Department of Management and Public Administration
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2024-03-28T16:45:13ZAssessing the Alignment between Students of the Department of Secretaryship/Bilingual Secretaryship and Management Studies of Accra Polytechnic and the Labour Market
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Assessing the Alignment between Students of the Department of Secretaryship/Bilingual Secretaryship and Management Studies of Accra Polytechnic and the Labour Market
Blankson, G. A.; Afriyie, E. O.; Doumbia, M. S.
This study is conducted with the objective of assessing the alignment between students of Secretary and
Bilingual Secretaryship and Management Studies programme offered in Accra Polytechnic and the Labour
Market. The target population for this research was the Human Resource of Electricity Company of Ghana
(ECG), Staff of Trade Union Congress (TUC) and students of Secretaryship/Bilingual Secretaryship and
Management Studies of Accra Polytechnic. The sample for the study consists of 80 questionnaires for students of
Accra Polytechnic, Secretaryship/Bilingual Studies and interviews conducted in Electricity Company of Ghana
(ECG) and Trade Union Congress (TUC). The study revealed that over 55% of the respondents did not see the
relevance of shorthand as a course. It was also revealed in the study that just a few percentage of students get
access to an organization for their internships and other students are left wondering as to how and where to get
an organization for their internship programme. In view of the above, it is recommended that the curriculum of
Secretaryship/Bilingual secretaryship and Management studies department of Accra polytechnic should be
reviewed to suit the needs of the labour market.
2013-01-01T00:00:00ZSupply Chain cost identification as a means of cost reduction strategy. -A case study of Ghana Supply Company Limited
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Supply Chain cost identification as a means of cost reduction strategy. -A case study of Ghana Supply Company Limited
Doumbia, M. O.; Afriyie, E. O.; Ndum, E.; Blankson, G. E
This paper examines the concept of supply chain (SC) to explore non-value adding activities in order to offer a
firm, a cost reduction strategy. This strategy starts with mapping the SC and identifying each and every activity
along it, starting from the last tier supplier to the final consumer. The aim of the paper is to examine the SC
processes of Ghana Supply Company Limited (GSCL). A small-scale case study was adopted with both primary
and secondary data sources being used. The primary data focused on the use of personal interviews and
questionnaires while secondary data was sourced from journals, the internet and other publications pertinent to
the topic. Sample of ten questionnaires were administered on the personnel of the Procurement, Warehousing
and Shipping departments constituting a population of twenty-nine (29). Close and open-ended questions were
asked to enable respondents to come out with divergent answers. Findings of the study revealed that the supply
chain operations of GSCL to a large extent is well coordinated as evidenced by the integration of activities such
as procurement, shipping, warehousing and fleet management under the direct control and supervision of the
Director of Operations.
2013-01-01T00:00:00ZEffect of recruitment and selection practices on organisational strategic goals
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Effect of recruitment and selection practices on organisational strategic goals
Afiriyie, E. O.; Abaka, G. B.
The study investigated the effect of human resource Management practices on performance of Small and
Medium Hotels in Osu Klottey Sub-Metropolitan Assembly of Greater Accra of Ghana. Descriptive survey
design was used for the study. Stratified and simple random sampling techniques were engaged to sample 200
respondents out of a total population of 501 full time workers of the hotels. Questions were formulated to guide
the study. Frequency tables and charts were used to present the responses. Person’s correlation was employed to
test the performance of the hotels. Major findings were that correlation coefficient for the relationship between
rewards and compensations and the firms’ performance was, however, negative - 0.269. Also, it was found that
the relationships between the hotels’ performance and the human resource management practices were
statistically significant at alpha (α) = 0.05. These indicate there are slightly little but positive influence on
impact of the recruitment procedures on the hotels’ performances though rewards and compensations had little
influence on hotels performance. It also indicates that lack of rewards and compensations demotivates
employees to give off their best. Based on the findings some recommendations were made, which offers a new
and improved performance.
2013-01-01T00:00:00ZImpact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Hotel Employees in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.
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Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Hotel Employees in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.
Hervie, D. M.; Amoako-Atta, E.; Hossain, M. B.; Illés, C. B.; Dunay, A.
This study examines the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on hotel employees in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana using the conservation of resource and human relations theories to ascertain the level of impact. Data was collected from 511 hotel employees from 58 hotels using questionnaires. The employees were randomly sampled. Stepwise Regression in Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 16 model was used to run the analysis. Nine independent variables were included in a stepwise regression model. Six came out as significant and explained 51.6% of the variation in the percentage of their salary that staff received during the current COVID-19 pandemic. The remaining 48.4% was explained by other factors such as the years of service and whether the facility shut down during the lockdown. It was further identified that about 80% of the respondents had their salaries reduced, and that work schedules and working hours were altered, particularly during the lockdown and closure of the country’s borders. It is recommended that hotels should network, be more customer-oriented, be health- and safety-focused, frequently update their communication channels, and make digitalisation and human resource development a priority as measures to help the industry in its recovery process.
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