HR Melange
Finance Column
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How to create a personal budget
Creating a budget may not sound like the most exciting thing in the world to do, but it is vital in keeping your financial house in order. Before you begin to create your budget it is important to realize that in order to be successful you have to provide as much detailed information as possible. Ultimately, the end result will be able to show where your money is coming from, how much is there and where it is all going. ...more
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WHERE DID ALL MY MONEY GO?
Do you ever find yourself wondering if there is a hole your wallet? Perhaps termites are feasting on your notes? Are your friends comfortable with the idea of lending you money, or are you perceived as the rebirth of Pyram? ...more
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The strategic role of the Finance Department as a Business Partner to an organization.
A Finance Department or Unit is very conspicuous in the organogram of any establishment. The exception may come from smaller firms such as sole proprietorships and partnerships. In the past, the Finance or Accounts Department only brought to mind the idea of payments and salaries. From the processing of payments to vendors to the stewardship of a company’s assets, and from the compilation of budgets and forecasts to the preparation of management accounts, the traditional role of the Finance Department has most often been regarded as that of a score keeper, focused only on book keeping. ...more
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No Right of Study Leave
Study leave among others such as annual, maternity, parental and sick leave are the types of leave known in the labour law as time-off rights. Some of these time-off rights come with statutory pay. An employee can, for instance, have what is normally called paid time-off rights such as maternity leave and annual leave. ...more
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INFLATION – Compiled by Revina Acheampong
Ghana’s current inflation rate stood at a staggering 11.4% by June, 2013. This was reported by the Dr. Philomena Nyarko, the acting government statistician. That was a move up from the 10.9% recorded in May, 2013. If inflation reaches the double-digits, it is known as hyperinflation. If this happens, you will need a wheelbarrow to buy a loaf of bread. Fortunately, it happens very rarely, and only when money is printed without regard to the inflation rate. It happened in Germany in the 1920s and in Zimbabwe in the 2000s. ...more
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INFLATION – Compiled by Revina Acheampong
Ghana’s current inflation rate stood at a staggering 11.4% by June, 2013. This was reported by the Dr. Philomena Nyarko, the acting government statistician. That was a move up from the 10.9% recorded in May, 2013. If inflation reaches the double-digits, it is known as hyperinflation. If this happens, you will need a wheelbarrow to buy a loaf of bread. Fortunately, it happens very rarely, and only when money is printed without regard to the inflation rate. It happened in Germany in the 1920s and in Zimbabwe in the 2000s. ...more
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