ABSTRACT The bases of costuming of most plays are inappropriate in Ghana because some directors are ignorant of what actually goes into costuming. In most instances, there are a lot of anachronisms where costumes do not march up with the period and occasion. Also lack of funding for productions, has made directors and designers handicapped, thereby making use of any available costume. For fear of being charged high prices, directors sometimes do away with capable costume designers, and leave ...
ABSTRACT There have been numerous cases of xenophobic violence on foreign nationals in recent years in South Africa. Grounded on this preposition, this dissertation examined the socio-economic effects of xenophobic violence on Ghanaian migrants in South Africa. Furthermore, an understanding of diplomatic relations and dynamics were explored between various countries and migration dynamics between nationals of the different countries. The research employed qualitative approach, using a snowbal...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the social support mechanisms(SSM) adopted by Royalhouse Chapel International (RCI) and Prison Ministry of Ghana (PMG) and how these interventions have facilitated ex-prisoners reintegration in Accra. The study was conducted on the premise that ex-prisoners were faced with myriad of challenges after their release that make it difficult to adjust to life and fit back into society. Some of these challenges were as a result of ineffective pre-rel...
ABSTRACT The epic is quite familiar in literary study and criticism. Its Western as well as African variants well-known among scholars and students of literature all over the world. African versions of the epic such as Mwindo, Chaka and Sundiata give us some ideas about the African epic. But is there any such thing as the pan-African epic, and do Armah’s Two Thousand Seasons, Osiris Rising and KMT: in the house of life belong to this category? The choric characterization, the strong female ...
ABSTRACT This study investigates the use of participatory communication strategies in the 2016 CSR projects of Kosmos-energy Ghana and Total Petroleum Ghana. The study examined the operationalisation of CSR in these companies and investigated the use of participatory communication strategies in CSR execution. The study was guided by the participatory communication theory and the stakeholder theory. The approach was qualitative anchored on a multiple case study of the purposively selected part...
ABSTRACT This work examined the dietary needs of adolescents who are boardersin a second cycle institutions in the Kumasi Metropolis. The specific objectives were to: outline the types of meals taken in the dining hall of the institutions; identify factors that determine the provision of adequate meals in the boarding institutions; and assess the perceptions of the students towards the meals taken at the dining hall of Opoku Ware Senior High School. The study employed mixed methods and used q...
ABSTRACT This study examined public relations practice (PR) in higher educational institutions in Ghana with a focus on Sunyani Technical University. The study adopted the qualitative research and purposively sampled employees at the registry, Heads of Department and other management staff within the university. In all 35 participants comprising 15 employees at the Registry, 16 Departmental Heads and 4 Deans participated in the study. The results of the study revealed that the role of the PR ...
ABSTRACT This thesis investigates the morphosyntax of the Dagbani (Gur, Niger-Congo) nominal Phrase (NP). The study described the internal components or constituents of the nominal phrase. It looked at the sequential order and distribution of the elements within the NP in addition to the pronominal system of the language. The methods used to collect the data were focus group discussion and elicitation. The Basic Linguistic Theory (BLT) (cf. Dixon, 2009, 2010, 2012) was adopted for this study....
ABSTRACT The purpose of` the study was to explore the leadership styles of head teachers and its perceived effects on performance in basic schools in the West Mamprusi District. The objectives of the study were to find out the leadership styles of head teachers in public basic schools, establish the perceived effect of the leadership style of heads of schools on school performance and to determine the causes of leadership failure in public basic schools. The study adopted descriptive survey d...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the functions, position and structure of Public Relations in professional Ghanaian Football clubs. It essentially looked at how the football clubs defined the function and roles of Public Relations. The study was qualitative and a multiple case study design was employed for the data collection. Five clubs namely, Accra Hearts of Oak, Kumasi Asante Kotoko, Aduana Stars, Liberty Professionals and West African Football Academy (WAFA) from the Ghana Premier League ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to explore factors that influence teachers’ participation in decision making process in basic schools in the Tanoso circuit of the Kumasi Metropolis in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The objectives of the study were to find out ways teachers are involved in decision-making in Basic Schools, establish the effect of teachers’ participation in decision-making on teachers’ morale and to determine the factors that prevent teachers’ participation in decis...
ABSTRACT The work examined how the media presents the chieftaincy institution and how chiefs are framed in the various local newspapers. It also tried to understand the different frames used by the newspapers to represent chiefs and how they impact on their image and chiefly positions they occupy in the Ghanaian society. Again, the study examined the major themes inherent in the chieftaincy stories used by local newspapers and how they affect the image of chiefs and the chieftaincy institutio...
ABSTRACT The study examines corporate identity change and employee involvement in such change. A case study approach was used for the study. It interrogated employees’ involvement in the change agenda and how that impacted on the perception of the new identity of the Agricultural Development Bank. Using interviews and documents reviews, the study ascertained the accuracy of the new identity based on the understanding and agreement of management and employees. The study concluded that the ba...
ABSTRACT An abstract represents the summary of a piece of scholarly writing. It is imperative for academics to include all essential rhetorical moves when writing an academic conference abstract (CA). The aim of this study was to investigate variations in the abstracts of the soft sciences abstracts (SSA) and that of the hard sciences (HSA) with a focus on rhetorical structure, sequence and metadiscourse elements. Two corpora were compiled comprising 30 abstracts from SSA and HSA purposively ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to examine the factors that contribute to the level of women participation in educational management in the Sekondi Takoradi Metropolis of the Western Region of Ghana. The research used descriptive survey design. The population for this study comprised all female teachers, heads of Senior High Schools and their Assistants and officers at the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Education Directorate. Questionnaire was used for the study. The sample size was 135 ...