By Yussif Ibrahim, GNA
Kumasi, Aug. 20, GNA – Some selected members
of the Prisons Ladies Association (PRILAS) of the Ghana Prison Service across
the country have attended a two-day training workshop on leadership and time
management.
The workshop put together by the national
office of PRILAS in collaboration with the Management Development and
Productivity Institute (MDPI) sought to enhance the values and productivity of
female prison officers.
Zoned into northern and southern sectors,
participants from Ashanti, Bono, Bono East, Northern, Savana, North East, Upper
East and Upper West Regions attended that of the northern sector at the Kumasi
Central Prison in Kumasi.
They were taken through various topics
including time management, effective communication, dealing with
procrastination, dealing with cluttered desks and proper planning methods.
Mr Michael Frimpong, a Senior Consultant of
MDPI, who was one of the facilitators of the workshop, said the exercise was to
ensure attitudinal change of the participants for improved productivity.
He said for anybody to be able to subject
themselves to any improvement measure, it is important for them to accept
attitudinal change in order to open themselves up for improvement.
He said there is the need for the
participants to subject themselves to a continuous improvement process and also
assess their progress periodically to identify areas to improve for optimal
output.
Lack of time management, he said, could lead
to low productivity, high cost of operations as well as poor quality of work
and urged them to be time conscious and plan their time for effective delivery.
They should also avoid unnecessary telephone
calls and conversations while on duty and strictly abide by work ethics to
achieve desired results.
Assistant Director of Prisons (ADP)
Christiana Asiedu, the Ashanti Regional President of PRILAS, said as career
women who has to combine domestic and professional duties, it is important to
build their capacities to manage their time judiciously.
It was for this reason, she said, that the
leadership of the association organized the workshop to improve the performance
of members in the discharge of their duties as prison officers.
Mrs Asiedu, who doubles as the Director of
Kumasi Female Prison, said the expectation was that the training would bring
the best out of members of PRILAS who occupy leadership positions and applauded
the leadership of the association for the initiative.
GNA