ABSTRACT The Ghana Education Service (GES) as an organization uses its study leave with pay policy which has been at the easy disposal of teachers since independence of Ghana as a means of up grading its staff. This policy was very flexible until the year 2000 when some restrictions were placed on the accessibility of the facility. This study therefore sought to find out the prospects and challenges of accessing the study leave with pay facility with the restrictions the GES has placed on the...
ABSTRACT The study sought to find out the perception of teachers about training in public basic schools .The research was conducted using self administered questionnaire and an interview guide. Three objectives were formulated to guide the study. The study was based on the systematic training theory. A sample size of 51 consisting of 40 teachers, 10 head teachers and the District Training Officer was used for the study. Descriptive analysis was employed in the discussion of employment charact...
ABSTRACT Education plays a vital role in the development of the human resource of every nation and it is an undeniable fact that the development of every nation also depends on the human resource. Investment in the education, training and development of the human resource is a necessary condition for national development however the success of this largely depends on the quality of teachers. Hence there is the need for staff development programmes that commensurate with the nation’s develop...
ABSTRACT The study sought to assess occupational health and safety practices at the Tarkwa Government Hospital. Case study research design was adopted for the study. Through the use of stratified and simple random sampling procedures, 144 hospital employees were selected to participate in the study. The mixed method was used to gather the requisite data for the study. The data were analysed through the computation of descriptive statistics such as frequencies, percentages, and mean of distrib...
ABSTRACT Employee retention is vital as it brings implications for organisational competitiveness in an increasingly global landscape. This study was undertaken to examine the factors influencing retention in the public sector more specifically at National Disaster Management Organisation, Greater Accra region. It further seeks to establish a relationship between factors such as the recruitment and selection process of the organisations, the employees hired; that is their competencies, availa...
ABSTRACT Issues of recruitment, selection and placement are at the heart of the human resource management process. Not only are they critical to the success of any institution but are also essential to the survival of any institution. This study assesses the recruitment, selection and placement processes within the Ghana National Fire Service in the Central Region of Ghana. Questionnaire and in-depth interview guides were used to solicit data from a representative sample of 218 personnel incl...
ABSTACT One successful method to ensuring that children attend school on a regular basis is through school feeding programmes. Many different organisations fund school feeding programmes, among them the World Food Programme (WFP) and the World Bank. In Ghana the Catholic Relief Service (CRS) is one such organisation involved with school feeding in the Savelugu/Nanton District. The general objective of the study is to evaluate the CRS intervention of the school feeding programme and its effect...
ABSTRACT The study examined to a greater extent, the organizational policies, procedures and resources that support the appraisal system of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority. The timing, frequency, uses of appraisal data and other relevant issues that affect the performance appraisal system were also critically evaluated. The data collection tools employed in the study included questionnaires, interviews and focus group discussions. The simple random sampling technique was used to draw t...
ABSTRACT The study was to examine the basis for conducting performance appraisal at the GES Headquarters in Accra, what is appraised by the Directors in terms of knowledge of job, quality of work, dependability, etc. vis-à-vis the employees perception on the appraisal system. One hundred and sixteen (116) respondents drawn from the ten (10) divisions were interviewed and made to answer a questionnaire which were mostly close-ended and open-ended comprising mostly dichotomous and multiple cho...
ABSTRACT The study examines the psychological contracts in oil marketing retail outlets in the Ga West Municipality of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which employees’ and employers’ expectations in psychological contract were fulfilled in the Oil Marketing Retail outlets. Data for the study was obtained through questionnaire survey from a sample of 15 managers and 109 employees from 15 Oil Marketing Retail Outlets in the Ga West M...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to compare supervision and performance in public and private schools at basic level in the Birim South District. The study focused on identifying the causes of the low academic standard in the public basic schools and to establish the causes of the relatively high academic performance in the private preparatory schools. One of the questions that the study is expected to answer was how has supervision in public and private schools at the basic level has...
ABSTRACT The research was undertaken to assess the extent to which labor quality affects the quality of textbooks produced by GPC at the head office in Accra. The desire by management to enhance staff quality and the quality of textbooks produced, has lead GPC to introduce training courses with the objective of improving upon skills of employees. To achieve the objectives of the study, questionnaires were used to elicit information from the respondents. In all, 184 employees of the GPC were t...
ABSTRACT Recruitment and selection is a very vital aspect of every organization since the success of the organization is dependent on its human resource capacity. Responses from 103 persons from a sample of 120 persons, both junior and senior officers of ADB, selected through random and purposive sampling, revealed that the government has a very significant influence in the selection process by virtue of its ownership stake in the bank. It is solely responsible for appointing members onto the...
ABSTRACT The study sought to examine the level of job satisfaction and employee commitment at Nyame Yie Cold Stores Limited. Data were collected from 150 employees were used through census in order to ensure high representativeness and generalisation. The main instrument for the study was the questionnaire. The SPSS (Version 10.0) software was used to analyse the data. The results were presented in frequency tables. The study found varied levels of satisfaction with different indicators. For ...
ABSTRACT The study aimed at investigating gender inequality in education and human capital development. The study was conducted at the Langbinsi Circuit of the East Mamprusi District. The study set out to investigate the causes of gender inequality in education and to explore measures to ensure gender equity in education in the area. Based on the fact that several studies had delved into the issue; this study reviewed both theoretical and empirical literature. The study opted for the descript...