http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/13 2026-04-04T07:25:00Z 2026-04-04T07:25:00Z TAMPUORI, K. D. http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/4542 2026-01-06T10:33:03Z 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: IMPLICATIONS OF IRRIGATION FARMING ON LIVELIHOODS OF SMALL HOLDER FARMER HOUSEHOLDS IN NADOWLI-KALEO DISTRICT Authors: TAMPUORI, K. D. Abstract: This thesis investigated into the implications of irrigation farming on livelihoods of small holder farmer households in Nadowli-Kaleo District of the Upper West Region of Ghana. The main objective was to ascertain the implications of irrigation farming on livelihoods. Both explanatory and descriptive research designs were employed, involving quantitative and qualitative approaches. The study found that longer duration of the dry season was a major condition influencing the adoption of irrigation farming by households. It was also revealed that small-scale irrigated farmlands are generally less than one acre, characterized by the use of locally constructed canals to channel water from surface water bodies, as well as the use of hand dug wells. The main aim of households engaged in irrigation farming is to generate income during the dry season and to promote food security. High cost of inputs and information on how to acquire the right inputs were found to be the major challenges of irrigation farming. It was recommended that the Ghana Irrigation Development Authority should adopt participatory approaches in the planning and implementation of small-scale irrigation farming for sustainable livelihood promotion Description: MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY IN ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

2022-01-01T00:00:00Z YAKUBU, B. M. http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/4488 2025-10-13T12:36:24Z 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVICE OF GHANA: AN ANALYSIS OF PERFORMANCE CONTRACTS AND SERVICE DELIVERY IN THE UPPER WEST REGION Authors: YAKUBU, B. M. Abstract: Over the past two decades, performance management system has become an important worldwide management practice in private and public organisations. Performance management systems are widely recognised as tools that help public organisations meet customer needs, but their implementation often relies on untested assumptions, leading to gaps in the literature. The study examines the effects of the implementation of the local government service performance management system on service delivery in the Upper West Region of Ghana. The study is hugely grounded in the Goal-setting theory. The study uses a mixed methods approach, collecting data from 313 participants through survey questionnaires, interviews, observations, and document analyses, to analyze and interpret both quantitative and qualitative findings. The findings revealed that the local government service has implemented a robust performance management system for the past ten years (2014 to 2023), utilising contracts and appraisals to ensure efficient service delivery for citizens. The study reveals that performance management systems improve key areas like general administration, human resource management, and local economic development, but fail to improve infrastructure development, financial management and reporting. Further, the study indicates that while performance management systems have improved social services, environment and sanitation, there are still gaps in the efficient delivery of key performance areas and indicators. This study concludes that the effective and efficient implementation of local government service performance management system to improve service delivery is necessary but not sufficient without adopting an integrated and all-inclusive, employee-centred approach at all levels of the local government structure into the formulation, implementation and evaluation of performance management systems in a developing country, particularly, the Ghanaian context. Description: AWARD OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN SOCIAL ADMINISTRATION

