ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of training programmes on the performance of administrative staff of public universities in Ghana, a case study of the University of Education, Winneba, College of Technology Education (COLTEK). The study used descriptive research design. Quantitative research approach was used. The study population encompasses all the staff of the company. The population size of the company is approximately four hundred and six (406). Random sampli...
ABSTRACT The main purpose of this study was to assess the causes of illegal water connection and the impact on the performance of Ghana Water Company in production, billing and revenue generation in Ashanti North Region. The researcher used descriptive research design for the study. Quantitative and qualitative research approaches were used. The population was made up of the staff and customers of Ghana Water Company in the Ashanti Region. The total population for the study was Nine Thousand ...
ABSTRACT The main purpose of the study was to assess human resources management practices in recruitment and selection and how it impacts on organisational performance, using COLTEK as a case study. This study used survey research design. Quantitative research approach was used. The target population was the administrative staff of the College of Technology Education, Kumasi comprising of 150 staff. Random sampling method was used to select 108 respondents for the study. Questionnaire was the...
This study was carried out to examine the Role of Women in Community Development in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. Four research questions were formulated to guide the study. A total of six (6) communities in the study area were used for the study. 230 people were selected through simple random sampling techniques to complete the questionnaire. The instrument used for the study was a structured questionnaire designed by the researcher for the collection of data and the survey r...
The aim of the study is to appraise the role of internal audit in the management of fraud with special emphasis on Zenith Bank Plc. The main objective of this study is to ascertain the role played by internal audit in the management of fraud. The specific objectives include; (1) to examine the role of internal audit in the detection of fraud, (2) to examine the role of internal audit in theprevention of fraud and (3) to examine the role of internal audit in the control of fraud. Thestudyused...
The aim of this study was to ascertain the role of internal auditing in organizational effectiveness focusing on Diamond Bank. The specific objectives are; to determine the role of internal auditing in promoting organizational performance of Diamond Bank, to examine the effect of internal auditing in the internal control systems of Diamond Bank,to ascertain the effect of auditors’ independence on the efficiency of internal auditors and to determine the effectiveness of internal auditing in...
This research looks at the role of fraud management in the profitability of Nigerian banks (A study of first bank Nigeria plc). The objectives of this study include to ascertain the role of fraud detection and the contribution of fraud investigation in the profitability of Nigerian banks. Ex-post factor research design was adopted for this study because secondary data was used. Data was collected from the bank’s annual report and fact books covering from the period 2006 –2015 However regr...
The problem of childlessness which is majorly caused by sickness, diseases and infertility in Awgu L.G.A gave rise to this study. This study investigated the Public Perception on the Impact of Childlessness on Married Couples in Awgu Local Government Area, of Enugu state. The study was conducted between November 2017 and May 2018. Six research questions and two hypotheses were formulated. The research design used was sample survey descriptive design. The quantitative and qualitative instrumen...
This study is based on the influence of gender on employment opportunities for women (A study of Enugu East Local Government Area). The survey research design was adopted and a sample size of 400 (four hundred ) was got using Taro Yamane formula out of the population of a total of (367,958) residents. 400 questionnaires were administered to the respondents and 330 was returned, which was used for the data. The data for the study was gathered using a questionnaire. An in-depth interview was ...
It is a long held belief that the greatest area of waste, corruption and misappropriation in the public sector is on procuremen t and contract management. These executive excesses are largely a tribute ted to lack of proper regulation and adequate control. This research is designed to look into the issue. The en tire resea rch work wa s focu sed on the effect of the govern men t due process policy on public procuremen t and con tract management using Small and Medium Enterprises Devel...
This study is aimed at identifying the problems of development-policy making in Obudu local government area of Cross River state. The theoretical framework adopted in this study is the planning theory propounded by Fainstein (2000). This research adopted the survey method given the nature of data. The population of the study consists of the staff of Obudu local government of Cross River state which is one hundred and eight seven (187) respondents. The sample technique adopted in the study is ...
This study was undertaken to evaluate political participation and democratic consolidation in Nigeria with a particular reference to Enugu State. Three objectives and three research questions were formulated to guide the research. The study adopted thematic format in its literature review. The theoretical framework used was structural functionalism and research design used in the study was expos facto design and content analysis was used to evaluate the topic under discussion in line with eac...
Poverty reduction has been a long concern fol' all African co1mtl'ies since independence. The high incidence of po1·crty in Nigcl'ia has been a greatest obstacle to the development of the nation at large. This research work examined the role of the government in Poverty Alleviation Programmes in Nigeria in orde!' to reduce poverty to its minimum barest level. Questionnaire 111as used as instrument for gathering data for the research. The data collected were ana�y:::.ed using simple p...
Since the attainment of independence in 1960, it has been known that party polities has not really done much in the area of national integration in Nigeria because of this; political parties in Nigeria tend to promote ethnic and private interest which has milted against National integration. Based on this, this study sought to investigate the party politics and national integration with a view to analyzing the nature and structure of the People ’s Democratic Parties (PDP) between 1999 – 2...