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Organization of print production (A Case Study on Design Press, College of Art and University Printing Press, of U.S.T. Kumasi)

1.1 Background to Study : The Printing Industry in Ghana is undergoing widespread change, particularly in supplying customers with what they want and in responding to the introduction of new technology. Observations have revealed that, more than twenty new Printing Presses have been established in the Kumasi metropolis within the past two years. This is an indication to the level of competition which has to be envisaged. To satisfy customers, to be successful and to make a profit while managing changes are the concern of every printing company operating today in order to survive tomorrow.

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Organization of time in Joseph Ephraim Casely Hayford’s Ethiopia Unbound: a structuralist interpretation under the macrotext of the recit

The advent of science threw a challenge to the usefulness and integrity of the poetic message because, prior to the end of the nineteenth century, poetic emphasis was on the content and function of art. Emphasis was on the content and function of art as prescribed by classical critics. It was after this period that the formalists took up the challenge to bring form to the centre stage in literary criticism at the expense of content. This development alienated the author, the reader and the real world from the text, which became the focal point in which language and content were inseparable and the same. The text became an autonomous entity enjoying an objective status with the sole aim of achieving pleasure through its own aesthetics. In 1960, structuralism became a culmination of formalism. The emphasis here is on the status of the reader and not that of the text nor the author. Unlike traditional criticism, structuralism defines the very structure of the literary work to give pleasure only. A work of art, thus, becomes an aesthetic object, which requires specialists and special rules and regulations to appreciate it because it is theory centered. This calls for its own metalanguage to do so. The reader in structuralism therefore must be encoded to enable him to investigate the text, which is a discourse on the reality of textual language. The structures that the reader realizes from the text itself are also a discourse, therefore the situation is that of discourse on a discourse. This is a exactly the case in this discourse on Organization of Time in Casely Hayford’s Ethopia Unbound within the context of Genette’s Macrotext of the Recit. Finally, to all and sundry who helped in diverse ways, I say thank you. I take all the blame for the lapses and weaknesses of this discourse.

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Organizational creativity, innovation and firm performance; the moderating role of network ties

Organizational creativity and innovation have become essential elements in achieving firm performance and competitiveness in today's rapidly changing business environment. This study examines the relationship between organizational creativity, innovation, and firm performance while exploring the moderating role of network ties. The study draws on the resource-based view (RBV) of the firm and social network theory to develop a theoretical framework. Data was collected through a survey of 112 firms from the manufacturing industries in Accra. The results indicate that organizational creativity and innovation are positively related to firm performance. Furthermore, network ties do not moderate this relationship, indicating that the strength and quality of a firm's external network ties may not influence the positive impact of organizational creativity and innovation on firm performance. The study further found that innovation had a positive mediating influence on the relationship between organizational creativity and performance. The findings of this study have important implications for managers and policymakers, suggesting that fostering creativity and innovation within organizations and developing strong external network ties can lead to better firm performance. The study concludes that, organizational creativity significantly and positively affects the firm performance of manufacturing firms. Also, innovation, such as constant monitoring and scanning of the environment, improves efficiency through the adaptation of technology impacts performance.

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Organizational Culture and its effect on productivity; the case study of La Community Bank

Rural and Community banks in Ghana have been coached by the management of Apex bank limited, their governing body to embrace good organizational practices so as to enhance excellent service delivery as a culture and not only as a tool for doing business. This study investigated the preferred as well as the existing organizational culture and its effect on productivity at LA Community bank. The research reviewed the various types of culture, how culture is created and ways in which culture can be sustained or changed. A twenty-four question (24) survey was conducted to investigate the issue of organizational culture and its effect on productivity at LA Community bank. Forty-one staffs were randomly selected and nine heads of departments were purposively selected to participate. The data collected was analysis using Microsoft Excel. The key results of the research findings revealed thatthere is a need for management of LA Community bank to be creative in finding ways to attract top talents among diverse groups of the employees. Also there is a need for management to readily reward innovation. Management view about change and openness to suggestions were also looked at. Steps to be taking to integrate the various components of good organizational culture at in order to enhance productivity at LA Community bank were also made clear by the respondents according to the survey. Recommendations to improving the organization’s culture and productivity levels at LA Community bank are also presented in this study. The recommendations include management of LA Community bank becoming more open and the need to encourage creativity by management and reward accordingly.

