in Ghana Immigratio...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to examine how organisational culture and leadership styles can affect employee commitment in the public organisations using Ghana Prison Service (GPS), Central Region as a case study. The study adopted the descriptive survey design. The sample size for the study was 112, made up of 34 junior officers, 22 senior officers, and 56 non-commission officers of the GPS. The stratified sampling technique that makes use of the lottery method of simple random samp...
ABSTRACT The concept of reward system in an organisation is important in motivating employees with the view of achieving the best and improved organisational performance. Most organisations often fail to assess how the organisational outputs are directly or indirectly affected by how employees are perceived, treated and how they feel about themselves within the organisational settings. It is in recognition of these facts that this research was undertaken to assess the effects of reward system...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to examine the effects of employee training and development on the performance of senior staff of University of Energy and Natural Resources. Employee training has been viewed as a tool for better productivity, general workforce skill development and motivation. The descriptive survey design was employed for the study. Data was collected using questionnaire to select a total of 47 respondents (senior staff, administrators) for the study. The data was anal...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted to assess the impact of job rotation on employee performance in a public tertiary institution in Ghana. Organizational success largely depends on efficiency of employees and this makes it compelling for organization to strive to continuously adopt methods to update the skills, abilities and build on the competencies of existing staff to increase their performances for the firm to achieve its goals and objective and to gain competitive advantage. The concept o...
ABSTRACT The study sought to assess job satisfaction and performance of selected bank staff in the Cape Coast metropolis. This was premised on the grounds that, organizations mostly strive on performances of individual employees in achieving their set objectives and goals. However, the performance of individual employees hinges on the satisfaction on the work. The descriptive study design was employed for the study with the view that, the design facilitates a systematic description of respond...
Abstract The purpose of the study was to examine the contribution of the NGOs towards basic education in Awutu-Effutu- Senya district (AESD) of Central Region Of Ghana. The study employed the descriptive survey design and drew samples from twenty communities of the district which were beneficiaries of the NGOs interventions. Two different set of questionnaires were used for the collection of data, one for the 15 field managers/officers of the NGOs who were into basic education and...
ABSTRACT The study focused on the act of teaching Agricultural science in the Junior High Schools after the implementation of the new education reforms in 1987. The study was a descriptive survey. The sample consisted of all the agricultural science teachers in the Assin North District of the Central Reg ion of Ghana. The result indicated that all Agricultural Science teachers in the district were professionals and experienced who were using ...
ABSTRACT The study examined the link between livelihoods, poverty and environmental degradation in the SissalaEast District of the Upper West Region. Available literature shows that, the region is one of the poorest in Ghana and agriculture isthe main livelihood. The main data collection methods employed were household interviews, focus group discussions and library search. The study covered 90 respondents selected by simple random sampling, purposive sampling and systematic rand...