ABSTRACT The study set out to examine to explore the impact of working conditions and performance among non-teaching senior staff at the University of Education Winneba. The specific objectives that guided the study were; to assess the effects of physical conditions on performance of the non-teaching senior staff; to analyse the effects of occupational health and safety on the performance of the non-teaching senior staff; to analyse the effects of internal organisational communication on perf...
ABSTRACT Over the years, the business environments are increasingly becoming highly integrated and more complex due to a sudden rise to the numerous business functions and operations at the various work places. At the same time, the management function is undoubtedly faced with the challenge of keeping track of all the diverse organizational resources, numerous business activities, together with monitoring the entire business processes and the huge order-turnover processes. In light of the fo...
ABSTRACT The study was to assess Sales promotion as an effective tool in influencing consumer buying decisions in the Ghanaian market. The study used a quantitative and descriptive design of which customers of Kinapharma Company Limited were targeted. Two hundred and forty-Six respondents were chosen with the aid of convenience sampling technique. Questionnaire was the main data collection instruments. The data was analyzed by using frequencies and percentages of the Statistical Product for S...
ABSTRACT The main objective of the study was to assess violation of women’s rights in the Ketu-South District. Being an essentially qualitative study, it adopted a descriptive and exploratory approach to expose the incidence of human rights abuse or violation in the study area. A purposive sampling technique was used. The main instrument used for data collection was the interview guide. The findings from the field show that there are varying views about the origin of the Trokosi system amon...
ABSTRACT Acquiring money through honest means is what God approves. This is required of members of society in the pursuit of wealth, riches and material possessions. It is for this reason that the Reverend John Wesley, founder of Methodism, dedicated time and attention to educate his followers, and by extension all others to let the principles of honesty guide them in the pursuit of riches. The study sought to examine the attitudes of Christians towards money. Specifically, the study sought t...
ABSTRACT The impetus for this study arose from the concern, which has grown in recent times over the positive and possible negative impact of the activities of Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) on rural, community and national development. It was thus the overall aim of this study to examine the extent to which the activities of NGOs, in terms of the provision of water have been accepted by the communities in which they are working. Specifically, the study focused on the level of communit...
ABSTRACT Proper solid waste management is key for sustainable environmental development. Despite high level policy efforts and technical investments, unmanaged solid waste remains a problem in Ghana. There is a paucity of information on gendered aspect of solid waste management in Ghana. It is in line with the gender and rural solid waste management gap that the thrust of this study is defined. The study sought to explore gender dynamics of rural solid waste management in Twifo-Ati Mokwa Dist...
ABSTRACT A complementary food was developed from the vitamin A rich orange fleshed sweet potation to help reduce vitamin A deficiency among infants. Experimental research design was used for the study. Fifty six infants of ages 6-24 months were purposively sampled, together with their mothers, to evaluate 3 complementary food samples code named GAD, PEA, SAB and a control KAN. A questionnaire was used to collect data. The samples were formulated from orange fleshed sweet potato, anchovies, on...
ABSTRACT The study examined the relationship between financial literacy and personal savings among individuals in Adeiso. The study used descriptive design in the quantitative approach. Stratified sampling technique was used to select 300 respondents (nurses, teachers and SME operators) in Adeiso of which questionnaires were administered to them. Furthermore, the data was analyzed with the help of statistical software known as Statistical Product for Service Solution (SPSS version 21.0) and i...
ABSTRACT The study examined the role of traditional authorities in ethnic conflict management and resolution in the East Gonja and Kpandai districts in the Northern Region of Ghana. Case study research design was employed for the study. The study population included chiefs, opinion leaders, youth leaders, governmental and non-governmental agencies interested in peace building and development in the two districts. Purposive sampling technique was employed to sample 28 respondents for the study...
ABSTRACT In the 21st century, retirement planning is an evitable aspect of employees’ financial decisions. Employees who are financially literate have been found to have healthy lives during retirement while financially illiterate employees struggle to survive during that period. It is in this light that, the study examined the effect of financial literacy on retirement planning among employees at Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCO). The study employed the quantitative approach and causal research ...
ABSTRACT Some literature of health insurance indicate that it is a private or public system of protection against the losses owing to medical expenses, or a method of providing for members of a defined group or community with protection against the cost of medical care. The national health insurance scheme has been identified as the more humane, efficient and sustainable means of financing healthcare in low-income countries, especially where a large percentage of the population are in the inf...
ABSTRACT The study investigates the relationship between exchange rate volatility and economic growth in Ghana using quarterly data from 1990 to 2012, by means of the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) approach and the Granger causality test. The study found a unique cointegrating relationship between economic growth and exchange rate volatility. The regression results show that exchange rate volatility exerts negative and statistically significant effects on economic growth both in the sh...
ABSTRACT Human resource makes tremendous contributions toward the success of every organisation. As such, managing human resource performance is currently one of the key activities undertaken by heads or authorities of these institutions. This can largely be achieved through the implementation of performance management system which ensures constant evaluation and improvement in employee performance. The study examined the effect of performance management system on employee performance at La D...
ABSTRACT Small and Medium Scale Enterprises offer immense contribution to the economic development of Twifo Hemang Lower Denkyira District and Ghana as a whole. The dominance of small and medium scale enterprises in Twifo Hemang Lower Denkyira District and in Ghana as a whole is as result of minimum capital requirement, easy formation, use of indigenous raw materials, localized operation, less gestation period and most above all profit motives. It is anticipated when proper financial managem...