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Career Plateauing and Employee Performance Among Middle Management Staff in the Kenya Power Company

ABSTRACT This study established the relationship between career plateauing and employee performance in Kenya Power Company in Kenya. The study was guided by five objectives, determine; profile of respondents, level of career plateauing, level of employee performance, whether there significant difference in level of career plateauing and employee performance of Kenya Power Company and whether there was significant relationship in the level of career plateauing and employee performance of Kenya...

Motivating Factors Underlying the Perfomance of Local Government Employees in North Eastern Uganda Case Study of Kotido District Local Government Kotido District

ABSTRACT The study looked at motivating factors underlying performance of local government employees taking into consideration Kotido District as a case study. The study also investigated the persistent cause of declining employee performance and high rate of turnover considering motivation as the key variable and performance as the dependant variable. The study was guided by the following key objectives: • Identifying motivating factors for Local Government employees in Kotido District. �...

Parenting and Students’ Social Behaviour in Public Secondary Schools in Makindye Division, Kampala Uganda

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of parenting on the social behaviors of students in public secondary school in Makindye division, Kampala. The objectives ofthe study were: i) to determine the relationship between single parenting and the social behaviors of students from public secondary schools in Makindye division, Kampala; ii) to establish the relationship between dual parenting and the social behaviors of students from public secondary schools in Makindye...

Traditional Leaders in Peace Building and Conflict Resolution in Ogaden Region, Ethiopia

ABSTRACT This study sets out to further investigate that the role played by traditional leaders in peace building and conflict resolutionin Ogaden region as well as the challenge that traditional ledears face in participating of peace building and conflict resolution in Ogaden region, Ethiopia The study was guided by the following research objectives; the profile of the respondents in terms of: age, gender, level educational and work experience, the first objective was to determine the to det...

Performance Appraisal System and Organizational Productivity of Golis Telecommunication in Bosaso, Somalia

ABSTRACT This study examined the effect of performance appraisal system on organizational productivity in Golis Telecommunication in Bosaso, Somalia. The problem of the study was poor organizational productivity in Golis Telecommunication in Bosaso, Somalia. The following were the objectives of the study: (i) to examine the effect of management by objectives on organisational productivity of Golis Telecommunication in Bosaso Somalia, (ii) to establish the effect of training of appraisers on o...

Human Resource Management Practices and Health

ABSTRACT The study investigated the relaticnship between human resource management practices and health service delivery in Kampala, Uganda. The specific objectives of study were to: (1) to determine the perception of health workers on human resource management practices in Kampala; (2) to determine the perception of health workers on health service delivery in Kampala; (3) to establish the relationship between reward management practices and health service delivery in Kampala and (4) to esta...

Credit Management and The Organisation Performance of Equity Commercial Bank in Selected Districts in South Nyanza Kenya

ABSTRACT This study on credit management and performance of Equity bank was conducted with the main purpose of establishing the relationship between credit management and performance. The researcher carried out this study while being guided by four research objectives that were oriented towards determining the respondents profile in terms of age, gender, rank, income level, educational qualification, type of employment and years of service;to determine the level credit management in terms of ...

Extension Services and Agricultural Crop Production in Gicumbi District of Northern Province of Rwanda

ABSTRACT This research dealt with the Extension Services and agricultural crop production in Gicumbi district of Northern Province of Rwanda~ The main research objective was to assess the effectiveness of extension services on Rwandan farmers’ crop production and the unique null hypothesis was that there is no significant relationship within Extension Services and crop production of farmers in Rwanda. The research design was Descriptive Design through a survey from 120 farmers (60 females a...

Resources Mobilization and Sustainability of Selected Local Ngos in Bukavu District, Democratic Republic of Congo

ABSTRACT This thesis is entitled “Resources mobilization and Sustainability of selected local NGOs in Bukavu District, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)”. The study was carried out based on four specific objectives: to determine the demographic characteristics of respondents in terms of Age, Gender, Education qualification, Experience; to examine the extent of resources mobilization by local NGOs in Bukavu District; to establish the sustainability level of local NGOs in Bukavu and to est...

Opportunities and Challenges of Electronic Banking On Organizational Performance of Indigenous Banks in Rwanda

ABSTRACT The study was carried out on “opportunities and challenges of electronic banking on organizational performance of indigenous banks in Rwanda”. This identified the opportunities these banks have identified in Rwanda and various challenges they face in their endeavors to provide efficient and effective services and products through electronic banking. The Data was collected using structured questionnaires and interview schedules. The population size was 150 and the sample size was ...

Job Design and Work Stress Among the Academic Staff in Selected Universities in Kampala- Uganda

ABSTRACT The study assessed the effect of job design on work stress among the academic staff in selected private universities in Kampala-Uganda on four specific objectives namely: (1) to determine the demographic profile of the respondents in terms of gender. Age, marital status, education level, position, and experience; (2) to determine the degree of job design in selected private universities in kampala-Uganda (3) to determine the level of work stress among the academic staff in selected u...

Employee Training and Organizational Performance in Selected Commercial Banks in Mogadishu, Somalia

ABSTRACT The study was to investigate the effect of training on organizational performance in commercial banks in Mogadishu, Somalia. The objectives of the study were as follows: (i) To examine the effect of on-the-job training on organizational performance in Selected Commercial Banks in Mogadishu, Somalia. (ii) To establish the effect of the off-the-job training policies on organizational performance in Selected Commercial Banks in Mogadishu, Somalia. Data was derived through questionnaires...

Employee Recruitment and Performance of Rwanda Electricity Corporation and Rwanda Water and Sanitation Corporation (Reco-Rwasco)

ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to establish the relationship between levels of effectiveness in recruitment to the performance of RECO-RWASCO in Rwanda. The study was guided by the following specific objectives; to determine the profile of the respondents; to determine the level of effectiveness in recruitment; to determine the level of performance; to establish whether there is significant relationship between effectiveness in recruitment and performance of RECO-RWASCO. The study empl...

Local Governance and Conflict Management. A Case of Baidoa District, Somalia

ABSTRACT This study investigated governance and conflict management in Baidoa, Somalia. The following objectives guided the study: i) to find out the extent of governance in Baidoa, Somalia; ii) to determine the extent of conflict management in Baidoa, Somalia; and iii) to establish the relationship between governance and conflict management in Baidoa, Somalia. The study employed descriptive correlational design. Data was collected using questionnaires. Pearson correlation (r) was used to est...

A Causal- Effect Relationship of the Predictors of Achievement in English and Kiswahili Languages, In Secondary Schools in Transmara East District, Kenya.

ABSTRACT The study was concerned with the causal effect relationship between predictors of students’ achievements in English and Kiswahili languages in particular in Transmara East District Kenya. It was guided by 4 objectives, ; to find out the profile of the respondents, the predictors of performance in English and Kiswahili, level of performance in English and Swahili and the relationship between the predictors of performance selected and the actual performance in the two subjects The st...


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