ABSTRACT Policy makers in the country see the private sector as the engine of growth. It is the pivot around which our quest for the middle-income status revolves. However, productivity is generally low in Ghana mainly because employees are poorly motivated. The study, therefore, assessed the perception of employees on the relationship between motivation and productivity in some selected private organisations in Accra. Both primary data comprising field survey and secondary data mainly obtain...
ABSTRACT All companies have to be concerned with the issue of making sure that the best and most effect people are employed. This is something that a lot of organisations struggle with and find challenging. In recent times we have seen significant changes in both business and social environment, and those changes have caused organisations to reconsider the implementation of their Human Resource Management policies and practices. Selecting individuals that have good technical skills is no long...
ABSTRACT The Ghana Prisons Service engages in agriculture for two main reasons: for knowledge and skills acquisition in agriculture by the prisoners and to produce food for consumption. There is the perception of low levels of productivity in agriculture in the Ghana Prisons Service. The study sought to determine the effects of motivation on increasing productivity in agriculture at Nsawam Medium Security Prison in order to achieve the reasons for which the Service engages in Agriculture. The...
ABSTRACT This study aimed at investigating the effects of stress on employee’s performance in UT Bank in the Western Region of Ghana. The descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The study involved 50 participants, comprising 10 managers and 40 employees. Simple convenient and purposive sampling technique were used in selecting the respondents. Questionnaires were the main instruments used to collect data. Frequencies and percentages were used to analyse the quantitative data, u...
ABSTRACT The study examines the extent of commitment of cocoa farmers in the Obuasi Municipality. The data for the study were obtained from cocoa farmers in the Obuasi municipality through a survey in the month of December, 2009. The methodology covers the study area, study design, population, the sample and sampling procedures, sources of data collection, research instruments, pilot testing, field work, challenges to be encountered, and data analysis procedure. The study revealed that cocoa ...
ABSTRACT This study assessed training programmes offered by T.M.A. to its staff members. The general objective was to assess the extent to which training programmes offered by the T.M.A. have influenced the output of staff. The population for the study was the 3500 staff members of T.M.A. who have been at post from six months and more. The sample size of respondents was 100 made up of 90 junior staff members and 10 management staff. Questionnaires were used to gather information from manageme...
ABSTARCT Managers of public, private, civil or non-governmental organisations cannot ignore the importance of developing their human resource to acquire the essential skills, knowledge and desired attitudes needed for timely delivery of appropriate actions to achieve corporate goals. It is no doubt that the effective tool to measure or evaluate performance of individuals, teams and organisations is the Performance Appraisal technique. The question, however, is how relevant and effective is t...
ABSTRACT The general objective underlying this study was to examine the effect of safety measures on the job performance of workers at the Adwumapa Buyers Company Limited in the Aowin-Suaman district of the Western Region. The study was to provide guidance to the improvement of safety measures at various workplaces with the aim to minimize risk and also improve worker efficiency and effectiveness. It was also geared towards making in-depth analysis of safety measures at the workplace and the...
ABSTRACT The competitiveness of financial institutions, in recent times, have called for Ghanaian rural banks to implement relevant total quality management practices in order to improve customer retention. However, total quality management practices and customer retention has not been largely investigated in Ghana’s rural banking sector. The study, therefore, purposely examined the effect of total quality management practices on customer retention at Unity Rural Bank. It also examined the...
ABSTRACT Performance appraisal is a mechanism for determining the performance levels of employees in any organisation based on which reward and remedy programmes are implemented. Classroom teachers have a perception of the performance appraisal system at the school level as geared towards only promotions. This perception held by many classroom teachers impedes the level of their contribution to the appraisal process. The perception is addressed within four principal objectives. The study used...
ABSTRACT The study assesses the strategies that SME owners have instituted to retain their employees in Kantamanto in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Purposive and randomly sampling technique was used to select the respondents. In all ten respondents were selected for the study. Qualitative approach was employed which was underpinned by inductive logical reasoning. Interview guide was used as an instrument for the study. Conclusions from relevant related literature were captured along to a...
ABSTRACT This dissertation explored the extent to which information and communication technology (ICT) is used in Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) and how staff are trained to use ICT in the performance of their functions. It further examined how staff‟s ICT training needs are assessed as well as the prospects and challenges of ICT training in SSNIT and how these could be turned round for the benefit of SSNIT. The research was conducted at the head office of SSNIT (Pensi...
ABSTRACT In this study, an attempt was made to investigate the extent of effect of orientation programmes on the job performance of employees at Ghana library Authority. Using survey design, the study employed a two stage sampling technique to select respondents for this work. At the first stage a simple random sampling technique was used to select 5 regional libraries including Greater Accra, Central, Western, Ashanti and Eastern Regional Libraries. At the second stage 241 respondents were s...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to investigate the recruitment and selection practices of organisations, using the Ghana Education Service (GES) Office in the Kumasi Metropolis as a case. The study was guided by these objectives; to identify the recruitment and selection practices, to examine how recruitment and selection practices affect the performance of teachers and to assess the challenges faced by GES in recruitment, and selection process. The population for the study was for...
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to investigate human resource planning practices in public hospital using in Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital as a case. The study is a descriptive study with quantitative method as the study design. In gathering data for the study, primary and secondary were used. The study used simple random sampling technique. Questionnaires were the major instruments used to collect data for the study. A total of 152 questionnaires were administered of which 130 correctly ...