The effects of colonialism as an institutional logic on modern Ghanaian institutional structures

The birth of colonial rule from the 1880's in Africa activated a process of colonization which ended in the 1960's leading to the independence of most African countries. However, the scar and the foot-print of colonialism altered the pre-colonial structure of political, economic social and management organization of the African society. In fact, Ghana as an African country was not an exception and had its share of colonial impact on the organizations of its institutions. Indeed, with the imposition of colonialism in Ghana, decisions made in organizations had a change of dimensions crystalized and influenced by the new actors (European) paradigm which has created a shift from the indigenous ways of management into a more westernized one. The institutional logic of colonization persists in Ghanaian institutions, especially, in its management decisions. This paper seeks to examine the effects of colonization as an institutional logic on the management systems of institutions in Ghana. The study will rely on qualitative method with emphasis on secondary data collected in the process of the study. The study will also seek to assume that there is a relationship between colonialism and the institutional structure of Ghanaian institutions today based on the changing dynamic of institutional logic across time and space in Ghanaian institutional and organizational history.