Challenges of Curriculum Design and its Implications on Policy: The Case of the Junior High School (JHS) Teaching Subjects in Ghana

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-101
Author(s):  
Alex Kwao
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Human Resource Development ◽  
Curriculum Design ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Curriculum Alignment ◽  
Human Capital Development ◽  
Capital Development

Abstract The educational landscape though serves as the bedrock for human resource development, it still has challenging academic experiences in Junior High Schools in Ghana. The realization is that, transitional stages of schooling seem not to have curriculum alignment that reflect tertiary education programme. Yearning for flexibility, harmonization and synchronization of the curriculum, the paper seeks to explore missing interest areas, talents in order to discover inspired paths that underpin enrichment of the school curriculum. To deepen high school experience for appropriate and best practices in human capital development, the researchers examine curriculum design and its implications on policy, the case of the JHS teaching subjects in Ghana. This engagement adopts the combined approach using the discursive method and descriptive analysis. Participants of the study include 100 students, 10 teachers, 5 circuit supervisors, and 5 curriculum experts of the Cape Coast Metropolis. Interviews are the main instruments used for the qualitative analysis while graphical representations and achievement tests are conducted for students from the ten schools. In the investigations, the study discovers that, there is no curriculum alignment in some of the teaching subjects taught at the JHS level despite their potential areas for human capital development. It is recommended that, the curriculum at the JHS level should be revised to reflect the best practices, prospects and opportunities for students.

scholarly journals Long-term Development of National Human Capital. Evidence from China and Poland

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 30-66
Author(s):  
Łukasz Bryl
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Research Collaboration ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Human Capital Development ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Industry Research ◽  
National Human ◽  
Capital Development

AbstractObjective: The aim of this paper is to present the long-term development of the chosen human capital indices that uncovers and compares the outcome of the national efforts performed by the two culturally distant countries (China and Poland) over the decade. Additionally, paper indicates the areas of further HC progress in both nations.Methodology: The study was based on measuring human capital with the help of deliberately chosen set of macroeconomic indices (28 items) referring to the nations’ capability to create innovations. Analysis was performed for the 2007–2017 years.Findings: Positive phenomena in the case of human capital development outperform the negative ones in both countries, however, the extent is more remarkable in the case of China. China managed to: improve greatly the pupil-teacher ratio (both in primary and secondary schools), increase secondary and tertiary education enrolment rate along with the rise of the no. of students from abroad. In Poland, the greatest increase was observed in the case of the number of researchers what consequently contributed to the improvement of number of scientific and technical articles and citable documents (h-index).Value Added: To the best Author’s knowledge this is the first paper that compares national human capital development in Poland and China with a set of indices focused on capability to create innovations and adopts longitudinal approach.Recommendations: Policy-makers in the case of Poland should concentrate on: fostering university/industry research collaboration, improving rank in worldwide QS classification and performing more efforts to attract and retain talents. Moreover, the negative trends should be reversed with regard to: PISA scores and general quality of education system. In turn, Chinese authorities should facilitate better PISA scores and increase the presence of scientific and technical articles.

Environmental Accounting and Value Relevance of Accounting Information: Time Series Evidence from Nigeria Commercial Banks

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-67
Author(s):  
F. N. Akani ◽  
Alasin Captain Briggs
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Human Resource Development ◽  
Commercial Banks ◽  
Value Relevance ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Environmental Accounting ◽  
Series Data ◽  
Regression Result ◽  
Human Capital Development ◽  
Capital Development

This paper examined the relationship between environmental accounting and value relevance of accounting information of commercial banks in Nigeria.Time series data of the variables used in the research was collected from financial statement of the commercial banks.  The study had equity prices and earnings per share as the function of cost of donations, cost of wages and salaries, cost of environmental expenditure and cost of human resource development. The Ordinary Least Square (OLS) method of data analysis with multiple regressions was used in the study.  In determining the long-run relationship, stationary and causal relationship that exists among the variables, cointegration, Augmented Fuller Unit Root and Pair wise Causality was used.  The static regression result found that the independents variables have positive relationship with the dependent variables excerpt cost of human capital development. The cointegration test revealed at least two cointegrating equation, the stationarity test revealed that the variables are stationary at level while the granger causality test proved no directional relationship. The study conclude that environmental accounting have significant relationship with value relevance of accounting information in Nigeria commercial banks. We recommend that all environmental cost should properly be reported and accountants should ensure well accountability of human capital development.

