EXAMINE EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION AND ITS IMPACT ON ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, FOCUSING ON THE GHANA EDUCATION SERVICE (GES) IN THE ASHANTI REGION AS A CASE STUDY
EXAMINE EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION AND ITS IMPACT ON ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, FOCUSING ON THE GHANA EDUCATION SERVICE (GES) IN THE ASHANTI REGION AS A CASE STUDY
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2022-10
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OPOKU-ASARE, DORCAS
7201790044
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The core aim of the analysis is to examine employee orientation and its impact on organizational development, focusing on the Ghana Education Service (GES) in the Ashanti region as a case study. Specifically, this research aims at attaining the ensuing objects: to investigate the various orientation programs used by GES, to find out the relevance of employee orientation on organizational development at GES, to recognise the factors affecting GES orientation programs and measures to curb them and to establish the relationship between employee orientation and organizational development at GES. This study employs the quantitative research technique. The quantitative research strategy as part of the mixed method approach of this study comprises the creation of data in quantitative form which was submitted to quantitative analysis in a formal and rigorous way (Saunders et al, 2019). The population of the study is the entire staff of the Ghana Education Service, Ashanti region. The participation for this survey was entirely voluntary and anonymous. The participants could choose not to participate without any adverse consequences to them. Hundred and one (101) employees were selected at random from all departments of the Ghana Education Service in the Ashanti region and purposive sampling was later used to solicit responses from employees’ who had had orientation for the period from 2019-2019. The first objective was to investigate the various orientation programs used by GES. Regarding this, it was established that there were three forms of employee orientation established on the area of training and inducting new hire into GES, thus; formal, self-monitored and monitored orientation methodologies. findings derived from the effect of orientation on organisational development that orientation has motivated employees and made them feel valued by their employers, also orientation has contributed to the development of the organisation through skill enhancement or employee development helping new hires to perform well in their duties, Finally, the research seeks to find out the factors affecting GES orientation programs and measures to curb them.