ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION, ANALYSIS OF THE REHABILITATION OF INMATES IN THE NSAWAM MEDIUM SECURITY PRISON Crime is on the ascendency in Ghana and prisons are becoming overcrowded. Vocational training is the main method by which Ghanaian prisons seek to reform offenders and put this trend in check, yet recidivism is on the increase in our prisons after inmates have gone through the various rehabilitation programmes. This study seeks to evaluate the rehabilitation programmes in the Nsawam Me...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This paper details a business tool that evaluates the Office of Civic Engagement of Ashesi University College, in the capacity of grant-making and grant management. In 2015, the Office partnered with the Ford Foundation to create a fund that provides financial support to students, staff and faculty in pursuing civic engagement projects. This fund ran for two years, culminating in 2017. The Office hopes that this is the first of many such partnerships in the future. Therefore...
ABSTRACT The “good governance” concept has been the focal point for African organisations such as the African Union (AU) and the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD). This is because it is the key element needed for the redevelopment of the whole African continent. These organisations believe that through good governance and leadership (Rule of Law, Democracy, government Transparency and Accountability, Human Rights, Etc); African governments can transform their countries and t...
ABSTRACT Ethics is an essential part of employee training. Studies conducted suggest that the benefits that may be derived from the implementation of ethics training in an organization are numerous, ranging from increase in productivity to improvement in employee effectiveness. This exploratory study investigates how ethics training programs implemented in an organization may impact the performance level of the organization‟s employees. The study also seeks to find out some of the specific ...
ABSTRACT The underdevelopment of the Ghanaian economy can conceivably account for the socio-economic and other challenges confronting Ghana’s youthful population. Ghana hopes to use the ICT4AD policy to create a conducive environment to take advantage of enormous benefits that come from the usage of Information and Communications Technology. Using the ICT sector as a case study, this paper discusses how entrepreneurial traits were promoted and or undermined as Ghana’s young entrepreneurs�...
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the role and effectiveness of Ghana’s new three pension scheme in providing and ensuring income security for Ghanaians in their old age. It discusses the state of the current three tier pension scheme and how it measures up against other pension schemes such as the SSNIT pension scheme which predated it. This research is motivated by a historical inability of the pension schemes to fully resolve the issues of pension schemes pre- dating them in the literatur...
ABSTRACT Today, organizational culture and customer satisfaction are running the operations of firms. The organizational culture of the firm is the way of life of the members of the organization whereas customers with high satisfaction levels, are more likely to repurchase the services and products of a firm. The ability of firms to provide satisfaction to their customers is dependent on the values, thoughts, actions and beliefs of the organization. These attributes fall under organizational ...
Abstract This study is an effort to find out the role of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in creating Corporate Brand Awareness. University students have been identified by the telecommunication companies as an attractive target group with financial prospects. Therefore, questionnaires sought to find the views of 120 students that provided insight to the role that CSR plays in creating corporate brand awareness in the telecommunication industry. The results from the research showed that ...
ABSTRACT This research explores how student entrepreneurs can effectively manage their businesses in order to maintain academic success during their 4-years undergraduate education. It is a case study of student entrepreneurs at Ashesi University. This research seeks to answer the question whether the time student entrepreneurs spend on their business affect their academic performance, and whether these student entrepreneurs are able to meet graduation prerequisites regardless of the demands ...
Abstract Ghana Stock Exchange is performing well and with the development of the private sector, more firms would need long-term capital to expand operations, and the exchange could be a good source of raising long-term capital for expansions. The purpose of this research is to explore the factors that account for the low equity listing on the Ghana Stock Exchange and measures that can be employed to attract firms to list. This study is exploratory in nature and data was collected through int...
ABSTRACT Micro, small and medium size enterprises (MSMEs) have been identified as promoters of economic growth in the country. However, most managers of these MSMEs are unwilling to commit necessary resources towards market oriented activities because they have insufficient funds. Individual internet usage in Ghana has also increased from 5.44% in 2009 to 17.11% in 2012 and Facebook was the most visited website in Africa. The paper identifies the extent to which social media is a beneficial a...
ABSTRACT Family businesses, many of which fall within the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), are the center of growth in developing countriessuch as Ghana as they contribute significantly to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), promote employment opportunities and serve as a means of alleviating poverty. Despite being the center of growth in developing countries, most family businesses rarely have a successful transition from one generation to the next. Majority of research done on family busi...
ABSTRACT Over the past ten years, the number of foreign banks in Ghana seems to be increasing at a very fast pace and it appears this will not slow down anytime soon. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of foreign bank presence on local banks and banking innovation. The study was exploratory in nature and employed primary data to draw its conclusions. Purposive sampling methods such as expert sampling and snowballing were used to identify the participants of the research. T...
ABSTRACT Organizational stress continues to be a problem in many companies worldwide. This study examined organizational stress and its related costs to employers. Organizational stress was defined as the response from individuals when presented with tasks beyond their ability at work and the cost is that which employers incur in managing stress and as a result of the presence of stress itself. To aid the study, the works of Hoel et al. (2001), Brun (2006) and Tangri (2003) were addressed in ...
ABSTRACT This study sought to find out the management practices employed by multinationals in Ghana in controlling the financial risks they are exposed to. It also assessed the management practices used by multinationals in the recent financial crisis. This study is relevant since multinationals located in developing countries operate under different business environment and economies as compared to developed economies. Hence, multinational companies in developing countries should control fin...