Research Papers/Topics in Public Administration

The effects of public participation on delivery of services by county governments in kenya: a case of nairobi city county

ABSTRACT Public participation is viewed as a mechanism by which the citizens contribute towards governance and service delivery. This study has taken interest in public participation with a bias towards service delivery at the County Government of Nairobi. The study was informed by continuous lawsuits and complaints that the County Government of Nairobi was not considering the views of the public before developing its services. The objectives will be to: examine the awareness of public partic...

Determinants of utilization of government online services in kenya: case of national transport And safety authority nairobi

ABSTRACT In a digital information-based economy, governments must modernize to survive or risk becoming irrelevant. In Kenya, e-governance is being used as one of the government’s strategy cornerstone for enhancing accessibility of services to citizens. However, despite the increasing adoption of e-governance, researchers conclude that low uptake and use of the available online services has been witnessed in Kenya. This study sought to examine determinants of how government online services ...

Effects Of Community Participation On Sustainability Of Water Projects In Makueni County, Kenya

ABSTRACT Kenya’s development agenda and initiatives has been faced with historical challenges ranging from the top-down approach in development, allocation, and direction of huge resources to unplanned and unforeseen projects, poor inception, implementation, and completion of projects. Public participation is the fundamental standard of our democracy and has gotten one of the significant conditions which are basic for the usage of projects. During the promulgation of the new Constitution, 2...

Determinants Of Employee Job Satisfaction In The Parliamentary Joint Services Kenya

ABSTRACT The concept of job satisfaction has been having a widespread interest but very little attention has been focused on job satisfaction amongst Parliamentary Joint Services employees in Kenya. This is because the majority of the studies conducted on job satisfaction have focused on measuring levels of job satisfaction of employees rather than determining which factors influence job satisfaction on an employee. This study intended to evaluate the determinants of employee job satisfaction...

Utilization Of Skilled Birth Attendants Among Women Of Reproductive Age In Central District, Kitui County

ABSTRACT Skilled Birth Attendance is one of the most important interventions in reducing maternal mortality. With only 44% of deliveries assisted by skilled birth attendants in Kenya, the number of maternal deaths is significantly higher. The aim of this study was to identify factors determining utilization of skilled birth attendants in Central Division of Kitui North District. The specific objectives were to determine the proportion of Women of Reproductive Age (WRA) utilizing Skilled Birth...

Public-Private Partnership In Local Governance: The Case Of Tema Metropolitan Assembly.

ABSTRACT This study focused on Public-Private Partnerships in the Tema Metropolitan Assembly. The main objective of the study was to investigate, describe and explain the factors that influenced the implementation of public-private partnership in the Tema Metropolitan Assembly. Specifically the study focused on waste collection and revenue mobilization. Effective implementation of public-private partnership in the Tema Metropolitan Assembly depends on a number of factors which includes Polic...

Implications Arising From Judicial Resolution Of Presidential Election Disputes In Kenya

ABSTRACT In recent years, there has been a substantial increase in the filing of presidential electoral disputes for purposes of resolution by the courts. This trend which can be observed globally has placed courts at the centre of the resolution of presidential election disputes as well as other electoral disputes. This central judicial role in resolving electoral disputes notwithstanding, a general analysis suggests that the judicial systems across the globe have been reluctant in annulling...

Determinants Of Employee Separation In The Public Sector: Case Of National Police Service, Nairobi City County, Kenya.

ABSTRACT Employees are the greatest assets in any organization, their contribution in trying to achieve the goals of an institution cannot be underestimated. Hence the pillar of any organization is the human resource department, which deals with hiring these people. They say ‘hire right, get it right’, hiring the competent and retaining them is the most challenging task faced by human resource personnel, since employee separation has been a major issue in most organizations over the years...

The Impact Of Fiscal Decentralisation On Local Economic Development In Ghana: A Case Study Of Ketu South Municipal Assembly (KSMA)

ABSTRACT The relationship between fiscal decentralisation and local economic development has been a subject of particular interest to most scholars of public administration and development economists. Improving public good and service delivery is one of the predominant challenges facing governments worldwide, especially how it impacts on the general economic development of the poor and the vulnerable in society. Fiscal decentralisation is largely accepted as a tool for poverty reduction and ...

Implementation Of Electronic-Government In Ghana: A Case Study Of Driver And Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA)

ABSTRACT The aim of this study is to examine e-government implementation at the DVLA and to generate a comprehension from the perspective of the implementers. A case study method within the qualitative approach of social research was employed. In all twelve (12) participants were purposively selected and interviewed using the one-on-one in-depth interview method. An interpretive analyses as well as secondary data from the literature review were used to analyze the results of the study. It wa...

Human Resourses’ Training And Development And Workers’ Productivity (A Case Study Of Mercedez Benz-Anambra Motor Manufacturing Company Emene, Enugu)

ABSTRACT The improvement in management sciences and technology, which demands complex skills, knowledge, and experiences has made staff training a compulsory task. It is because of this trend that this work is being carried out inorder to evaluate the training and development programmes in Nigeria Public Sector with special reference to MB-Anambra Motor Manufacturing Company, Emene, Enugu State. The research equally probes into the impact of Human resources training and development on worker...

An Assessment Of The Strategies For Effective Human Resources Training And Utilization In The Nigerian Public Organization (A Case Study Of Unn)

ABSTRACT The study focused on the assessment of strategies for effective human resources training and utilization in the Nigerian public organization. As a strategic as well as operational activity of the human resources management that has been for long denied adequate attention, the researcher used four specific objectives to capture the over all objective of the study. The relevance of the study lies on the fact that it among other things explored the areas of strength and weaknesses in t...

Recruitment, Selection And Placement In Public Sector Establishments In Nigeria: A Study Of The Federal Polytechnic, Idah.

ABSTRACT The research was necessitated by the need to examine the challenges of staff recruitment, selection and placement in Public sector establishments in Nigeria. Based on this, the researcher went into investigation with a view to discovering the effects of political and sociological factors on recruitment; their effects on effective service delivery; and to determine the remedial measures to ensure effective and efficient service delivery in the Institutions of higher learning. Three h...

Remuneration And Industrial Conflicts In The Anambra State Civil Service, Nigeria (1991-2011)

ABSTRACT This research work is on “Remuneration and Industrial Conflicts in the Anambra State Civil Service, Nigeria (1991-2011)”. The study was motivated by the frequent complaints made by the civil servants over their remuneration and the insensitivity of the Anambra State government in addressing the problem especially against the backdrop of severe economic hardship the country is experiencing. These complaints often snowball into industrial conflicts in the state. Arising from t...

Staff Recruitment, Selection and Placement Policy Under a Presidential System of Government: A Case Study of Ebonyi State Civil Service 1998-2000

Abstract This research work is an outgrowth of my utmost desire and zeal to study the method of recruitment, selection and placement in the Ebonyi State Civil Service as to find explanation to the problem of public out cry against the declining quality of the Nigeria public service and Ebonyi state civil service in particular. We also looked into the historical development and organizational service. The use of both primary and secondary information sources is to gather as much information as...


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