Samuel B. Owusu-Mintah (Prof. )

Samuel B. Owusu-Mintah (Prof. )

HOD Department of Planning and Social Development | Senior Lecturer

Head, Department of Planning and Development | Full Professor

Email: sbowusu-mintah@csus.edu.gh

Educational Qualification

  • PhD (Tourism Education) University of Cape Coast, 2012.
  • MPhil (Tourism Management) University of Cape Coast, 2001.
  • BA (Hons) Geography and Resource Development with Sociology, University of Ghana, Legon, 1991.

Areas of Specialisation

  • Protected Areas Management
  • Event Management
  • Hospitality and Tourism Education
  • Leadership Education

Tertiary Teaching Appointment and Promotions

  • Oct 2001: Assistant Lecturer
  • Nov 2001—Aug 2010: Lecturer
  • Sept 2010 – Jul 2014: Senior Lecturer
  • Aug 2014 – Oct 2017: Associate Professor
  • Nov 2017: Full Professor

Service to the Community

Christian Service University

  • Aug 2024 – Date: Head, Department of Planning and Development
  • Aug 2024 – Date: Member of the CSU Academic Board

Other Institutions

  • May 2025 – Date: Member, Cape Coast Teaching Hospital Board
  • Mar 2025 – Date: Reviewer, Journal of Applied Science Arts and Business (JASAB), CSU
  • Sept 2022 – Dec, 2023: Member, Development of Tourism CBT Curriculum by Tourism Experts for CTVET Ghana, Gloriaka and Windy Lodge Hotels, Winneba
  • May 2023—Sep 2019: Internal Assessor for Promotion of Senior Members of School of Applied Arts,
  • Mar 2023 – Apr 2024: Member Advisory Board of Dept. of Tourism Management, CCTU
  • Apr 2021–June 2022: Visiting Professor Pan African University-Life and Earth Science Institute (PAULESI), University of Ibadan, Nigeria
  • Apr –July 2019: Member, Governing Council, Cape Coast Technical University
  • Feb –March 2019: Member, Search Committee for Director, Internal Audit, CCTU
  • Apr-Aug 2019: Acting Pro VC, Cape Coast Technical University (CCTU), Cape Coast
  • Aug 2017 – Jul 2022: External Assessor for MPhil and PHD Theses, UCC
  • Jan 2016 – Jul 2019: Member CCTU Disciplinary Committee (Senior Member
  • Jan 2016 – Aug 2018: Dean of Students Affairs, CCTU, Cape Coast
  • Dec 2016 – Date: Reviewer, African Journal of Applied Research (AJAR)
  • Jan 2014 – Date: Panel Member GTEC Accreditation Assessment for Tertiary Institutions
  • Feb 2013 – Nov 2014: Director Research, Innovation and Consultancy, CCTU, Cape Coast
  • Sept 2013 – Dec 2016: Guest Lecturer, MBA, Col of Tech Educ, UEW, Kumasi Campus
  • Nov 2014 – Dec 2015: Head, Dept of Tourism Magt, CCTU, Cape Coast
  • Oct 2005 – Sept 2012: Head, Dept of Tourism Magt, CCTU, Cape Coast
  • Oct 2005 –Sept 2019: Member Academic Board, CCTU, Cape Coast