2025-01-01T00:00:00Z BLEGE, A. K. http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/4476 2025-09-02T11:38:11Z 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: EXAMINING NEWS FRAMING DEVICES AND SALIENCE IN NEWS DOCUMENTARIES ON INADEQUATE ACCESS TO POTABLE WATER IN RURAL COMMUNITIES IN NORTHERN AND SAVANNAH REGIONS OF GHANA Authors: BLEGE, A. K. Abstract: News framing devices seem unpopular in the measurement of salience in studies on news reportage of drinking water issues. Also, regions in Northern Ghana still struggle to have access to potable water although state agencies, international governmental agencies, international non-governmental agencies, UN agencies, and local non-governmental agencies have made efforts to solve this problem. Thus, this study examines how news framing devices make selected aspects salient in TV3 News and Joy News documentaries on inadequate access to potable water in rural communities in Northern and Savannah Regions of Ghana. The first objective was, to identify selected news framing devices that signal salience in Joy News and TV3 news documentaries on inadequate access to potable water. Then, to identify selected aspects that characterise Joy News and TV3 news documentaries on inadequate access to potable water. Finally, to examine how the selected news framing devices make the selected aspects salient in Joy News and TV3 news documentaries on inadequate access to potable water. The study was guided by views on News Frame Theory as espoused in Entman (1993). The study employed a Qualitative Research Methodology that took on an Interpretivist Approach of collecting and analysing 16 criterion-sampled news documentaries. The units of analysis were the news framing devices and selected aspects in the news documentaries. The study employed a News Framing Analysis Approach which took on List of Frames Approach and conceptualisation of scenes of images defined by the constructivist and hermeneutic paradigms. The study found that the news framing devices in the news documentaries are kicker, headlines, lead, scene of images, statistics, sources affiliation, selection of quotes, pull quotes and concluding statements. The study further revealed that the selected aspects that characterise the news documentary fall under health, education, gender, climate change, human dignity, women’s and girls’ empowerment, water governance, management and security. The study discovered that drinking water issues reported in the media has human development and sustainable development linkages. The study then concludes that news framing devices make selected aspects salient in the news documentaries on inadequate access to potable water. It further concludes that the selected aspects broadly border on larger issues such as health, education, climate change, human dignity, gender roles, women’s and girls’ empowerment, water governance, management and security. These identified issues further border on human development and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 3,4,5 and 6. The study recommends that current and succeeding governments should show political will to provide the necessary infrastructure to ensure that rural communities in the study regions are provided adequate access potable water. Description: AWARD OF MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY IN DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

2024-01-01T00:00:00Z NAAGYIE, E. S. http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/4473 2025-09-02T10:49:02Z 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: CONFLICTS AND CONFLICT MANAGEMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN GHANA: A STUDY OF THE DR. HILLA LIMANN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY Authors: NAAGYIE, E. S. Abstract: In recent times the Dr. Hilla Limann Technical University (DHLTU) has witnessed several institutional conflict situations that have attracted a lot of concerns in the higher education sector in Ghana. The study sought to ascertain the major causes of conflicts at the DHLTU and how conflicts can be handled to enhance individual and institutional performance. The study used the explanatory sequential mixed method design which integrated quantitative and qualitative approaches to comprehensively explore the causes, impacts, and management strategies of conflicts in DHLTU. It was guided by the human needs, structural, and economic conflict theories. A total of 140 respondents were selected, comprising faculty, administrative personnel, and other stakeholders directly involved in or affected by institutional conflicts. All 130 respondents were selected using the census approach in addition to 10 others selected purposely. Data collection was conducted using structured questionnaires and in-depth interviews, ensuring both breadth and depth in understanding the phenomenon. Data obtained were analysed (quantitatively and qualitatively) to describe and draw inferences from the responses. Kendall rank correlation was a major statistical technique used to measure agreement among respondents. The study found that leadership style, indiscipline, favouritism, past unresolved conflicts, communication breakdown, delay/denial in promotion and unqualified leadership were the major causes of conflicts. Conflicts were dysfunctional and had led to loss of contact hours, sabotage of leadership, lack of commitment to duty, high turnover of staff, communication breakdown, low morale, low productivity, low student enrolment and retrogression. Positively, conflicts enhanced teamwork and corrected some management ills. The University, in managing conflicts, resorted to the law courts and other third-party interventions which did not yield the desired results. These strategies were not effective enough to bring lasting peace. Leadership style, institutional structure, lack of skills, resorting to courts, unfair application of the rules and regulations, lack of conflict policy and communication breakdown were identified as major barriers to effective conflict management. The study recommends, among other things, re-orientation of all employees of the University to appreciate the fact that conflicts are natural and have some opportunities imbibed in them; leadership varying their leadership approaches based on the situation and avoiding discrimination and favouritism; and the development of conflict management policy, effective communication and strict implementation of such a policy. Description: AWARD OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN SOCIAL ADMINISTRATION

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