ABSTRACT With advancements in technology and the complex systems of high rise buildings, the trend of fire outbreaks in buildings is increasing worldwide, including developing countries like Ghana. This requires public awareness and information to ensure the safety of owners or occupiers of such premises. Fire incidences are anticipated at the University of Ghana which accommodates a number of different facility users. This study was conducted to find out the knowledge and impressions ...
ABSTRACT One of the highlights of the twentieth century was the promulgation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) by the newly formed United Nations in 1948. Since this step was taken, however, the concept of human rights has become the topic of much debate. Also, current statistics indicate that human right violations are more frequent now than they were, prior to the world wars. To ensure that the UDHR achieves its aim of protecting human dignity, philosophers and other schol...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to examine how organisational culture and leadership styles can affect employee commitment in the public organisations using Ghana Prison Service (GPS), Central Region as a case study. The study adopted the descriptive survey design. The sample size for the study was 112, made up of 34 junior officers, 22 senior officers, and 56 non-commission officers of the GPS. The stratified sampling technique that makes use of the lottery method of simple random samp...
ABSTRACT In this study, we translated two documents, one from French into English which is termed as ‘version’and the other from English into French which is termed as ‘thème.’ The transaltions were followed by an analysis of the two passages. Language and community, the English passage translated into French concerns certain Ghanaian languages. It was written by Prof. M. E Kropp Dakubu of the University of Ghana, Legon and it is his inaugural lecture. The French passage translated i...
ABSTRACT The concept of reward system in an organisation is important in motivating employees with the view of achieving the best and improved organisational performance. Most organisations often fail to assess how the organisational outputs are directly or indirectly affected by how employees are perceived, treated and how they feel about themselves within the organisational settings. It is in recognition of these facts that this research was undertaken to assess the effects of reward system...
ABSTRACT This study examines the levels of acceptability of some lexical forms and grammatical features identified in the literature as Ghanaian English. It also discusses the recognised or acceptable indexical markers of the variety. The study explains the phenomenon of acceptability through Schneider’s (2007) Dynamic Model of Postcolonial Englishes. Employing both qualitative and quantitative methods, the researcher sampled 400 respondents for a survey and 20 participants for interviews. ...
ABSTRACT Unlike Small and Medium−Sized Enterprises (SMEs), large enterprises have continued enjoying the benefits of the use of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs). This is one situation that has affected SMEs development including those in the Birim Central Municipality. It was based on this rationale that a study was undertaken mainly to assess ICTs in SMEs activities in the Birim Central Municipality. The specific objectives of the study were to examine the preferred type of IC...
ABSTRACT This study investigated how graduate students in the four Departments of Faculty of Foreign Languages Education and Communication (FFLEC) use new media technologies. The students were purposively sampled from the four Departments in FFLEC and interviewed. The study adopted the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) and Technology Appropriation Model to properly contextualize the research. The graduate students were of the view that the social connection provided...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to examine the effects of employee training and development on the performance of senior staff of University of Energy and Natural Resources. Employee training has been viewed as a tool for better productivity, general workforce skill development and motivation. The descriptive survey design was employed for the study. Data was collected using questionnaire to select a total of 47 respondents (senior staff, administrators) for the study. The data was anal...
ABSTRACT The aim of this dissertation is to discover the impact of teaching and learning of pronunciation on reading and speaking skills of students in Asikuma in the Asuogyaman District in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Specifically, it investigates the impact of teaching segmental and suprasegmental features on reading and speaking, impact of pronunciation teaching methods and ICT tools on reading and speaking and teachers‟ and students‟ perception on teaching and learning of pronunciat...
ABSTRACT This research sought to assess the effectiveness of conflict resolution measures in secondary schools using a study of selected senior high schools in the Atwima Nwabiagya District in the Ashanti region of Ghana. The target population for the research comprised all employees (both teaching and non-teaching staff) and students of four selected schools. These four schools were Barekese Senior High School, Osei Tutu Senior High School, Toase Senior High School and Nkawie Secondary Tec...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted to assess the impact of job rotation on employee performance in a public tertiary institution in Ghana. Organizational success largely depends on efficiency of employees and this makes it compelling for organization to strive to continuously adopt methods to update the skills, abilities and build on the competencies of existing staff to increase their performances for the firm to achieve its goals and objective and to gain competitive advantage. The concept o...
ABSTRACT This study, explored teachers’ perception on implementation of the National Literacy Acceleration Programme (NALAP) in Basic Lower Primary Schools in Wiawso circuit of Sefwi Wiawso Municipality. This was necessary because, it had been observed that the problem with reading, understanding and writing in these schools had been further complicated by issues regarding the teaching of the Language and Literacy subject which emanated from the NALAP. The study was designed in the framew...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to identify the impact of parental involvement on academic engagement of female Senior High School students in Bosomtwe District in Ashanti Region. The study population comprised of all 175 female students, but the response rate was 150. The study analysis was based on 150 female students and 75 parents. Questionnaire which was in the form of a likert scale, ranging from strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree (5) was used to collect data. The reliabil...
ABSTRACT The health care industry in Ghana involves the continual introduction of new clinical interventions and technologies designed to improve patient and business outcomes, which require a transformational behavior of leadership. The research was carried out with the intention of examining the employee’s perception of the effect of transformational leadership on institutional innovation. The research adopted descriptive survey design. The target population was 400 comprising all the e...