The impact of internal control on the performance of the Ghana health services.
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2020
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knust
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The study assessed the impact of internal control on the performance of Korlebu, Kaneshie and Dansoman Polyclinics. The study identified internal Control processes at the polyclinics and assess the impact of internal controls on the efficiency and effectiveness on operations. Further, to determine the relationship between internal audit and organizational growth and examine the challenges of internal audit practices in the Polyclinics. The study adopted a survey research design and the entire staff of the branch as the target population. The simple random sampling and purposive sampling technique were used to sample 170 respondents for the study. The study used a questionnaire and interviews to gather data which was analyzed with SPSS 21 and Microsoft Excel 2013. The results of the study established a positive relationship between the internal audit and organizational growth at the branch. The study found in place an efficient internal audit process which ensures transparency and impacted positively on the effectiveness and efficiency of operations. The study finally suggested the provision of adequate resources to internal audit staff to enable internal auditors perform their responsibility effectively
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A Thesis Submitted to the Department of Accounting and Finance, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in partial fulfilment of the Requirement for an award of MSc Accounting and Finance.
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I give praise, honour and thanks to the Almighty Allah for His grace in seeing me through to the completion of the master’s program. I also wish to express my deepest gratitude to my dedicated, supportive, able and accommodating supervisor, Mrs. Beatrice Sarpong-Danquah for her directions, comments and insightful suggestions. I am equally grateful to the officials and employees of all sampled polyclinics for granting me interviews and responding to my questionnaires and also for the helpful and useful materials and publications.