ABSTRACT The adoption of community policing-oriented strategy in Nigeria in 2004 has led to a shift in police training focus and curriculum contents. Studies on community policing-oriented training have largely been general in nature without paying much attention to the training content, competence of trainers and post-training challenges. This study therefore, assessed the perceived influence of community policing-oriented training on police interactions with the public in crime prevention ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to determine the impact of motivational factors on employees’ performance in an organization, a study of Golden Tulip Kumasi City Hotel. The objectives of the study were to analyse the influence of monetary dynamics on employee’s performance, to examine the outcomes of the various job designs on employee’s performance, and to ascertain the effects of staff training and development on employee’s performance. The population for the study was 120 re...
ABSTRACT The focus of this research is in the area of performance-appraisals (PA) systems. Performance-appraisal is a key component of Human Resource Management (HRM) in every organization and one of the most vital responsibilities for human-resources and line managers/supervisors. A well-designed and implemented formal PA system can serve many valuable purposes in the manager-subordinate relationship (Longenecker et al., 1988). However, it is often perceived as a cumbersome and destru...
ABSTRACT The globalization of the world‟s economy and markets led companies and nations to become world global players. Before the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), different countries developed their own national accounting standards. However, movement of business toward global economy brought challenges in comparability, objectivity, reliability, understandability among others. In view of this, this paper attempts to assess the impact of International Financi...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to investigate the management of work place - related stress: the case of the Division of Human Resource Management Unit of UEW, Winneba. A sample of forty-five (45) participants was chosen for the study through simple random technique and purposive sampling techniques. Among others, it was found that: staff of the Human Resource Division of the University of Education, Winneba experience stress as a result of doing so many things within a limit...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to assess human resource planning on organisational behaviour and performance, using the Ghana Education Service as case study. The researcher used descriptive research design for the study. The objectives of the study were to establish the relationship between human resource planning and organisational performance, to identify the strategies use to improve human resource planning and to assess the challenges faced by an organisation in human resour...
ABSTRACT The main focus of the research was to examine the impact of Microfinancing on the growth of Small Scale Industries. The study adopted a descriptive design and also concentrated on the collection of quantitative data. However, the target population of the study were Kente Weavers at Ashanti Bonwire area. For this specific reason, relevant data was collected from the owners or operators of the Kente Business, (Kente Weavers), in the Bonwire locality. In all, 60 respondents participat...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to assess the impact of human resource management practices on employees’ commitment: a case of some selected oil marketing companies within the Kumasi Metropolis. Descriptive research design was used for the study. The study used the quantitative research approach. The population for the study was sixtyfive (65) respondents comprising of managers and staff of the selected oil marketing companies in the Kumasi Metropolis. The random sampling procedure ...
ABSTRACT Studies on organisations have focused on restructuring as strategic response to increased competitive pressure of globalization and the need to be more efficient. The effectiveness of restructuring depends on the influence of work attitude and behaviour (Job Satisfaction (JS), Organisational Commitment (OC) and Turnover Intention (TI)) of surviving employees which had been inadequately studied in Nigeria‟s banking sector. This study was conducted to examine organisational restruct...
ABSTRACT This study examines the credit appraisal process and repayment of Bank loans at Ecobank. Specifically, the study investigates the appropriateness of the credit appraisal process of Ecobank, the relationship between loan officers and customers and the effect of loan officer – customer relationship on the credit appraisal process. The study also identifies strategies to help improve the credit appraisal process of the Bank. A face-toface household-level survey of 142 respondents is...
Festivals and ceremonies are part and parcel of African culture, usually in all its pump, merriment and pageantry. However, with the increasing wave of criminal activities in Nigeria especially in Edo state, festivals and ceremonies are being redefined and conceptualized in practice. Only recently a new festival ‘Festival of Curses’ was brought to the fore in combating crime in Edo state. The study therefore seeks to explain the festival as a traditional mechanism in crime control, t...
ABSTRACT The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of internal control systems in tertiary institutions in Ghana. The specific objectives included: to review the types and effectiveness of the internal control systems in University of Education, Winneba (Kumasi Campus) (UEW-K); to examine the measures put in place to enhance the effectiveness of internal controls in UEW-K; and to recommend appropriate ways that will improve the effectiveness of internal control activit...
ABSTRACT Decentralization is assumed to bring about better efficiency in the distribution of public goods and services at the local level. Interestingly, this acclaimed position of decentralization depends largely on the belief that local governments will in practice exercise much fiscal discretion when it comes to the allocation of resources than the central government. However, to the shock of many, local assembly’s fiscal discretion appears to be very controlled in the sense that most l...
ABSTRACT The study was to investigate the impact of microfinance institutions in the livelihood of women using Sinapi Aba Trust, in Central Market and Bantama sub metro in the Ashanti region. The researcher gathered the data through the use of questionnaires and interviews. Questionnaires were given to women who could read and write to fill. Interviews were conducted with some staff of the MFI about the organization and the performance of Microfinance Scheme. A sample of forty of them was i...
ABSTRACT This research work investigates the impact of banks’ credit on the growth of Nigerian economy between 1981 and 2012. The study was needed due to the central role which the deposit money banks’ credits play in the economic, financial and social development and growth of the economy. The study made use of secondary data in its analysis. Four explanatory variables (Credit to Other Sectors, Credit to Service Sector, Credit to Production Sector, and Credit to General Commercial Se...