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By Isaac Ato Mensah in Accra, Ghana & F.KN. Olympio, Dr. phil. in Trier, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany 26 April, 2020 Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko’s write-up “IS LOCKDOWN THE ONLY SCIENCE-DRIVEN OPTION FOR GHANA?” is typical influencer stuff. It was all anecdotal stuff, wild speculations and dodgy logic from a campaign strategist who was trying to justify POTROG’s 7th Coronavirus address during which the lockdown of Accra, Kumasi and Kasoa was relaxed. Gabby introduced social science into the debate, suggesting that the scientists have no knowledge of social science, or rather that their worldview is so limited that it does not include bread and butter issues. Hear Gabby:Read More →

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By Isaac Ato Mensah Accra – 9 March, 2020 The 360-degree feedback system is fraught with serious problems, but many organizations still use it. Let us therefore present a review of the literature so that HR practitioners may be accordingly guided. Monalisa Mohapatra (2015) reviewed the scholarly work of 30 different authors about the 360-degree feedback spanning a period of 19 years, namely 1996 to 2015, and concluded that “Until and unless the process and the purpose of the implementation is clear to the people within the organization it will never be a success”. The literature shows clearly that where soft skills are being measuredRead More →