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The impact of motivation on staff retention a case study of Electoral Commission

Recruiting and maintaining the staff is essential in every organization and therefore keeping the best employees needs to be made a challenge. The study aimed at examining the role of management of the Electoral Commission (EC) in staff retention, examining some of the factors that cause staff turnover and assessing the impact of motivation in keeping the staff in the commission and some factors that compel staff to stay apart from wages and salary. The EC, Kumasi, was selected as a case study organization with the entire organization members (30) constituting the sample population. Both primary and secondary research data were used in the study. Self-administered questionnaire were primarily used in collecting data from respondents although situational observations were made to have a firsthand insight about the natural day-to-day operation and working environment of the commission. A selected number of managers were also interviewed as part of the data gathering process. Data collected were subjected to statistical analysis using SPSS (version 11) software. All 30 respondents answered in the affirmative that their work is supervised by a manager. Manager’s supervision was assessed as “satisfied” and the relationship with employees “cordial”. Respondents “strongly agreed” that a good management employee relationship can cause employees to be retained in business. About 60% of the respondents were not satisfied with the salaries and allowances they receive. Some of the factors that cause high employee turnover, apart from poor salaries, were found to include lack of incentives, poor employee management relationship, intimidation, and refusal of management to recognize and have staff express their views, while inner conviction, the love for kind of work, a sense of accomplishment of purpose were some factors that compel employees to stay. Management was found to play a very essential role in employee retention, as it is the key decision maker. Should it be able to provide attractive working conditions, then employee turnover would be forestalled.

Source: KNUST
The Impact of Motivation on Productivity: a Case Study of Fabi Timbers Limited Abuakwa - Maakro, Ashanti Region

The study was design to investigate the impact of motivation on productivity, with the study design being administration of questionnaires to employees, from executive level through to the Managers, Supervisors and Junior Staff of Fabi Timbers Limited, at Abuakwa ~ Maakro, in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Among the findings were the following: * *, a) The research revealed that although Management of Fabi Timbers motivates employees through provision of basic incentives and packages, its impact on productivity was not as expected, except where everything else has been perfectly put in place. b) The researcher noted that employees reacted to motivational situations by having immediate response in job performance and improvement in their attendance. Where there is a change in employee's attitude to work, the researcher discovered that the driving force reduces in no time and the worker reverts to the old level of performance. Some recommended strategies were: a) Employers are to combine different and sustainable strategies to entice employees to consolidate their improved performance. It is therefore recommended that Human Resource Management framework and policies should stress on broad motivational issues like attraction, retention, expectancy, and respect for human right, skill development culture and organizational development for improved performance. b) It is recommended that desired behaviours should as much as possible be positively reinforced, with employees views given greater attention, for them to feel as part of any decision made. c) There should be proper job placement with the attributes of the individual being carefully assessed before assigning a job. This will enable the employee to function to his or her ultimate.

Source: KNUST
The impact of motivation on work performance at Ghana Atomic Energy Commission

The prime aim of every organisation is to be able to effectively and efficiently combine the available resources at its disposal to achieve higher profitability, increase in market share and add value to its share price. This largely depends on the full potential utilization of the available, resources in terms of manpower, funds, machinery, technology, equipment etc. Unfortunately, employees who are to harness these resources for higher productivity, in most cases are not given the needed attention in terms of motivation to induce them enough to combine effectively the other resources of production for the attainment of organizational goals and higher productivity. In this vain employee performance as a result of lack of motivation has been adversely affected. Against this background the goal of the study was to identify some of the human resource managerial problems with regard to motivation in the areas of salary, training, work life issues, loyalty, recognition, reward systems, job design, teamwork etc, which has adversely affected the Commission as a result of labour turnover, absenteeism, absence of initiative, low morale etc. This study seeks to ascertain the impact of motivation on work performance at Ghana Atomic Energy Commission. The study also examined measures useful to improve motivation at the work place. The following tools were extensively used to achieve the objectives of the study: questionnaires, interview and observation. Data collection techniques such as collection listening, questioning, instructing and explaining were deployed as well. In the data analysis a statistical package for social science soft ware was utilize to analyze responses. During the study it was found that the level of motivation at the commission was to a large extent appreciable in the following areas: training, job satisfaction, employee involvement programmes, freedom at work, quality circles, recognition, rewards systems, etc. However, in order to improve upon the level of motivation, the commission would have to embark on the following; structure it’s the pay system, take pragmatic steps to draw training programmes, implement annual appraisals to improve promotion exercises, improve upon the flow of communication system and enhance its reward schemes.