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Organizational Culture in the Ghanaian Construction Industry

The personality of an individual is important as well as the culture of an organization. Understanding the culture of an organization is a first step to selfdiscovery by acknowledging its weakness and strength. Studies have suggested that, awareness of culture is an opportunity towards improving the effectiveness of the organization. The study aimed at exploring organizational culture and developing a culture typology for construction organizations in Ghana. An extensive literature review was conducted through desk survey. The study was grounded in the positivism perspective of epistemology philosophy which assisted in employing quantitative approach and questionnaire survey as the data collection instrument. The study achieved a response rate of 83.96%. The data was subjected to descriptive analysis, reliability analysis, mean score ranking, relative importance index and factor analysis. The findings of the study revealed that the Ghanaian construction industry is dominated by the hierarchical trait of culture developed from the Competing Value Framework (CVF). Besides, significant factors for organizational culture were identified which became precursor to the construction of the culture typology for construction organizations in Ghana. The developed typology consisted of four main traits including workplace culture, business culture, system and group culture. It was recommended that, future research should focus on confirmatory factor analysis to affirm the traits and its defining factors as well as its relationship to partnership, innovation and productivity improvement. To construction organizations, it is recommended that studies should be conducted into management rethinking and observation of culture typologies to improve efficiency.

Source: KNUST
Organizational Culture in the Ghanaian Construction Industry

The personality of an individual is important as well as the culture of an organization. Understanding the culture of an organization is a first step to self-discovery by acknowledging its weakness and strength. Studies have suggested that, awareness of culture is an opportunity towards improving the effectiveness of the organization. The study aimed at exploring organizational culture and developing a culture typology for construction organizations in Ghana. An extensive literature review was conducted through desk survey. The study was grounded in the positivism perspective of epistemology philosophy which assisted in employing quantitative approach and questionnaire survey as the data collection instrument. The study achieved a response rate of 83.96%. The data was subjected to descriptive analysis, reliability analysis, mean score ranking, relative importance index and factor analysis. The findings of the study revealed that the Ghanaian construction industry is dominated by the hierarchical trait of culture developed from the Competing Value Framework (CVF). Besides, significant factors for organizational culture were identified which became precursor to the construction of the culture typology for construction organizations in Ghana. The developed typology consisted of four main traits including workplace culture, business culture, system and group culture. It was recommended that, future research should focus on confirmatory factor analysis to affirm the traits and its defining factors as well as its relationship to partnership, innovation and productivity improvement. To construction organizations, it is recommended that studies should be conducted into management rethinking and observation of culture typologies to improve efficiency.

Source: KNUST
Organizational culture, innovativeness, and performance of savings and loans companies in Ghana.

The development of the micro finance industry undoubtedly has become very vibrant in the last decade in the Ghanaian setting. However, very denting phenomenon that Savings and Loans organizations contend with has been the lack of innovation as well as creativity and sustaining a consistent organizational culture that support employees’ ability to come up with varied ideas to enhance performance. Taking cognizance of this fact, this study sought to explore the organizational culture, innovativeness, and performance of financial institutions with particular emphasis on savings and loans companies in Ghana. The study employed the descriptive research approach, which facilitated accurate representation of the situation in the industry as highlighted. Purposively, (30) savings and loans companies nationwide were selected to contribute in terms of their response to aid in the analysis and discussion of the study. Both primary and secondary data were utilized to effectively address the problem of the study. The size of the population of the study necessitated the use of quantitative approach to generalize the findings to incorporate all savings and loans companies. Consequentially, It was revealed that male (53%) employees are dominant in the savings and loans sector of the financial institution. Indeed, the study unravelled a strong positive relationship (r = .627 P < .01) between innovativeness and performance of savings and loans companies. The study explained that, innovativeness and organizational culture caused 31% of the variation in the performance of the organization. Finally, the study posits that indeed there exist a strong and positive (R= 0.627: P<.01) relationship between innovativeness and performance. The study therefore recommends savings and loans companies to shift attention from changing organizational culture to improving their innovative capacities. Again, leaders must provide opportunity for frequent superior-subordinate dialogues. Lastly, further research work must seek to do a critical review of the literature on organizational climate as distinct from organizational culture and examine the extent to which it affects firm performance.

