1) The Effect of Pilerfing on the Profitability of Small Businesses a Case Study on Shield Agro Chemical Company Ltd in Takoradi.
Author’s Details: (1)Bainson Claudia (2)Philip Kwesi Bainson
1 Finance Office, Takoradi Polytechnic, P. O. Box 256, Takoradi, Ghana.
2 Operations Office, National Premix Secretariat, P. O. Box GP 630 Accra, Ghana
Abstract: The study is based on an abstract on the effect of pilfering on the profitability of small businesses on Shield Agro Chemical Company Limited in Takoradi,Ghana.The avoidance of pilfering in small businesses is a standard objective an entrepreneur should achieve. If stocks level keeps falling through pilfering, small businesses suffer financial losses. Although many new businesses are started each year, their failure rate is alarmingly high. It is estimated that over 60% of small businesses fail within two to five years by Marfo and Boakey(2005). Furthermore, eight of every ten businesses end within ten years, mainly due such losses. The wholesale/stores department is blamed sometimes right by other departments since pilfering is believe to occur at their end, as stated by Lawson (2003). To obtain a zero degree of pilferage, it is vital to ensure that all departments know the negative effect of pilfering and all other necessary information. However measures of this kind are not enough as wholesale\stores department has a practical role in undertaking a daily stock taking.
Keywords:Pilfering, standard objective, Shield Agro Chemical Company Limited, Entrepreneur, stock taking and financial losses.
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2) The Effect of Computerized Patient’s Records Systems in Quality Health Care Service Delivery. A Case Study of Essikadu Hospital in the Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly.
Author’s Details: (1)Frank Agyemang Duah-Department of marketing,Takoradi polytechnic Box 256 Takoradi W/A Corresponding author: fagyemangd@yahoo.com (2)Asirifi Michael Kwabena-Department of mathematics and statistics,Takoradi Polytecnic Box 256 (3)JULIANA Efua abrokwa-School of applied Arts Takoradi polytechnic Box 256
Abstract
Health care quality, patient’s safety and cost effectiveness are the things which health care providers concern themselves with most of the time. This is the reason for the introduction of the computerized patients records system which is an electronic medical record containing all of an individual’s health information. Essikadu hospital, a government hospital located in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly in Ghana since March 2009 procured and implemented the use of electronic medical record system (EMR) to curb the problems that were being faced with purely paper based record keeping systems. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of computerized patients’ records system in quality health care service delivery at Essikadu Hospital in the Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly. A descriptive research methodology was used for this study. Data were collected from clients and staff of Essikadu hospital using a guided questionnaire. Quantitative data were analyzed. The study findings showed that most users preferred using the EMR than paper based records and that overall, found it more effective and efficient.
Keywords: Electronic Medical record System (EMR), computerized patient’s record system (CPR), clinical
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