Source: KNUST
Impact of Motivation on the Productivity of Employees at GTBank Ghana

Employees are a company's livelihood. How they feel about the work they are doing and the results received from that work directly impact an organization's performance and, ultimately, its stability. An unstable organization ultimately underperforms. The study had the following objectives: to establish the relationship between motivation and higher productivity among workers, to find out any relationship between motivational factors and work of staff and to determine how incentives influence workers approach to work and their performance. To achieve these goals, a questionnaire was designed based on the objectives. The completed questionnaires were processed and analyzed using the Simple Percentage and Chi-Square. The findings of this study revealed that alongside monetary incentives, another key factor in motivating employees is to involve them in the process aimed at attaining organizational effectiveness because without their co-operation and support a great deal of managerial energy may be wasted. The study concluded that efforts should be aimed at motivating staff of all levels in order to increase productivity for higher returns. The research made extensive use of both primary and secondary data. Primary data was obtained by administering a well-structured questionnaire to respondents in the selected bank. Interviews were also conducted from the bank to access the information on incentive package by the bank. GT Bank Ghana’s reports, the Internet, magazines, trade journals, were collected for the study. This study revealed that the workers motivational processes in GT Bank have undergone tremendous change since the organization was established.

Source: KNUST
Impact of Multimorbidity Patterns on Elderly Hospitalization and Mortality: A Case Study of Kwadaso S.D.A Hospital

In this thesis, we aimed to identify multimorbidity patterns, study their impact on the length of hospitalization (LOH) until death and on mortality among elderly patients. The study utilized a sample of 984 elderly general clinic patients aged 50 years or older from data gathered from Kwadaso S.D.A hospital. The multimorbidity patterns were identified by exploratory tetrachoric factor analysis. Patients were assigned to any pattern if they had at least two diseases with factor loadings of 0.50 or more in absolute value on the corresponding pattern. However, to study the impact of the multimorbidity patterns, accelerated failure time (AFT) models with proportional hazards (PH) were used. The hazards were that of the exponential and Weibull models. Three multimorbidity patterns were identified: cardio-metabolic and pain disorders (CMPD), cardio-pulmonary disorders (CPD) and gastrointestinal, low back pain and anxiety disorders (GLAD). These patterns affected 52.2% of the entire sample. The Weibull model (AIC=239.7) provided a better fit when compared to the exponential model (AIC=259.3). Results from the Weibull model revealed that the median LOH until death was decreased by a factor of 0.46 and a factor of 0.45 for patients with CMPD and patients with CPD respectively when compared to patients with GLAD. Therefore, the estimated median LOH until death were 16 days for patients with CMPD and patients with CPD and 35 days for those with GLAD. Hospitalized elderly patients with these multimorbidity patterns, especially those with CPD and CMPD were vulnerable to increasing likelihood of mortality.

Source: KNUST
The impact of museum educational programme on audience: The case of selected Ghanaian museums

Museum as an educational institution has made a tremendous impact in the service towards society. Their major purpose is to provide their audience with a remarkable experience, yet some museums barely assess the impact of their services on their audience. This situation is not different in some Ghanaian museums and this makes it impossible for Ghanaian museums to improve on their educational programmes for better impact on their audience. This initiated the investigation into the impact of museum educational programmes on its audience. The research questions needed to solve the problem were; what is the nature of the educational programmes museums provide for their audience and the challenges facing them? How can the generic learning outcome model be used to investigate the impact of educational programmes of the museums? To get answers to these research questions, the mixed method approach was used for the study. Questionnaires and interview guide were the main data collection instruments for the study. Also, participant observation of the educational programmes were helpful to the study. The study found that there were some irregularities in the way educational programmes were organized in the selected museums. It is however concluded that the anomalies in the educational programmes organized by the selected museums is as a result of lack of museum education officers and educational framework. The museums in question should employ museum education officers to help in the educational programmes and also the Ghana Museums and Monument Board should design an educational framework to be used by all museums in Ghana in other to improve upon their educational programmes

Source: KNUST
The Impact of National Health Insurance Scheme on Health Delivery in Brong Ahafo Region: A Case Study of Jaman North.

