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Effective hospitality development in the Northern region a case study of Tamale Metropolis

The survival of any organization highly depends on the quality of service delivered to its customers to maximize their satisfaction which hotel industry of Ghana is no exception. The need to ensure effective development practices is crucial to the success of hotels. The study sought to examine effective hotel development practices using Tamale Metropolis as the study area. The target population involves hotel managers (5), hotel supervisors (15), frontdesk officers (5), house keepers (36) and food and beverage personnel (42). The sample size was selected using simple random and purposive sampling techniques respectively and questionnaires as well as interviews served as the mode of collecting data from respondents. Results were analysed using descriptive statistics in the form of percentages, mean scores, relative importance index and standard deviation. It was found that among the underlying factors which influence hotel development in Tamale Metropolis were competent workforce, satisfying customer needs, reliable communication system, quality of product and motivation. Key challenges affecting hotel development practices include inadequate training for employees, ineffective communication, poor customer service delivery, poor motivation and improper managerial behaviour of authorities. The continuous existence of these setbacks has not helped in improving the sector adequately. The failure to recruit competent staff for various activities affect smooth and better handling of customers which create disaffection due to poor quality of service delivery. These practices and challenges can be curbed by adopting appropriate strategies such as proper training, attractive motivation, effective communication and sound managerial behaviour.

Source: UEW
Effective Leadership through Efficient Utilization of Educational Facilities: A Ghanaian Case Study

The study, conducted in Nyakrom Secondary Technical School in Ghana, sought to find out whether the teaching and learning space facilities were being used efficiently. Structured and unstructured questionnaire items were utilized to elicit information from fifty (50) students in twelve (12) classes using stratified random sampling and ten (10) teachers and six (6) administrators using the purposive sampling method. Interviews were conducted among the ten teachers and six administrators. Data collected was analysed by means of descriptive statistics, frequency distribution tables and percentages. The result of the study showed that contrary to the prevailing perception, Nyakrom Secondary Technical School had not exceeded its optimum enrolment and that the school could comfortably accommodate more than the existing 560 student population, if teaching and learning space facilities were efficiently utilized. There was the need to plan an effective timetable that would take into consideration the spaces, class size and class enrolment. Finally, it was revealed that the classrooms needed to be adequately furnished and the school should be provided with a well-equipped, spacious assembly hall for meetings and examinations to withstand the test of time

Source: UEW
Effective recruitment and selection as a tool for achieving higher employee productivity in selected government institutions in Effutu municipality

The study sought to evaluate how effective recruitment and selection serve as a tool for achieving higher employee productivity in selected public organisations in the Effutu Municipality. The target population for this study was made up of employees of Effutu Municipal Assembly. Simple random sample technique was used to select 30 employees. The accessible population was 90. Structured questionnaires were developed by the researcher for data collection. The data collected for this study, was analyzed using percentages and frequencies. The findings revealed that the recruitment and selection is based on merit; and the method of recruiting depend upon the source of recruitment the organization intends to utilize. There is usually an announcement or advertisement to prospective applicants that there are vacancies and that new hands will be welcome. It was found out that recruitment and selection in the study area, is politically influenced. The study further revealed that effective recruitment and selection of employees has a significant impact on organizational performance. Having the right staff can improve and sustain organizational performance. The more effectively organizations recruit and select candidates, the more likely they are to hire and retain satisfied employees. Effective recruitment and selection decreases staff turnover (staff turnover is the rate at which employees leave or resign from one organization to join another organizations). Effective recruitment and selection is catalyst for mutually beneficial employment relationship. Finally, on ways of improving the productivity of employees in the selected public organisations in Effutu Municipality, the study revealed that employees should be motivated; increased financial incentives rather than non-financial incentives; regular in-service training; effective performance appraisal; and the creation of a conducive working environment. The study recommended that there should be empowerment of the youth to easily access not just financial support, but entrepreneurial skills that gives an effective and enduring strategy for solving the unemployment problems. This will help avoid over dependence on public sector jobs.

