Abstract:
ABSTRACT
The study examined whether time management practices are predictive of
employees' performance at the Takoradi and Sekondi Districts of National
Health Insurance Authority, ascertained the various ranges of time planning
adopted by the staff of the Takoradi and Sekondi Districts of National Health
Insurance Scheme and the processes of planning and how staff efficiently or
inefficiently use time in the performance of their daily work tasks. Ascertain
how workers of Takoradi and Sekondi Districts of National Health Insurance
Schemes manage their time in the short-range planning. The specific objectives
were to; ascertain how workers of Takoradi and Sekondi Districts manage their
time in the long-range planning; explore the attitude of the staff of the National
Health Insurance Scheme regarding time management; assess how efficiently
staff of Takoradi and Sekondi National Health Insurance Schemes their time;
identify how inefficiently staff of Takoradi and Sekondi National Health
Insurance Schemes manages their time; and finally to, make appropriate
recommendations on how to efficiently manage time in the National Health
Insurance Scheme. Data were collected from 80 employees of Takoradi and
Sekondi Districts through questionnaire administration, interviews and
observations. The data were evaluated with descriptive statistics within the
SPSS software suite. Based on the aforementioned findings of the study, it was
evident that proper time management is a resource for organisational
effectiveness. Thus, it is suggested that firms should adhere carefully to good
time management in order to give better services to their customers and services
providers. Time planners, managers, leaders and customers' management log to
demonstrate how time should be used.
