ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to establish the determinants of personal saving levels in South Sudan: evidence from selected areas of Munuki Block in Juba City. The objectives of the study included to examine the demographic factors that influence the personal saving levels; to identify the personality aspects or traits that influence the personal saving levels; to establish the economic situations that influence the personal saving levels; and to assess the relationship between th...
ABSTRACT This study set to examine electronic tax system and tax compliance in Uganda. The study examined the effect of electronic tax system on tax compliance, established the challenges faced by the tax payers in using electronic tax system and suggested ways of improving the electronic tax system to enhance tax compliance. A descriptive survey design using a sample of 242 respondents was adopted. Simple random sampling and purposive sampling techniques were used to select the respondents ...
ABSTRACT Hostels play a significant role in the lodging industry throughout the world and even in some locations in the Uganda where there is a university. In recent years a preference of staying in hostels has increased rapidly among university students and parents in Uganda, currently according to the National Council for Higher Education the number of registered universities is 47. This study explored the factors that affect the occupancy rates in hostels in Uganda’s a case of Makerere ...
ABSTRACT This study was about Post Audit Practices and Internal Control Implementation in Local Government in Uganda using a case of Wakiso District. The study sought to investigate the relationship between post-audit practices and internal controls implementation in Wakiso district. Using a cross-sectional design approach, the study considered a sample of 357 out of a population of 5102staff of Wakiso district drawn from selected constituencies of Wakiso which were; Makindye, Nansana and Wa...
ABSTRACT This study titled the effect of recruitment and selection policy as a tool for achieving higher employee productivity in manufacturing organizations; a study of Dozzy Group of Companies. The objectives of the study are; to identify if external sources of recruitment strengthens diversity of talent within the organization, to identify the recruitment practices used in selecting qualified talents in the organization of the study and to examine the extent of bias in recruitment and sel...
ABSTRACT The main purpose of the study was to examine the effect of expansion of coverage and employers’ compliance on pension fund. The study employed the convenience sampling design and sampled 150 Employers on the SSNIT scheme and 50 Staff of SSNIT for data collection purposes. The data was analyzed with the Statistical Package for Social Sciences. On the level of employers’ compliance, it was identified that employers pay their workers’ contributions regularly by the deadline for pr...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to examine the coverage and the sustainability of social security and national insurance trust. The study used the purposive sampling method to choose a sample size of 127, 10 clients of SSNIT and 117 employees of SSNIT. Additional information was also received from the company’s documents, magazines and journals as a source for secondary information. The results of the study indicated that 74.6% of SSNIT staff thought that an increase in coverage wou...
ABSTRACT People occupy a very important place in every meaningful organization. Thaw (2002) has pointed out that without people there is no organization. This therefore requires that personnel be motivated enough to enable relevant organizations achieve their goals. As a result of poor motivation packages, the health sector in Ghana, for example, has recorded a decline in the number of skilled personnel in some metropolis (Ministry of Health, 2014). According to the 2014 annual report of the ...
ABSTRACT This study aimed at examining the impacts of Stakeholder Orientation and Supply Chain Orientation on the performance of Oil Marketing Companies in Accra Metropolis. Specifically, the study sought to; Determine the levels of stakeholder orientation, supply chain orientation and organisational performance amongst oil marketing companies; Examine the effect of stakeholder orientation on the performance of oil marketing companies in the Accra metropolis; Examine the influence of Supply c...
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to examine the role effectiveness of Audit Committees and financial reporting quality in selected companies in Ghana. The study adopted the case study research design. A total of fifty-four respondents participated in the study. The convenience sampling method was used in selecting the respondents for the study. Data was collected using questionnaire. Spearman Rank Order (rho) correlation, frequencies and percentages, pie charts, and mean and standard deviat...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to determine the perception of employees of staff training programmes using Manya Rural Bank as a case. The sample for the study consisted of 65 employees. Questionnaires were the main instruments used to collect data. Findings indicated that the bank frequently organised training programmes but employees they still have some unresolved training needs which require management’s attention. Moreover, employees considered the period allotted for training ...
ABSTRACT In developing countries like Ghana, low literacy rates and high poverty especially in rural areas tend to go hand in hand. Efforts to solve this problem of low levels of literacy have mainly been along the lines of out of school instruction, popularly called ‘extra classes’ in Ghana. This paper examines how a Customized Classroom Literacy Acceleration Program (CCLAP) woven into the general education curriculum, thus implemented during regular classroom hours improves literacy in ...
ABSTRACT In Ghana the speed with which development is being achieved is constantly under scrutiny. This developmental process is mainly rooted in donor-funded programs undertaken by the government. It is essential that the nation finds self-sustaining alternatives to support these programs and in time do away with reliance on foreign aid. The purpose of this study was to investigate if football qualifies as one of such alternatives. The study posed the question of whether or not football cur...
ABSTRACT The issue of firm’s inability to achieve their budget goals is a bit worrying. This leads to the question of whether the firms implement and control exactly what they plan. The study seeks to identify what exactly companies in Ghana take into consideration at the planning and implementation stages of their budgets and to also examine whether Ghanaian companies implement and control exactly what they have planned. Questionnaires were used to collect the necessary data for in this st...
ABSTRACT Going public is one of the most common forms of equity financing used by firms to raise funds in order to finance their current and future operations. As part of this, firms become listed on a Stock Exchange so their shares become publicly traded. Being a publicly listed company comes with several benefits and obligations. In as much as firms are prone to some cost and obligations after listing, the bottom line for any firm that goes public is to obtain the necessary capital and reco...