Investigate the extent to which corporate governance and agency problems exist in the Sunyani Regional Hospital
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2014-06
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KNUST
Abstract
The significance of good corporate governance practice in the running of corporate
organizations cannot be undervalued. The growing effect of good practice of corporate
governance across the world has been critically connected to the current corporate scandals
and frauds. These scandals and frauds fundamentally lead to the letdown of executives of
organizations to efficiently implement the regulatory frameworks and legal pertaining to
organizational governance. The case study tries to probe the extent to which corporate
governance and agency problems exist in the Regional Hospital, Sunyani. The researcher
used systematic sampling technique to select a total sample size of 210 (Core management-
7 and junior staff-203) from the total population of 830.The researcher used both secondary
and primary data as sources of data for the study; both the interview and structured
questionnaire were used to collect primary data. SPSS version 21.0 was used to analyze the
data and the findings were presented using frequencies, tables and charts. The study found
that over 80% of the staff members of Regional Hospital, Sunyani have appreciable
knowledge on corporate governance and agency problems with regards to definition and
concepts. It was found that the Regional Hospital, Sunyani practice good governance as
confirmed by majority of the staff. Chi-square test was performed to find out the association
between good corporate governance and organizational performance and the results
showed that there was strong significant association between good corporate governance
and organizational performance in terms of growth and decline. The case study
recommends that the authorities of the organization should do due diligence in identifying
and selecting candidates who have good reputation, wellmotivated and enthusiastic to the
health profession when recruiting
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A thesis submitted to the Department of Marketing and Corporate Strategy, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration