Abstract:
This study examines the effects of organizational culture and policies on productivity
in Institutions of Higher Learning focusing on some selected Public Universities in
Ghana. Quantitative research method was used to collect primary data to answer the
research questions. The study employed questionnaires to collect data from 119
respondents who were randomly sampled from four selected public Universities in
Ghana. Both descriptive and Inferential Statistics were used to analyse the data using
SPSS version 22.0 and Microsoft Excel application. The study found that
organizational cultures in the Ghanaian Public Universities are both strong and weak
organizational culture. Whilst the strong culture helps in maintaining business
excellence and increase productivity and profitability, it is equally important to
manage and improve those aspect of the culture that have the ability to threaten the
very existence of the University‟s at large. The research further found that the effect
of cultural, policies and procedure on productivity in every sector of the economy can
be both favourable and unfavourable, however, developing and implementing
effective and efficient culture, policies and procedures in the workplace is one of
challenging responsibilities of management of organizations nowadays. The study
finally established that there is a significant relationship between the dependent
variable and the independents variables and the said relationship is moderate. The
study makes the following recommendations as a result of the ensuing outcomes: (1)
Subordinate in public institutions should be encouraged to communicate freely; (2)
Increase participation at all level of decision making; (3) Institute a reward system for
personal and career development; and (4) Employees with different values and beliefs
should be well educated to work in union with the institution.
Description:
A Dissertation in the School of Business, Department of Management Sciences submitted to the School of Graduate School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of Master of Business Administration
(Organization and Human Resource Management) in the University of Education, Winneba
OCTOBER, 2021
