ABSTRACT The main reason for undertaking this study was to examine the main recruitment and retention problems affecting teachers in the Sunyani Metropolis and alternatively find out how transparent the recruitment process was. To investigate these concerns therefore, a sample size of 110 respondents from three senior high schools in the Sunyani Metropolis were selected. The simple random sampling method was used in selecting the respondents from the various schools. Questionnaire was the mai...
ABSTRACT Labour turnover is one of the hindrances to expansion and growth in the hotel industry. This study therefore sought to investigate the factors that cause employees in the hotel industry in Cape Coast and Elmina Municipality. Descriptive survey design was adopted; self-administered questionnaires were used to collect information as well as the adoption of systematic sampling. The data was analysed using correlation and regression. The results showed that the best factors that influenc...
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 ...
ABSTRACT The aim of this study is to examine the effects of outsourcing on employee training and development in Westel. The study argues that when a task is outsourced, the skills and competencies used for the performance of that task will be lost unless an alternative use for that skill is created. This raises the need for employees to be retrained. The study examined the training needs of employees and how such needs were assessed within Westel. The study used the case study approach. The ...
ABSTRACT The study was guided by four broad objectives; to explore the perception of employees and customers about the introduction electronic banking services, examine staff and customers perceptions of these innovations, assess the effects of these innovations on staff training and management and ascertain how staff are coping with the innovations. In all, 82 ADB staff including junior, middle and management and 120 customers responded to the questionnaire. The researcher conveniently selec...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted with the broad objective of finding out the relationship between employee’s health and safety and performance using Kintampo-North Municipal Hospital as study area. Relevant literature on health and safety were reviewed. Questionnaire was the main tool for data collection. Data was analysed using descriptive statistics. Proportions were used to summarise variables that were categorical in nature. The dependent variable in this study was binary in nature, the...
ABSTRACT The study examined the effects of poverty on maternal and child health in the Tamale Metropolis with regard to access to information and quality service provision and utilization. Six research questions were formulated to guide the direction of the study. The study was a descriptive one and involved 320 health service recipients and 80 health service providers who were selected through the stratified and purposive sampling techniques respectively The study found that poverty in the T...
ABSTRACT The study followed the procedures of a descriptive analysis. It described how a private company appraised the performance of its workers. Among the objectives were the description of a model performance appraisal system, the description of the appraisal system of First Allied Savings & Loans Ltd, the analysis ofthe weaknesses thereof and suggestions to improve upon the appraisal system ofthe company. To achieve the objectives aforementioned, questionnaires were designed to gather rel...
ABSTRACT Group behaviour has both positive and negative effect on the overall performance of an organisation. These effects have not been considered by various consultants who were engaged to come out with remedies to the challenges confronting Ghana Railway Company Limited. It is in view of this that, this descriptive investigation into the effects of group behaviour on the overall performance of the Ghana Railway Company Limited was conducted using Takoradi (i.e the headquarters) as a case...
ABSTRACT The study aimed at assessing the impact of career development on employee engagement at Women‘s World Bank, Kumasi. The study used descriptive survey research and a census of 266 employees. The research approach used was the quantitative approach and Questionnaire was the main data collection instrument used to collect data from the field survey. The data for this study was processed with SPSS (V 22) and analysed with regression and correlational analysis, means and standard devia...
ABSTRACT The study was to find out the perception of public junior high school teachers in Berekum Municipality on the performance appraisal system in Ghana Education Service (GES).The evaluative research design was used in the study. The cluster and simple random sampling techniques were used to select 142 respondents for the study. The questionnaire was the main instrument used in the collection of the field data. The data were analysed with the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences...
ABSTRACT Human resource management is one of the most important practices which help to ensure retention of staffs in organisations. The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) in Ghana has been under intense pressure by citizens to revamp their workforce in order to achieve high performances. However, the institution has failed to be proactive in its responses to disaster management in the country. This study therefore examines the effect of employee turnover on performance of NAD...
ABSTRACT The dissertation aimed to access the impact of career and succession planning practices on the achievement of the organisatioal goals of SSNIT. It employed a descriptive approach to describe the demographic orientation and analyze the views of respondents. Due to the cumbersome nature of the population a sample of (175) respondents were used. Again, it applied statistical descriptive method as well as seasonal trend analyses to explain key performance indicators that were linked wit...
ABSTRACT The globalisation of businesses and advancement in Information Communication Technology (ICT) is reshaping the world of work and changing the way employees behave and the way managers manage their employees. Motivating and retaining employees have become an important and complex task for managers. This study sought to examine the effects of motivation on employee performance at the Produce Buying Company (PBC) in the Wassa Amenfi West District (WAWD). It also investigated the factors...
ABSTRACT The study investigated two main issues; the types, causes and effects of immorality among students in the Second Cycle Institutions and the solutions to the problems of immorality among students in the various Second Cycle Institutions in the Asante Akyem North District. The research design used for the study is a descriptive survey. The decision to use the descriptive survey is based on the fact that this research is non-experimental as it deals with describing the existing conditio...