Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of human resource
management issues on educational delivery in Atebubu-Amanteng Municipality. Objectives
of the study were to identify the recruitment and selection processes of teachers; to find out
kinds of policies and programmes HRM department motivate teachers to give off their best
and to identify the challenges of human resource management in educational delivery. The
target population of the study was 150 respondents. Purposive sampling was used to select
all the 30 management staff. Simple random sampling was used to select 120 staff/workers.
The researcher used closed ended questionnaire to collect data for the study. The data was
processed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software package version
20.0. The data was analysed with the use of frequencies and percentages. The study revealed
that that defining the vacancy, source candidates, screen applicants, shortlist candidates,
interview candidates, conduct testing., and extend a job offer were main recruitment and
selection processes at Atebubu Amanteng Municipality educational directorate. Again,
statement such as aligning HRD to strategic priorities, building knowledge-productive
learning culture, developing managerial and leadership capability, very large pool of
qualified applicants making staff selection difficult, too much favouritism and personal
contact hinders recruitment and selection process, political influence in the recruitment
process, allocating sufficient financial resources and using it wisely. The study recommend
that training and development policies also need to be discussed with newly recruited
teachers to afford them the opportunity to know the training and development programmes
available and how to access them. This is to ensure that teachers have the opportunity to
upgrade themselves in order to keep pace with the changing demands of their professions.
Description:
A Dissertation in the Department of Educational Leadership, Faculty of Education
and Communication Sciences, submitted to the School of Graduate Studies,
University of Education, Winneba, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the
award of Master of Arts (Educational Leadership) degree
DECEMBER, 2020