Source: KNUST
Organizational factors that affect staff performance: a case study of Sic Insurance Company Ltd.

In Every Insurance Company including SIC and many other companies around the world, employees are considered as one of the most important assets for a good and effective performance. Organizations are able to achieve unlimited output in the form of efficiency and effectiveness of their workforce by adopting the right management strategies. Whiles some employees are able to give their highest capabilities regardless of the incentives, some are need to be jump-start with the right motivation. SIC Insurance Company Limited is one of the Insurance Companies in Ghana making effort to be the leading insurance service provider in the mist of high competition. Despite this ambition, it still encounters challenges with employees. In 2012, Staff of SIC Insurance Company had a nationwide sit-down strike to protest delays in payment of arrears and failure to fulfill other terms of agreement by management. This greatly affected the image and the productivity of the company. A lot has been said by other studies on the role of motivation on employee productive. This study tries to examine the organizational factors that affect the performance of employees working at SIC Insurance Company Limited. A descriptive survey research design was adopted because people‟s views and opinions were sought and described accordingly and established how organizational factors affect performance of employees. The results indicated a moderately positive relationship between organizational culture and employee performance; a strong significant positive relationship between organizational communication and employee performance and no significant relationship between organizational commitment and employee performance indicating that an improvement in organizational commitment does not improve on the performance of employees.

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Organizational change as a tool for enhancing organization development. A case study of Coca-Cola bottling company limited

hange is seen as an essential ingredient for the growth and development of organizations. The purpose of the study was to assess change as a tool for enhancing organizational development in Coca Cola Bottling Company Ltd. In terms of methods, a Case study explanatory design was adopted for the study. The mixed approach was used in analyzing the data for the study. Sources of data were from both primary and secondary sources. One hundred and fifty of management, staff and customers (suppliers) of Coca Cola Bottling Company Ltd were sampled for the study. The results of the study indicated that Coca Cola Bottling Company Ltd has undergone some changes. Some of the changes were: changes in line of reporting, changes in the parking of finished products, reshuffling of employees and management and introduction of new product line. Both management and employees were involved in the decision for change process. It was established that most commonly used measures for the achievement of results are effective communication, employees‟ commitment, leadership effectiveness, employees‟ care, sense of accountability, customer centricity and organizational learning and innovation. It was also seen that high ranking officials of Coca Cola Bottling Company Ltd. resist to changes that will affect them but employees believe that the change will have great significant impact on the company. Junior employees, however, felt that their involvement for the change was significant and should be encouraged. The study recommended that top managements should be sensitized on the importance of accepting organizational change. Change embraced by the company should be in line with the trend in technology. The company should also monitor measures for effective implementation of change to ensure high level of productivity

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Organizational change as a tool for enhancing organization development. A case study of Coca-Cola Bottling Company Limited.

Change is seen as an essential ingredient for the growth and development of organizations. The purpose of the study was to assess change as a tool for enhancing organizational development in Coca Cola Bottling Company Ltd. In terms of methods, a Case study explanatory design was adopted for the study. The mixed approach was used in analyzing the data for the study. Sources of data were from both primary and secondary sources. One hundred and fifty of management, staff and customers (suppliers) of Coca Cola Bottling Company Ltd were sampled for the study. The results of the study indicated that Coca Cola Bottling Company Ltd has undergone some changes. Some of the changes were: changes in line of reporting, changes in the parking of finished products, reshuffling of employees and management and introduction of new product line. Both management and employees were involved in the decision for change process. It was established that most commonly used measures for the achievement of results are effective communication, employees’ commitment, leadership effectiveness, employees’ care, sense of accountability, customer centricity and organizational learning and innovation. It was also seen that high ranking officials of Coca Cola Bottling Company Ltd. resist to changes that will affect them but employees believe that the change will have great significant impact on the company. Junior employees, however, felt that their involvement for the change was significant and should be encouraged. The study recommended that top managements should be sensitized on the importance of accepting organizational change. Change embraced by the company should be in line with the trend in technology. The company should also monitor measures for effective implementation of change to ensure high level of productivity.

Source: KNUST
Organizational reward system as a predictor of employee commitment: a case of Ghana COCOBOD.

