ABSTRACT The study assessed the effectiveness of Service Level Benchmarking in Zimbabwean urban local authorities in improving service delivery, using the case of City of Harare. Service Level Benchmarking is a new concept introduced in local authorities as a panacea to improve service delivery through tracking performance of local authorities over time to see failures and success through reviews by other local authorities. Harare City Council is one of the local authorities practicing Servic...
ABSTRACT Electricity plays an integral role in the socio-economic development of people around the world. Its access has immense impact in reducing poverty and increasing the Human Development Index (HDI) of beneficiaries. Enhanced access to electricity also reduces the dependence on fossil energy sources such as fuel wood and charcoal, whose consumption depletes the natural forests. With adequate access to electricity, deforestation tendencies that are associated with the use of fossil energ...
ABSTRACT The study sought to investigate prospects and problems of implementing performance appraisal system in public secondary schools, in Mpanda district, Tanzania. It was a cross sectional study undertaken through qualitative research approach supplemented by quantitative research approach. The study was guided by Scientific Management and Goal Setting Theories. Several respondents such as DSEO, HRO, WECs and HoS were selected through purposive sampling while 29 Teachers were selected th...
ABSTRACT In this article, a time truncated life test based on two-stage group acceptance sampling plan is proposed for lifetime of an item follows odd generalized exponential log-logistic distribution (OGELLD). The ability about the lot acceptance can be made in the first or second stage according to the number of failures from each group. The optimal parameters for the proposed plan are determined such that both producer’s as well as consumer’s risks are contented simultaneously for the...
INTRODUCTION 1.1STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEMA study of this sort is necessary owing to certain serious problem confronting the economy of Nigeria. It has been evident that since the Nigerian Civil War ended in the year 1970. The problem of money supply and its effect on the area of unemployment have been an economic problem that is disturbing the economic growth and Development of the country.This problem has been of great concern to every Nigerian and the government of the country. Unemplo...
ABSTRACT The study aims to evaluate the effect of food chain mediated chronic exposure to arsenic and cadmium (singly and combined) on the level of reduced glutathione (GSH) and the activity of glutathione S-transferase (GST) in brains of rats. Fortymale Wistaralbino rats were fed with a diet containing fish fed with normal feed in water contaminated with 0.4 mg/100 ml cadmium (group B), arsenic (group C) and cadmium + arsenic (group D) respectively for three months. The control rats�...
ABSTRACT This study demonstrated the application of Markov S-I-R model and other statistical methods in exploring HIV, Tuberculosis (TB) and Hepatitis B (HB)disease outcomes using Ghanaian data. Secondary datasets from cohort studies were collected from records from the Ashanti Regional Hospital. Relevant disease metrics as well as transition probabilities were generalized for each disease. Method of Competing risks was used to further estimate the crude, partial crude and net probabilities o...
INTRODUCTIONHuman resource management according to Dressler [ 1973 – 125] can be defined as “ procedures activities or action directed toward finding the solutions to the manpower problems of an organization” that is actions which are placement wages recruitment selection and placement wages and salaries administration industrial relations and joint consultation employee welfare training and development motivation employee appraisal and assessment and effective unitization of human re...
ABSTRACT Introduction: An individual’s perception about their bodyweight can either be a true reflection of their body mass index or not. Underestimation or overestimation of one’s bodyweight has been identified to be a determinant of the kind of weight management measure they engage in. The nutritional attitude of such individuals has been observed to be one major weight management measure. The youth are very concerned about their bodyweight hence this study was targeted at finding out h...
TABLE OF CONTENTSDECLARATIONDEDICATION iiACKNOWLEDGEMENT iiiLIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ivLIST OF TABLES VABSTRACT ViCHAPTER ONE 11.0 GENERAL INTRODUCTION 11.1 PROBLEM STATEMENT 11.3 STUDY OBJECTIVES 21.3.1 General Objectives 21.3.2 Specific Objectives 21.4 Report Structure 3CHAPTER TWO 42.1 Introduction 42.2 Criteria for defining urban areas 42.3 Agenda 21-human settlements 52.4 Historical perspective of urbanization 62.5 Causes of urbanization 62.6 Major problems with urbanization 72.7 Urban popu...
TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Declaration......................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (i) Approval........................................................................... (ii) Dedication...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (iii) Acknowledgement................................................................ (iv) Table of contents..........................
ABSTRACT Background: Intestinal obstruction is one of the most causes of cause of surgical emergency associated with morbidity and mortality in surgical department. The study aimed to determine the causes and predictors of management outcome in postoperative patients with intestinal obstruction at IRRH. Method: A prospective hospital based study design was used. Duration of the study was six months. The collected data were checked for any inconsistency, coded and entered into SPSS version 20...
ABSTRACT There is a growing global concern over the future of the world‟s water resources due to the preceding vulnerability. Some of the factors contributing to the increase in water resources vulnerability include population growth and poor land use practices. This study assessed the local uses and management of water resources and the local coping mechanisms, identified the drivers of water resources scarcity and evaluated the opportunities and challenges of managing water resources in ...
ABSTRACT Service quality and customer service are a key determinant of customer satisfaction and eventually high revenue through purchase decision on TANESCO services. The objective of the study was to assess customers‟ satisfaction with customer service at TANESCO. The study adopted qualitative research under the case study design to suit the nature of this study. The case study approach was considered to be appropriate for this study because issues related to customer services are comple...
ABSTRACT The main objective of the study was to assess the effect of certified organic production systems on the livelihood of smallholder producers in Kenya. The study followed explanatory research design using two purposively pro-poor chosen case studies (honey production in Mwingi district and vegetables production in Ngong district). Collection of primary data was through face-to-face interviews using pre-tested semi-structured questionnaire. Collection of contextual data was through focu...