Browsing by Author "Takyi, Lydia"

Now showing 1 - 3 of 3

Digital Library Readiness In Africa: A Strategic Human Resource Perspective
(Wits Institutional Repository On DSPACE, 2020) Owusu-Ansah, M. Christopher; Takyi, Lydia
The success of any digital library endeavour significantly depends on the human capital of the implementing organisation. Many African institutions and academic libraries in developing countries are focusing and channeling significant resources into planning and setting up digital libraries. However, the main hurdle for many of these efforts is the human resource capacity of staff expected to implement these projects as several studies show a considerable skills gap in many digital library projects leading to sustainability challenges. The aim of this paper is to propose the application of the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) in evaluating digital library resources and services in Ghana to determine the readiness of academic libraries in implementing sustainable digital library services. As a result, the study examines the strategic plan of a multi-campus public university in Ghana with a view to aligning it to the same university’s library digital strategy using the BSC. The study proposes to academic libraries involved in digital initiatives to be mindful of the digital, financial and societal contexts in which they operate. The study is expected to contribute to efforts at finding strategic measures to drive the vision of the digital library African institutions.
Public Infrastructure Maintenance Practices in Ghana
(Review of Public Administration and Management · January 2017, 2017-12-22) Nkrumah, Nana Kwame Edmund; Stephen, Tindi; Takyi, Lydia; Anaba, Aganda Oswin
This study assessed the maintenance practices and quality improvements of public infrastructure by adopting the National Theatre of Ghana as a case study. This research specifically examined maintenance practices of the National Theatre, a national asset and the biggest auditorium used by the country to host major national events. A single case study design was employed for the study. Both questionnaires and interviews were used to obtain data from sampled staff and management of the National Theatre. The study revealed that the maintenance practices at the theatre are mostly routine involving cleaning, fumigation and servicing. There are also quarterly and annual maintenance schedules, but all these are predictive and preventive maintenance works. The maintenance works at the theatre have also ensured that the National Theatre is serene and habitable in the short term. The maintenance practices also help to maintain the aesthetics and attraction of the theatre in the medium term, and in the long term, maintenance practices can forestall the sudden breakdown of major equipment hence prevented the sudden collapse of the entire facility. However, the study found a gap between maintenance practices and quality maintenance practices at the National Theatre. The theatre has not integrated quality management practices, hence some of the important long-term benefits of maintenance practices have been missed and there is a backlog of maintenance that need to be worked out. Staff of the National theatre are not oblivious to the backlog of maintenance that the facility faced with but suggested that this is a result of inadequate budgetary allocation for maintenance. The study concludes that increasing budgetary appropriation for maintenance, there is a need to improve public cooperation and support for the National Theatre in order to improve the quality of the edifice
The perception of Management Students Twards Management Education pregramme In The Faculty of Business Studies Educational, College of Technology Education, Ghana.
(International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management United Kingdom, 2017-06-06) Takyi, Lydia
The study examined the perception of Management Students towards Management Educational Programme (MEP) in the Faculty of Business Studies Education, College of Technology Education, University of Education, Winneba. The study adopted the quantitative research approach through the multi-stage sampling technique to sample 300 management students from the College of Technology Education. Data was analyzed through the use descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation, regression and rank order analysis. The result showed overall positive perception of students towards the educational management programme as each indicator was significant (PUM: p < 0.05). On individual cases, the average values showed that “MEP” has enhanced my leadership qualities” was the most positively perceived statement for respondents. The result indicated a strong positive correlation between Perceived Usefulness of Management Programme and learning outcome/performance (.853, p< 0.001; .850, p < 0.05). Further, the study found that Perceived Usefulness of Management Education Programme strongly predicted students’ performance or learning outcome. The study found that motivation plays a vital role in teaching and learning. Technology utilization and inadequate instructional materials are fundamental challenges that impacted on teaching and learning. The study concluded that the programme has the potential of providing the needed skills, values, attitudes and behaviors needed to meet the national goals as well as developing innovative and knowledgeable students with basic managerial and administrative skills for the world of work.