scholarly journals Prophetic Best Practices in Business for Human Capital Development

2011 ◽  
Vol 01 (01) ◽  
pp. 07-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siti Akmar Abu Samah ◽  
Kamaruzaman Jusoff ◽  
Mohd Roslan Mohd Nor ◽  
Ishak Suliaman
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Human Capital Development ◽  
Capital Development

scholarly journals 君子 Junzi leadership in Singapore: governance and human capital development

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stéphane Le Queux ◽  
Adrian T.H. Kuah
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Human Resource Development ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Moral Economy ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
Human Capital Development ◽  
Value System ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Capital Development

PurposeThis paper provides insights as to how a Confucian-inspired Junzi style of leadership translates into initiatives toward human capital development in Singapore. After reviewing tripartite governance in Singapore, we discuss the character of Confucian leadership: how does this value system inform the moral economy of the Singaporean corporatist model and inherently come to impact upon the conception and significance of human capital.Design/methodology/approachThe case approach was employed using multiple sources of secondary data, supplemented by interviews with high-profile informants in Singapore. Multiple sources led to data triangulation in presenting a mutually consistent set of evidence. The paper also draws from a longitudinal observation of Singapore's industrial relations and human resource development (HRD) policies over the last 10 years since the Global Financial Crisis.FindingsOrganized along two thematic areas: governance and human capital development, this paper proposes and finds that governance in Singapore displays an institutionalized form of Junzi leadership that translates into policymaking toward human capital development.Originality/valueThis paper brings about an Asian perspective of Junzi leadership toward management and governance. The Confucian value system intrinsic to tripartite governance provides an original heuristic lens that helps shed a light on the significance of human capital development in Singapore.

scholarly journals Human Capital Investment and Its Impact on Firm’s Performance: A Study on Private Commercial Banks in Bangladesh

2020 ◽  
pp. 66-74 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Human Resource Development ◽  
Commercial Banks ◽  
Capital Investment ◽  
Human Capital Investment ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Human Capital Development ◽  
Training Cost ◽  
Capital Development ◽  
The Impact

Human capital is important possessions used to achieve a firm’s competitiveness and it is through investment (the commitment of a firm’s fund in human resource development with the hope of generating returns), we can expand it. This study embodies the investment scenario in human capital development made by different private commercial banks of Bangladesh and the impact of the investment on firm’s performance. The researchers have used different HR metrics (Human Capital ROI, Net Profit after Tax per Employee, HR Expense Factor, Organizational Training Cost per Employee, Human Capital Value Added) to measure the impact of human capital investment on a firm’s performance. Finally, the study reveals that investment in human capital development significantly increases a firm’s performance.

scholarly journals Managing Human Capital Development In Small And Medium-Sized Enterprises For Sustainable National Development In Nigeria

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 95
Author(s):  
Christopher O. Chidi ◽  
Oluseyi A. Shadare
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Human Resource Development ◽  
National Development ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Human Capital Development ◽  
Demographic Profiles ◽  
Strongly Agree ◽  
Response Rate Data ◽  
Capital Development

This study investigated the challenges confronting human capital development in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria. The authors adopted the survey research design. An instrument was designed using the 5-point Likert scale ranging from strongly agree (5) to strongly disagree (1). The instrument has two sections. Section A has nine items which sought the views and opinions of respondents on the challenges of human capital development in SMEs and Section B has eight items which elicited the demographic profiles of respondents. A total of 165 questionnaires were distributed to the target population using the purposeful (judgmental) sampling technique. Out of the 165 questionnaires administered, 140 were returned upon which the analysis was based. This represents an 85% response rate. Data analysis was carried out with the aid of SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences). It was found that human capital development in Nigerian SMEs leaves much to be desired. Based on the analysis of data, it was found that 79% of respondents agreed and strongly agreed that many SMEs have negative training philosophy and pay lip service to human resource development. Seventy percent of the respondents agreed and strongly agreed that many SMEs do not have laid-down policies governing training and development programmes, while 52% of the respondents agreed and strongly agreed that SMEs engage in human capital development haphazardly, without embarking on need analysis. The authors recommended the need to address the issues of human capital development in SMEs and for SMEs to embrace the investor in people criteria if the desired corporate and national goals are to be realized.

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