To address the problem of financial difficulties facing individual in accessing health care services, the government in 2001, initiated a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) as a humane approach to financing health care in Ghana. To achieve the goal of the National Insurance Schemes, the Jaman North health insurance scheme (JNHIS) started in 2002 to implement the policies of the NHIA. Four different questionnaires were designed for insured, noninsured, Health service providers and health insurance scheme and subscriber exits interviews, as well as focus group discussion were the instrument used to collect data. The data was analyzed using tables, percentages, graphs, and statistical programme for the Social science (SPSS) The convenient sampling and the accidental methods were used which were all non-probabilistic sample strategy. The objectives of the study were to assess whether or not the introduction of NHIS as a new policy has engendered positive or negative outcomes in delivery of health service, to collect data on the enrollment category of Jaman North Health Insurance Scheme and its impact on delivery of health service, to determine the utilization rate of Health service for both insured and non insured on disease incidence, to suggest recommendations. The findings from the study were that people, especially vulnerable and marginalized were getting access to health care in the District and utilization of health service has increased over the years. In conclusion health insurance has been beneficial to the people in the by helping them to meet their health needs. It was recommended that, efficient monitoring systems should be put in place to check utilization of health service to prevent abuses.

Source: KNUST
The impact of non-banking financial institutions on the economy of Ghana: A case study of Sinapi Aba Trust, Kumasi

The emergence and growth of the non-banking financial institutions and informal institutions over time affected domestic savings mobilization and credit delivery support in the formal sector as savers moved to the informal and non-banking financial institutions. There is therefore the need to assess their contributions to the economy, thereby acknowledging their importance and how best to harness their benefits to the country’s economic development. The goal of the study was to examine the operations of non-banking institutions in financial intermediation and their impact on the economy. The study was to assist non-banking institutions identify their unique roles and perform them better. Extensive literature was reviewed into researches that have been carried out on the non-banking financing and its impact on the economy. A case study organization, Sinapi Aba Trust was selected as a Non-Banking institution in the Kumasi metropolis and the entire organizational members constituted my population. Quantitative and qualitative methods of analyzing statistical data were employed in the analysis of the data. The study revealed that, these non-banking institutions contribute immensely in the areas of poverty alleviation and employment generation to the rural poor. It was then evident that Small Scale Enterprises (SME) financing sector is a backbone of the Ghanaian economy, accounting for a high percentage of the exports, employing over 70 percent of the available workforce and generating 56.2 percent of its private sector turnover, which appears significantly than what happens in most other countries.

Source: KNUST
The impact of motivation, on employee’s performance; the case of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH).

The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of motivation on the performance of clinical staff at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital” (KATH). The study specifically aimed at (i) evaluating the motivational activities embarked by the management of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in ensuring the performance of their clinical staff (ii) examining the current performance level of clinical staff at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in the execution of their daily operational activities (iii) evaluating how motivational packages affect the performance of clinical staff of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in their daily operational duties and (iv) analyzing the challenges faced by the management of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in the implementation of motivational packages. A quantitative survey with the use of questionnaire was carried with 200 clinical staff. Data were analyzed using statistics package for social sciences (SPSS) version 17.0. The study revealed that although there are some motivational packages for clinical staff at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital such as Salaries, Job Security, Promotion, Training and Development, Working Aids/Tools/Good Physical working Environment, Recognition, Allowances, and Retirement Package, the system is not well developed and implemented since it is centred only on the top management of the hospital and concealed from the general staff. Also, the employees of KATH were therefore not fully satisfied with the motivational system and as such it has not reflected on their performance since the study found their performance to be low with regard to the motivational packages. Some major challenges the management faced in facilitating an effective compensation and remuneration packages for their staff includes insufficient funds, difficulty in adequately involving the large number of staff in the compensational plan. It is recommended that management of health care institutions should embark on appropriate motivational measures to increase employees’ performance.

