Faculty of Integrated Management ScienceFIMShttp://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2152024-03-29T13:21:27Z2024-03-29T13:21:27ZThe role of effective inventory management practices on organisational performance: case study of Tarkwa Municipal HospitalAcquah, Solomon Kwesihttp://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2882023-10-23T11:40:57Z2021-12-01T00:00:00ZThe role of effective inventory management practices on organisational performance: case study of Tarkwa Municipal Hospital
Acquah, Solomon Kwesi
The study aimed at investigating the role of effective inventory management practices on
organisational performance; a case study of Municipal Hospital Tarkwa. The specific
objectives of the study were to establish the inventory management practices used by
organisations, to find the effect of inventory management practices on organisational
performance and to determine the challenges of implementing inventory management
practices in organisations. The study adopted the descriptive and causal research designs
and used questionnaire as the data collection instrument. Data were collected from 200
respondents and IBM SPSS analytical tool was used to perform the analysis. The results
were presented using frequency tables and descriptive statistics tables. The study also used probit regression analysis to establish the relationship between the dependent and the independent variables. The findings show that the stakeholders of the hospital are generally happy with the service delivery of the hospital. Thus, the results show that the hospital adopts various inventory management practices including; activity based costing, economic order quantity, material requirement planning, materials resource planning, enterprise resource planning, distribution requirement planning, and just in time. The study concludes that effective inventory management positively affects the performance of organizations, in this case, the service quality delivery of organizations. The study recommends to organisations to successfully implement an effective inventory management system. This will help reduce the risks of shortages. In addition, the concept of inventory management could be simplified for organizations in Ghana. This can be done through education or training and to all staff in organisations to enlighten them on the need of effective inventory
management practices on their organisations performance
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2021-12-01T00:00:00ZThe impact of accident reporting on organizational safety performance: a case study of Bollore Transport and LogisticsBanoeyelle, Patrickhttp://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2742023-10-23T11:39:24Z2021-09-01T00:00:00ZThe impact of accident reporting on organizational safety performance: a case study of Bollore Transport and Logistics
Banoeyelle, Patrick
The transport and logistics services form part of the core activities in the supply chain industry. A break in these services due to the poor occupational health and safety performance affects an organization's overall performance. Therefore, accident reporting is essential in organizations' health, and safety performance monitoring schemes. Literature have shown that an effective accident reporting scheme with feedback and focused prevention strategy results in a decline in major accidents and increases firms productivity and financial results. The study's general objective is to assess the impact of accident reporting on organizational performance in the Bollore Transport and Logistics Africa region. Purposive sampling technique was used with the population being Health and safety managers, supervisors and officers (total of 57) in Anglophone and Francophone countries across Africa. The Tara Yamane’s formula was used to determine the required sample size of 50; however, 51 was used. Structured closed-end questionnaires in both English and French using a 5-point Likert scale was adopted. Questionnaires were administered through the google form platform, and data collected were analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Scientist (SPSS) version 25. Both multiple regression models and factor analyses were adopted for the study. The result showed a strong positive linear association between the dependent variable (organizational performance) and all the independent variables (ability to detect accidents, ATDA; staff training and level of awareness, STLA; maintenance of accident reporting usefulness - accident notification and reporting tardiness, ART; quality of accident report, QR; management responsiveness, MR; Prevention of accident under-reporting, AUR; Providing feedback, PFB). The findings concluded that accident reporting has a substantial impact on the performance of Bollore Transport and Logistics.
i,109p:,ill.
2021-09-01T00:00:00ZAssessing the environmental effects of illegal mining activities on the health of individuals in mining communities in Ghana: a case study of Aboso, Samahu and TarkwaBuah, Michael Kofihttp://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2732023-10-23T11:43:49Z2021-12-01T00:00:00ZAssessing the environmental effects of illegal mining activities on the health of individuals in mining communities in Ghana: a case study of Aboso, Samahu and Tarkwa
Buah, Michael Kofi
Illegal mining activities have gained widespread recognition worldwide. It employs thousands of people in Ghana and has a direct impact on the livelihoods of numerous households located within the communities where they operate. The study places a strong emphasis on illegal mining activities and their associated effects on the health of individuals and the environment in selected mining communities. The study focused on three mining communities. A total of 147 respondents were contacted for pertinent information, with the primary research instruments being questionnaires and in-depth interviews conducted with members of mining communities and other stakeholders. Illegal mining activities deplete environmental resources such as water and vegetation and increase the risk of complex health problems, according to the study's findings. The paper concluded that major streams in the communities have been heavily polluted by illegal mining activities, that land has been stripped bare and rendered unusable for agricultural purposes, and that dust laced with toxic chemicals is being released into the open air, resulting in complicated health issues. Based on the foregoing, the paper recommended the following: effective community participation in environmental decision making to ensure sustainable mining activities; restructuring the registration process for illegal
miners to make it easier for more to obtain licenses, developing environmental protection
campaigns against illegal mining, and enforcing the Minamata Convention on mercury
imports into Ghana
ii,144p:,ill.
2021-12-01T00:00:00ZEffect of perceived corporate social responsibility on affective commitment and employee work behavior in mining companies in Ghana – evidence from Golden Star ResourcesEklu, Rei Quarshiehttp://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2722023-10-23T11:45:47Z2021-10-01T00:00:00ZEffect of perceived corporate social responsibility on affective commitment and employee work behavior in mining companies in Ghana – evidence from Golden Star Resources
Eklu, Rei Quarshie
Employees are perceived by firms’ CEOs as the key stakeholder applying pressure and giving motivations to socially dependable behavior since a positive perception of CSR affects their emotional, attitudinal and behavioral responses. The study’s main aim is “to
evaluate employees’ perceptions of CSR in the Ghanaian mining industry” as well as“examine the effect of the employee perceptions of CSR on their individual commitment and work behavior”, using Golden Star Co. Ltd as a case study. The study is a descriptive survey using the quantitative research approach to collect data with questionnaire from a randomly sampled respondents of 250 employees of Golden Star Resources. The study findings indicated that employees of Golden Star Co. Ltd generally have a positive perception towards all aspects of CSR activities undertaken in the company. The findings showed that employees’ perception of CSR activities of a company has a positive significant effect on organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB).Particularly, OCB was significantly impacted the strongest by their perception of CSR activities towards the environment, followed by their “perception of CSR towards employees”. Employees’ CSR perception of activities towards the society and customers did not have significant impact on their OCB. The findings also showed that a company’s CSR activities influences employees’ feelings towards their organisation (affective organisational commitment, AOC), which further affects their willingness to perform constructive behaviour for their organisation (OCB). Thus, statistically, there is a “full mediating effect of AOC between perceived CSR and OCB”. It is recommended that mining companies in Ghana give particular attention to the natural environment and employees in their CSR activities since these have the most significant impact on their affective commitment and corporate behaviour
ii,104p:,ill.
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