The study seeks to examine whether organizational rewards system is a predictor of employee commitment in Ghana COCOBOD and specifically the study aims to assess the reward system in Ghana COCOBOD, examine the effect of the rewards system on employees normative, affective and continuance commitments. The study adopted a survey design in a qualitative method and the study was carried out in Ghana COCOBOD. Purposive sampling was used to sample one and twenty respondents of which one hundred responses were used from the field after the data was edited and coded. Structured questionnaires were used to measure organizational rewards and employee commitment and the reliability showed good Cronbach Alpha values. Simple regression analysis was used to analysis data collected from the field. The model was fit based on the F-test values from the regression analysis and also the correlation results indicated that the items were not measuring the same variables. The study revealed that employees of Ghana COCOBOD enjoyed a total rewards system which was made up of extrinsic and intrinsic rewards. The study showed that organizational rewards predicted employee’s affective, normative and continuance commitments. The study recommended the adoption of a holistic reward system which is made up of both intrinsic and extrinsic rewards.

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Organochlorine insecticide residue in fresh tomatoes (lycopersicon esculentum) at the farm gate and market. a case study of the Fanteakwa District of Eastern Region of Ghana.

Insect pests control is a major challenge in vegetable (tomato) production. The use of various insecticides in the management of insect pests over the years has proven effective. However, the use of pesticides in tomato production comes with various environmental and health issues such as residual effects. The objective of this research was to ascertain the kind of insecticides being used by farmers to control insect-pests, the mode of application of insecticides and their effects on the quality and safety of tomato produced. The research also sought to determine the levels of organochlorine insecticides in tomatoes at the farm gate and on the market, and to compare the residue level in the various varieties with the international Maximum Residue Level (MRL). The concentrations of organochlorine insecticide residues in four tomato varieties from seven farming communities in Fanteakwa District (Ntanuam, Krobo Meyiwa, Oboroahoho, Ofosukrom, Apaah, Akoradarko and Dedeso) and three markets (Ahomahomaso, Begoro and Ehiamankyene) were determined using gas chromatography in May and June 2012. It was observed that 36.6% of the farmers interviewed used and combined hazardous insecticides on their fields with no idea of the active ingredients and their effects on human health and environment. Thus Confidor which is made to control insect pests of cocoa plants are often used by farmers to control insect pests on tomato fields. Laboratory analysis confirmed that insecticide residues were indeed present in the tomato. A total of twenty different organochlorine insecticides were detected in almost all the samples. The concentrations ranged between 0.0001 to 0.0091 mg/kg. DDT was one of the most abundant with high residual levels detected in all 10 (100 %) samples analyzed, having a concentration range 0.0014 to 0.0091 mg/kg and mean of 0.0058 mg/kg. The average levels of organochlorine residues in tomatoes sampled in this study were generally below EU MRLs. Therefore, tomatoes from Fanteakwa are safe for consumption. However, in view of the damaging effects on human health and the environment, regular monitoring and analysis of organochlorine residues in the study area is recommended.

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Osu R.E. Commercial Precinct Development, Accra

Urbanization at the world scale is a phenomenon with both rich and a relatively new building with cities appearing at least 5,000 years ago. Living patterns in cities will likely evolve new forms in the future just as has occurred in the past in the world as a whole. Each new urban development is an outgrowth of the heritage of the past, adapted to new circumstances and lifestyle in space. The organization and growth of this spatial configuration visa-via their prob1en can be explained by the increasing concentration of people and economic activities on the landscape. From the earliest city formation within the Fertile Crescent of the Tigris and Euphrates through Greek and Roman Tradition to the present day mega cities in industrialized nations, urbanisation has become a universal process. Louis Wirth in his writings asserts that urbanization will become a way of life of all people. Even though urbanization is a universal process every city’s building process varies widely in substance and philosophy. Population in urban cities have increased from about one out of every 8 persons living in an urban area in the last century to about 2.6 billion in the present century and approximately 3.0 billion by the turn of the century, 75 of which will be in the third world, due to high population growth rate and continued rural migration. Cities in the third world are growing at a rate of 5 or more into larger metropolis. Although population growth has accelerated economic interaction and reduced transportation cost especially in the CBD, has produced pronounced negative effects in terms of their spatial organization, service provision, traffic congestion,

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