Source: KNUST
Impact of non-performing loans on Rural Bank performance in Ghana: A case study of selected Rural Banks in the Eastern Region.

This study investigated the effect of non-performing loans on financial performance and trend of incidence of non-performing loans. Secondary data with reference period of 2005-2014 were collected from six selected rural Banks in the Eastern region of Ghana. The Ordinary Least Square Regression (OLS) was employed to estimate the effect of nonperforming loans on financial performance and time series analysis was used to determine the trend of the incidence of non-performing loans. The results of the OLS revealed that non-performing loans, cost-income ratio, liquidity risk ,loan recovered and total revenue were all statistically significant at 1% significance levels respectively. The non performing loans and cost-income ratio had a negative influence on financial performance whereas total revenue and loan recovered had a positive effect on financial performance. The trend analysis revealed that non-performing loans in all the selected banks showed an increasing trend. The study therefore recommends that, the six rural banks should improve in order to reduce their non-performimg loan portfolio to increase their profitability.

Source: KNUST
The impact of non-performing loans on the financial performance of some selected rural banks in the Ashanti Region of Ghana

The main objective of the study was to find the impact of non-performing loans (NPL) on the financial performance of some selected rural and community banks in the Ashanti region of Ghana. Specifically the study sought to find the trends in the profitability measured by the ROA of these banks and the impact of NPL, CAR and TD on their profitability. The outcome of the study was made possible by the use of the random effect model through the hausman test on annual dataset spanning the period 2008-2012. The study considered ten different rural and community banks due to the availability and accessibility of the data including Juaben rural bank, Sekyere, Bosomtwe, Akrofoum, AtwimaMponua, Kumawuman, Nwabiagya, KomfoAnokye, Adansi and Asokore rural and community banks in the Ashanti region of Ghana. The study found non-performing loans (NPL) to be a statistically insignificant determinant of the financial performance of these rural banks despite an NPL percentage of 7% which is far above the requirement of 5% by the BOG. It implies that more loans are impaired than usual, thus having a negative effect on the profits and performance of the banks though very minute impact. However, the statistically insignificant state of NPL in explaining profitability of the banks is justified by the very scanty economic impact it has on the ROA of about 0.06%. Furthermore Time deposit to loan ration was also insignificant but the capital Adequacy ratio (CAR) was found to be significant and have a positive impact on the profitability of the rural banks. The significance of CAR is justified by the higher capital adequacy ratio of these banks of 11% above the usual 10% which keeps the bank was robust and able to control any unexpected risk they face.

Source: KNUST
The impact of office ergonomics on employee performance; a case study of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC)

Office ergonomics is a widely acceptable means of providing an enabling environment that best facilitates employees’ performance and general productivity. This study sought to find out the impact of office ergonomics on employee performance using the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) as a case study. The objectives of the study were to analyze the office design, finishes and furnishing of the head office building of GNPC, identify ergonomic features in the design, finishes and furnishing in terms of their suitability and comfort of the employees, assess the impact of office ergonomics on the performance of GNPC employees at the Petroleum House in Tema and finally propose specific ergonomically based interventions that would address employee health, comfort and wellbeing and thereby enhance optimum performance. The study was based on a sample of 88 GNPC staff randomly drawn from various departments and units at the Petroleum House, as well as 10 senior managers. Data for the study obtained mainly from the administration of questionnaires was analyzed quantitatively using the SPSS and Microsoft Excel and presented with the aid of frequency distributions, pie charts, tables, pictures and graphs. The research identified considerable office ergonomic deficiencies which included uninspiring and old-fashioned office design and décor (largely cellular offices), use of dark wooden partitions resulting in poorly illuminated offices, and continuous use of un-ergonomic furniture at the Petroleum House. The study also confirmed that the ergonomic deficiencies have had varying adverse effects on the performance of GNPC employees by between 20-80 percent. The study recommends the relocation of the GNPC head office to a new modern facility designed and furnished to suit the peculiar needs of the Corporation. The development and operation of a Real Estate Policy that leverages on the workplace environment to attract, retain and boost employee performance has also been recommended.

Source: KNUST