ABSTRACT The effect of improper bookkeeping on institutional management is enormous. The survival of every institution, organization and business relies on the work of bookkeepers. The study into bookkeeping was motivated by the invaluable role they play in the socio-economic development of the country. Interestingly, the performance of most bookkeepers has been abysmal and lack the expertise needed for efficient bookkeeping and efficient financial management to ensure better utilization of f...
ABSTRACT The research topic “the economic impact of National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) on health care delivery in Ghana” looks in brief the current practice of financing the health service, addressing the underlying inequalities, proving equal opportunities for the people to use current health services in Ghana and to find out the whether the NHIS is the convenient way of financing health service. Among the main objectives of introducing the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), i...
ABSTRACT Packaging is central of effective distribution, sales, and use of products and services. Many manufacturing firms have come to the realization that one of their valuable assets is their packaging associated with products. This study was to identify and examine the role which packaging plays as an effective marketing tool in the soap and detergent industry. Packaging activities of the soaps and detergents of Unilever Ghana Limited were used for this assessment. In conducting this rese...
ABSTRACT This study was to find out the level of awareness and indulgence in financial record keeping in the Small and Medium Scale Enterprises by the Ghanaian population. This was to help ascertain whether there was the need for financial records keeping and also to bring to the fore, the benefits that people can derive from the keeping of financial records. In view of this study, probability sampling was adopted in choosing a sample size of 40 to represent the Nkawkaw Township. Various ques...
ABSTRACT This study seeks to find out the role of the accountant in the management of small and medium enterprises. The purpose is to highlight the potential contribution the Accountant could make to the development of Small and Medium Enterprises, which have been recognized as the engine of growth of the Ghanaian economy. Owing to the contingencies beyond the researcher, a simple sample method was adopted to select respondents Questionnaires and unstructured interviews were used to collect i...
ABSTRACT Just the word "audit" makes shivers go up your spine and your heart race faster. However, a church audit is a process that provides reasonable assurance that good stewardship is being used in handling and accounting for the funds and other assets of your organization and since contributions are the life blood of your organization….why wouldn't you want to ensure their proper handling? Audit comes from a Latin word “audire” meaning to hear. Auditing started way back in the 19th ...
ABSTRACT It was identified through a review conducted by the World Bank in 2004 that several weaknesses exist in the Accounting and Auditing practices in various sectors of the country. International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) and International Standards on Auditing were used as the benchmarks for the assessment. The Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes, published in June 2004 was the result of the assessment. This contains recommendations to improve the reporting framew...
ABSTRACT This research investigates E-Business adoption in the banking industry using Barclays Bank Nkawkaw Branch in the Eastern Region of Ghana as the research case. The research aims at identifying the benefits of adopting e-business, the barriers that will prevent firms from enjoying the benefits, and the challenges faced by organisations when adopting e-business, in recent days where due to the rising global economy, electronic business has become a necessary module of business strategy ...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A new real estate developer is seeking to build container housing units as housing accommodation for students, staff and faculty of Ashesi University College, one of Ghana’s leading private universities. To fulfill this, the developer needs to have knowledge of the target market, trends in existing housing accommodation and understand the potential of their project compared with competitive developments. Thus, the goal of this project is to conduct a market research study ...
Executive Summary Ashesi University needs to establish ways in which it could address its limited brand awareness in many parts of the African continent, with the help of its international students. This led to the need to understand the perceptions, attitudes and relationship of international students towards the brand of Ashesi. This would help in identifying sources of brand equity for Ashesi University, and opportunities in which the external relations office could use to promote brand aw...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Tieme Ndo is a social enterprise startup that supplies farm inputs such as fertilizer, improved seeds and weedicides to rural farmers at Nandom in the Upper West Region of Ghana. The startup is committed to boosting crop yields among rural farmers and empowering them to lift themselves out of poverty. Tieme Ndo started operation last year in May but was not able to supply the right kind of fertilizers, seeds and weedicides to farmers at the right time. Thus, leading to low c...
Executive Summary Pro-Life Multimedia is a youth development NGO located at Awoshie, a suburb of Accra, the capital city of Ghana. The organization was established in 2009 and they organize many social programs to aid the development of the youth at Awoshie. This project was carried out with the main aim of identifying and resolving some key human resources management and operational challenges Pro-Life is facing. A needs assessment was conducted within the premises of Pro-Life, and the most ...
ABSTRACT The study provides a comprehensive discussion on credit ration of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), its effect on the growth of SMEs and subsequent effect on employment in Ghana. Access to finance has been noted as one of the major challenges upending the survival and growth of the SMEs sector in Ghana. The problems of access to finance, gaps and the reasons for the gaps in SMEs financing in Ghana are discussed. Gaps in SMEs financing were discussed in relation to credit ra...
ABSTRACT Trade Union (TU) organizes for protection and promotion of the interest of their members in particular and workers in general. It pursues the broad objective of steady employment, which is something the employer may not be able to generate to the workers. Achievement of this aspiration may, therefore, involve workers in political actions, through their unions, for maintenance of full employment. The general objective of the study was to establish the effects of trade union on ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study is to assess the impact of Training and Development (T & D) on the performance of employees in the Judicial Service. The study concentrates primarily on the employees of the Kumasi High Courts. The study was guided by three (3) objectives which were to find out if there are any T & D programmes for employees in the Judicial Service, Kumasi, to find out the relationship between T and D in the Judicial Service, Kumasi and finally to assess the impact of ...