Published Peer Review Journal Articles

  1. Owusu-Mintah, S.B. (2018). “Customer retention in the Ghanaian hospitality industry: Determinants and expectations.” International Tourism and Hospitality Journal (ITHJ), ISSN: 2616-518X, 1(3), 1-15.
  2. Owusu-Mintah, S.B. & Dacosta, F.D. (2017). “A study of events organised by hospitality industries in Accra, Ghana, African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure” (AJHTL), ISSN: 2223-814X, 6(4), 1-13.
  3. Owusu-Mintah, S.B., & Kissi, M. (2017). “Employability skills: Perspectives from employers and tourism graduates”, Oguaa Journal of Social Sciences, (JOSS) 8(1), 57-73.
  4. Owusu-Mintah, S.B. (2017). “Appraisal of the Environmental Impact Assessment for the Expansion of Ghana’s T3 Thermal Plant: Implications for tourism development.” African Journal of Applied Research (AJAR), 3(1), 26-37.
  5. Owusu-Mintah, S.B. & Kissi, M. (2016). “Motivation and Improvement in Employee Performance in the Restaurant Industry in Ghana,” African Journal of Applied Research (AJAR) 2(2), 84-96.
  6. Owusu-Mintah, S.B. (2016). “Employability of tourism graduates: Lack of relevant skills or job avenues?” Journal of Innovation in Education in Africa (JIEA) 1(1), 82-103.
  7. Kissi, M. & Owusu-Mintah, S.B. (2015). “Quality assurance in Ghanaian Hotels and restaurants, African Journal of Applied Research (AJAR) 2(2), 72-82.
  8. Owusu-Mintah, S. B. (2014). Relevance of the Higher National Diploma Tourism Curriculum in preparing Graduates for Industries in Ghana, Takoradi Polytechnic Journal of Technology,” 3(1). 38-47.
  9. Owusu-Mintah, S. B. (2014). Entrepreneurship education and job creation for tourism graduates, Education + Training (Emerald) 56(8/9), 826-835.
  10. Owusu-Mintah, S.B. & Amenumey, E.K. (2014). Evaluation of teaching methods for knowledge retention in tourism and hospitality education, Journal of Educational Management (JEM) 6(1&2), 185-205.
  11. Owusu-Mintah, S.B. (2013). Souvenirs and tourism promotion in Ghana, International Journal for Technology and Management Research 2(1), 31-39.
  12. Owusu-Mintah, S.B. (2013) Perceptions of sports tourists about service quality in the Ghanaian hospitality industry at Ghana’s CAN 2008 soccer tournament. Interdisciplinary Journal of Contemporary Research in Business, (IJCRB), January, 4(9), 1054-1077.
  13. Owusu-Mintah S.B. & Kissi, M. (2012) Assessing the effectiveness of internship in tourism education and training in Ghana. Interdisciplinary Journal of Contemporary Research in Business, (IJCRB), September, 4(5), 521-540.
  14. Owusu-Mintah, S.B. (2012). Tourism education and training in Ghana: An evaluation of the HND Tourism Curriculum of Cape Coast Polytechnic,D Thesis submitted to the University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
  15. Owusu-Mintah, S.B. (2012). Tourism education in Ghana: Occupational distribution of graduates. Interdisciplinary Journal of Contemporary Research in Business, (IJCRB), August, 4(4), 523-546.
  16. Owusu-Mintah, S.B. (2011). Applying value-added-education for industrial capacity building by Polytechnics in Ghana. Journal of Polytechnics in Ghana (JOPOG) 5(1), 91-108.
  17. Owusu-Mintah, S.B. (2010). Transportation and Tourism Development in the Western Region of Ghana, Journal of Polytechnics in Ghana (JOPOG) 4(1), 118-132.
  18. Owusu-Mintah, S.B. (2009). Sustainable ecotourism development in a threatened Biosphere Reserve: The case of the Bia National Park in the Western Region of Ghana, Journal of Polytechnics in Ghana (JOPOG), 3(3), 44-56.

Papers Presented at Conferences 

  1. Owusu-Mintah, S.B. & Avusuglo, C. (2010). Safety and security in the Ghanaian hotel industry: A case study of some selected hotels in Accra. In Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Applied Research Conference at Koforidua Polytechnic, 17-19th May, pp. 454 – 470.
  2. Owusu-Mintah, S.B. (2011). Environmental management for tourism development in and around the Oil City of Sekondi-Takoradi. In Proceedings of the 4th Annual Applied Research Conference at Koforidua Polytechnic, 11th -14th July, pp. 44-60.
  3. Owusu-Mintah, S.B. (2012). Sustaining Lake Bosomtwe as an important ecotourist attraction in the Ashanti Region of Ghana, A paper presented at the 2nd National Research Conference of Polytechnics in Ghana at Tamale Sports Stadium, Tamale, 26th-29th February, 2012.
  4. Kissi, M., Owusu-Mintah, S.B. & Boako, I. (2012). The use of ICT by selected hotels in Agona Swedru in the Central Region of Ghana. In Proceedings of the 5th Annual International Applied Research Conference at Koforidua Polytechnic, 25th - 28th June.
  5. Owusu-Mintah, S.B. & Atepor, L. (2013). Effectiveness of entrepreneurship education in the curriculum of technical vocational education and training institutions in Ghana. A paper presented at the Commonwealth Association of Polytechnics in Africa (CAPA) Conference, Arusha, Tanzania, 24th – 30th. November.
  6. Owusu-Mintah, S.B. (2017). Assessing the performance of tourism graduates: Views of employers and graduates, in Proceedings of the 6th Applied Research Conference in Africa (ARCA), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 17th - 19th August, 100 - 113.

Book Published 

  • Owusu-Mintah, S. B. (2013) Ecotourism development in Ghana: An introduction: LAP Publishing Services, (ISBN 978-3-659-39396-9, Amazon Books) Saarbrucken, Germany.

Published Chapter in a Book 

  • Boakye, K. A. & Owusu-Mintah, S. B. (2008). Domestic tourism in Ghana, In Akyeampong O. & Asiedu, A. B. (Eds) Tourism in Ghana: A Modern Synthesis, (pp. 140-159) Accra, Ghana: AGLC Press.

Ongoing Research work

  • Managing funerals as special events among Akan ethnic groups in Ghana

 

 

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