Source: UEW
Effective time management and organisational performance a case study of Breman Asikuma district assembly

Organisational culture has an effect on time management practices. The time management practices would then influence key job performance outcomes. A relationship, that exists between time management cultures and job performance which then influences organisational performance. Most of the time management research has, however, mainly focussed on monochronic western cultures. There is, therefore, very little insight into whether relationship in other cultural contexts, such as polychromic African countries such as Ghana. The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of time management practices on organisational performance of Breman Asikuma District Assembly. In investigating the relationship, the study also examines the perceptions of time and identifies the factors that influence time management behaviours, in particular, the role of leadership. The study found that time management was of great importance and that cultural differences played a crucial role in its determination. Analysis of the interviews revealed that cultural factors had a strong impact on time management. It was also found that there was very little understanding about the impact of monochronic time and polychronic time. However, the study revealed that District Assembly employees had attributes that characterise polychronic culture and that the employees was interested to learn more about monochronic practices. In addition, the study showed that there was indeed a linkage between time management behaviours and organisational performance. The study found that aspects of job outcomes, examined in respect of work balancing, work load and awareness building, were positively and significantly impacted by time management practices. Further, the research found that the Breman Asikuma District Assembly under investigation have gradually been coming to terms and implementing effective time management strategies. These are increasingly recognised as important for the Breman Asikuma District Assembly to achieve their organisational objectives

Source: UEW
The Effective Use of Elements and Principles of Design in Garments Construction among Dressmakers and Tailors in the Wa Municipality

Throughout the world, fashion design is considered as the art and application of various designs or natural beauty to clothing and other accessories necessary for human dressing. Products of Fashion & Design are influenced by cultural and social opportunities and as such vary from place to place and from time to time. The elements and principles of design are important components of every design work and as such often discussed in almost every beginning design course with basic terminology for understanding the concepts of design. In Ghana, especially the Wa municipality, tailors and dressmakers lack the requires skills and knowledge in basic elements and principles of design and one could easily notice that most of the dresses constructed by the tailors and dressmakers are out the use of basic elements and principles of designs as shape, space, lines, form, colour, value, and texture. Consequently, the current study to investigate how effective use of elements and principles influences garment development in the Wa municipality using mixed method which combined both qualitative and quantitative techniques with sample of 100 respondents (Dressmakers and Tailors). The findings showed that majority of the dressmakers and tailors in the Wa municipality lack knowledge on the elements and principle of design which have affected their effective use. The study therefore concluded that the ineffective use of elements and principles of design has negatively affected garment construction. The study therefore recommends that government together with respective associations should institute courses or programmes capable of enhancing the knowledge of tailors and dressmakers for better products.

Source: UEW
The effectiveness and efficiency of tax management. a study of Ghana Revenue Authority office at Asokwa.

The main aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness and efficiency of tax management using the Ghana Revenue Authority Asokwa office as a study area. The study was descriptive in nature and employed the quantitative method in data collection and analysis. The study population was Two Hundred (200) made up of the staff and management members of Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) at the Asokwa office in Kumasi. The researcher also adopted the stratified random sampling to select a sample size of One Hundred and Thirty-Two (132) using the formula proposed by Yamane (1967) in determining a representative sample size. Data for the study was also sourced from both primary and secondary sources. The primary data collected was quantitatively analysed using The Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20 into descriptive statistics such as frequency distribution tables, comparison of means and standard deviation and a correlation analysis. The findings revealed that GRA has put in key measures so as to achieve efficiency in tax management. Also, prudent measures have been put in place to ensure that the Asokwa division achieve effectiveness in its tax management. Further, there is a positive relationship between efficiency and effectiveness of tax management on revenue generation at GRA, Asokwa office and indicated by the correlation values. In addition, challenges some of which are insufficient administration staff with low skills, high levels of illiteracy among tax payers, lack of adequate resources to sustain and facilitate the operation of tax authorities confront the smooth flow of tax management at GRA. Based on these findings, the researcher recommended that tax authorities should ensure that laws are enforced so that defaulters are penalized. Also, there should be proper documentation of citizen’s data so as to easily identify individuals who are mandated by law to pay taxes. Finally, government should adequately resource the GRA with the necessary resources so as to make them efficient and effective in their tax collection.

