(Ghana) Ashanti cultural – The Golden Stool Most people think Africa is a country and I occasionally hear people saying it‚ Africa is not a country but indeed a continent divided in many countries. Ghana is located in the western part of Africa sharing boundaries with Burkina Faso to the north‚ Togo to the east‚ and Cote d’Ivoire (or Ivory Coast) to the west and the south to the gulf of guinea‚ it’s a country full of culture and moral believes. The Ashanti Empire is one of the biggest in the history
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Changing Dimensions of Indian Business Business Environment is the world around a company over which it has no direct control. It covers many dimensions impacting a company’s activities & performance. It is an aggregate of all forces & factors external to the business enterprise‚ but which influence it’s functioning. There is a mutual inter-dependence between business and its environment. A business enterprise is an open system and it continously interacts with its environment. Businesses take
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DEVELOPMENT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN GHANA: THE WAY FORWARD Entrepreneurship is the most powerful economic force known to mankind. The Entrepreneurial Revolution that captured our imagination during the 1990s has now permeated every aspect of business thinking and planning. As exemplified by industry players and era definers like Sam Walton of Wal-Mart‚ Fred Smith of FedEx‚ Bill Gates of Microsoft‚ Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook‚ Alhaji Asuma Banda of Antrak Group of Companies‚ Mike Adenuga Jnr of Globacom
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SUPPLY CHAIN OF AIRTEL GHANA LIMITED INTRODUCTION Supply chain is the collection of steps that a company takes to transform raw component s into the final products for consumption of its customers. In simple terms‚ a supply chain is or a link between a business and its supplies and customers. It is the series of channel or stages that a product (materials or immaterial) takes from where it is produced to where it is consumed. Supply chain management is therefore about managing the linkages which
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Singapore culture appears to be one based predominately on Chinese culture‚ there remain differences between the two‚ which‚ if not properly understood‚ can lead to ineffectiveness and misunderstandings. Using the four dimensions of a national culture established by Hofstede‚ this exploratory study examines what constitute Singapore culture and Chinese culture. Through a survey of Singaporean and Chinese respondents working in China and an analysis of Hofstede’s four dimensions of a national culture‚ the
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19010 Accra – North Ghana Tel: [233-21] 778035/779364-5 Fax: [233-21] 773670 ISSN: 0855-7144 ISBN: 9988-8007-9-7 The Centre for Policy Analysis is an independent‚ non-governmental think-tank‚ which provides rigorous analysis and perspectives on economic policy issues. Our objective is to: promote a non-partisan informed debate on macroeconomic‚ growth and poverty alleviation issues which are pertinent to the Ghanaian economy‚ to enhance the capacities of institutions in Ghana through training
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Cultural Dimensions of Two Countries According to Geert Hofstede there five dimensions of culture. The five dimensions are Power Distance‚ Individualism or Collectivism‚ Masculinity-Femininity‚ Uncertainty Avoidance‚ and Short or Long-Term Orientation. Power Distance The dimension of Power Distance is the attitude toward the inequalities amongst individuals in a society. Power Distance is “the extent to which the less powerful members of institutions and organizations
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Introduction Culture is the characteristics of a particular group of people‚ distinguished by everything from language‚ religion‚ cuisine (food)‚ social habits‚ music and arts. In other words‚ it is defined as the “ the collective programming of the mind of one category of people which is different from other category of people where mind refers to the way of thinking‚ feeling and behaving”. This gives people a sense of who they are‚ their belongings and social behavior. Different anthropologists
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NAME OF STUDENT: ALFRED KOFI OSEI-FRIMPONG‚ 1ST BATCH MBAE – MARKETING OPTION PROJECT SYNOPSIS CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR PATTERNS TOWARDS PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS: THE STUDY OF HAEMATINICS (BLOOD TONICS) IN GHANA Project Aims and Importance The marketing of medication has a long history. The sale of miracle cures‚ many with little real potency‚ has always been common. Marketing of legitimate non-prescription medications‚ such as pain relievers‚ haematinics or allergy medicine‚ has also long
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88. Dimension 1- Acute intoxication and withdrawal In this case the patient’s current level of acute intoxication is assessed so as to ascertain the risks associated with it. The patient’s discontinuation or significant reduction of the usage of any drug is put into consideration. This is done basing on factors such as the recent usage‚ withdrawal history‚ frequency and chronicity (Muskin‚ 2015). The patient is then monitored to find out if he or she exhibits any current signs of withdrawal. In addition
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