Source: UEW
Effectiveness of audio-visuals in enhancing understanding of circulatory system

The objective for this study was to determine the effectiveness of audio-visual method of teaching over traditionally-designed instruction on second year students of Awe Senior High Technical School in circulatory system. Three (3) research questions and two (2) null hypotheses were formulated to serve as guide for this study. Samples of two intact technical classes were placed into experimental and control groups. The study made use of a standardized achievement test items and a structured questionnaire as the instruments for data collection, the scores obtained were analysed using the t-test statistical method. Quasi-experimental non randomized design involving the pre-test and post-test was employed for the purpose of this study. The result obtained at pretest for both groups had a p-value of 0.13955 at 0.05 significance level therefore failed to reject the null hypothesis which stated that there was no significant difference between the two groups at pretest. Results obtained at posttest 10−4 which is less than 0.05 therefore, the null hypothesis which stated that there was no significant difference between experimental and control groups at posttest was rejected. The rejection was attributed to the use of audio-visuals on the experimental group. The findings revealed that the use of audio-visuals in teaching was most effective way of improving students’ performance in the teaching and learning of circulatory system in Integrated Science.

Source: UEW
Effectiveness of augmented feedback in the acquisition of motor skill among Primary School Pupils in Navrongo, Ghana

This study aimed at determining the effectiveness of knowledge of results (KR) and knowledge of performance (KP) in learning a motor skill. A two-group pretest posttest, quasi experimental design was used. Target population for the study was Primary School pupils in the Kasena Nankana Municipality. A simple random sampling technique was used to sample 60 pupils in the lower grade for the study. Data was collected using Test of Gross Motor Development -2 (TGMD-2) instrument and a self-designed observation checklist instrument. The instruments were used to assess the process and product measure of overhand throwing skill respectively. A paired sample t-test was used to determine the difference in pre-test and post-test results of KP and KR group and an independent sample t-test was used to determine the difference in KP and KR interventions with alpha level set at 0.05 for two tailed. Findings of the study revealed a very low performance in the overhand throwing skill at the pretest phase which suggests that the pupils did not have enough proficiency in the overhand throwing skills. The study also showed an improvement in the mean difference on post-test skill acquisition over pre-test skill acquisition by both the KR (M= 1.48) and KP (M= 3.81) groups. The results also revealed a significant effect of KP intervention (M=7.74, SD=1.26) over KR intervention (M=5.37, SD= .99). Hence, the findings supported the idea that KP is more effective than KR in this current study. It was concluded that, without the knowledge of performance, learning would be very slow and will often stop. It is, therefore, recommended that; lower primary teachers should focus on providing KP in relation to the objective established than KR to their pupils' performances.

Source: UEW
Effectiveness of carousel and jigsaw strategies on learners with reading comprehension difficulties in public Jhs in Koforidua, Ghana

The study examined the effectiveness of carousel and jigsaw instructional strategies on learners with reading comprehension difficulties among public junior high schools in New Juaben South Municipality, Koforidua. The study utilized the quasi experimental nonequivalent group pretest, posttest control group design with delayed posttest. Through the purposive sampling technique, 51 learners with reading comprehension difficulties were drawn from three schools in the municipality. Two schools were assigned to the experimental groups, whereas one was assigned the control group. Achievement test in English comprehension in the form of Curriculum Based Measurement Maze Reading Comprehension Assessment was used for the data collection. Data analysis was done using means and standard deviations, ANOVA, and MANCOVA. The study revealed that both carousel and jigsaw were effective instructional strategies. Both sex and age did not have any effect on the effectiveness of the two instructional strategies used. It was concluded that learners with reading difficulty could be help out by engaging them in carousel and jigsaw instructions, since they offered learners the motivational empowerment to be in charge in their own learning. It is recommended that Regular Teachers and Special Educationists should be well resourced to utilise Carousel and Jigsaw Instructional Strategies to enhance the reading ability of learners with reading comprehension difficulties in basic schools in the New Juaben South Municpality.

Source: UEW
Effectiveness of contemporary leadership styles of headteachers in public basic schools at Kwabre East Municipality in the Ashanti Region

The objective of the study was to investigate the effectiveness of contemporary leadership styles of headteacher in public basic schools at Kwabre East Municipality. The design used was descriptive survey. Simple random sampling technique was used to select the schools and convenient sampling technique was used to select the teachers. A sample size of 317 was used for the study. The study used questionnaire to collect data from the teachers. Descriptive statistical techniques such as frequency tables and percentages were employed to analyse the data with the help of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 2013. The pre-test achieved reliability coefficient of 0.83. The study revealed that headteachers delegate powers to teachers. Headteachers were found to be effective in using contemporary leadership styles. The study also found that headteachers made effective use of teachers’ individual’s capacity and talent. It was recommended that The Municipal Director of Education at Kwabre East Municipality should encourage headteachers to delegate powers to teachers to work efficiently. It was also recommended that The Municipal Director of Education should reward effective headteachers every academic year to boost their morale to work effectively. It was again recommended that The Municipal Director of Education should reward headteachers in using these strategies to achieve the goals of the school.

Source: UEW
Effectiveness of inventory control system in public universities in Ghana UEW as a case study

This study investigates the effectiveness of inventory control systems in Ghanaian public universities using University of Education, Winneba (UEW) as a case. This is done through critical assessment of inventory control system types, examination of inventory control system effectiveness and inspection of inventory control challenges. The study employed mixed methods research methodology which includes qualitative and quantitative research approaches. Purposive sampling was used to administer 112 questionnaires. 110 filled questionnaires were received for analysis. SPSS version 19 was used for the statistical analysis. The statistical analysis techniques utilised include descriptive analysis and multiple linear regression statistical techniques. The study’s findings discovered the usage of perpetual inventory control system in UEW. Additionally, inventory control system type, components and actors influence the effectiveness of inventory control systems in UEW. However, inventory control systems challenges such as excessive manual processes frustrate the inventory operations and effectiveness in UEW. The study recommends that authorities should ensure regular human resource trainings on the new technologies and ways of modern inventory control practices in organisations. They should promote the computerization and digitalization of inventory control systems to prevent exasperating manual processes of inventory operations in organisations.

Source: UEW
Effectiveness of learning activity package in influencing students’ performance in selected biology topics

This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a Learning Activity Package (LAP) in improving students' performance in selected biology topics. The quasi experimental design involved a pre-test and post-test Non-equivalent group design, with 92 students in total divided into an experimental and a control group. The experimental group consists of 44 Year 2 biology students in Asare Bediako SHS and the control group was made up of 48 Year 2 biology students from Obuasi SHTS. These two schools were sampled using purposive sampling. The experimental group was taught using the LAP while the control group received lectures. The Biology Achievement Test (BAT) was used to collect data, which was analysed using inferential and descriptive statistics. Results showed that the experimental group outperformed the control group on the post-test, with significant differences (p < 0.05) across all ability levels; mean scores for the experimental group = 28.7, 25.3 and 21.1 for high, average and low achievers respectively and a significant value of 0.0007 while the control group recorded mean scores of 16, 15 and 17 for high, average and low achievers respectively. The LAP was particularly effective for low achieving students, as they showed notable gains. There was also a statistically significant difference in mean scores between males and females (p = 0.03), with males performing better on average, but the effect size was low in magnitude. Furthermore, the experimental group had significantly higher mean scores compared to the control group, with a practically significant difference in scores. Overall, the findings suggest that the LAP is an effective teaching method for improving students' performance in biology. Based on these findings, it is recommended that instructors should consider integrating the learning activity package (LAP) in their teaching approach. Further, additional resources and support should be provided to low-ability students to ensure their success.

Source: UEW
Effectiveness of mathematics teaching at early childhood centres using the native language The case of Ejisu-Juabeng Municipality in the Ashanti Region

The researcher investigated the Effectiveness of teaching Mathematics in the Early Grade school at Ejisu Municipality using the native language. The objectives of the study sort understand teachers’ knowledge about the use of native language in early grade instructions, how Learners’ participation in mathematics using native language and Challenge’s teachers face in the usage of native language in mathematics instruction in Ejisu Municipality. The researcher espoused qualitative study tools to achieve the defined objectives through interview. A random sampling technique was used to sample 25 teachers from ten different schools for structured interview. It was concluded that using native language is very important in the mathematics instruction at the early grade level since its gives them better understanding and relation of the instruction to the environment. It also helped to improve their reasoning ability. However due to lack of policy and the improper monitoring many teachers use the English language in the instruction. As such the researcher recommended the translation of mathematics syllabus into the native language, and improvement in curriculum of teachers in the colleges of education and the supply of adequate teaching and learning materials. The findings of the researcher recommended further study in understanding the impacts of non-usage of native language on academic performance of early learners in the senior high school level in mathematics education for better expatiation on the topic.

Source: UEW