Browsing by Author "Kibuuka, Muhammad"

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    Administrative Behaviour and Institutional Efficiency in Selected Universities in Central Uganda
    (Academic Affairs Directorate, Kampala International University (KIU), Uganda, East Africa Institute for Social Research, KIU, 2017-08) Nakimuli, Amina; Sumil, Novembrieta; Kibuuka, Muhammad; Mwebesa, Edson; Byabashaija, Deusdedit; Bamaiyi, Pwaveno
    Technical competences of administrators are certainly necessary, albeit they may not be sufficient for efficiency in educational institutions. The administrator’s behaviour is also vital for achieving efficiency thus educational institutions have prepared their numerous and capable specialists and professionals with the necessary skills for efficient and effective higher education administration. This study therefore was conceptualized to shed light to this contention. The association between administrative behaviour and institutional efficiency was empirically investigated employing the ex-post facto, descriptive correlation research designs. One hundred ninety five administrators from two higher education institutions were selected through purposive and systematic random sampling. Standardized and contextualized questionnaires tested for reliability and validity were used as research instruments. Quantitative data analyses were done using the Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient. The findings of the study indicated that the variables of administrative behaviour and institutional efficiency were significantly correlated. Within the context of this finding, administrators of the universities understudy should endeavour to enrich their administrative skills through leadership, management and administrative courses to cope with the managerial challenges hovering the higher education system. Effective administrators must conduct themselves appropriately and must be accountable for their actions and expectations. The ability to deal effectively with other people and accomplish work through others would always be a fundamental ingredient in the administrative process.
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    Economics of Tuition Fees: Cost-Benefit Analysis of a Differentiated Tuition Fee System in Selected Ugandan Universities;approved for oral presentation: Bugema International Multi-Disciplinary Conference, September 28-29, 2015.
    (Kampala International University, 2015) Sumil, Novembrieta; Kibuuka, Muhammad; Sumil, Manuel; Muhanguzi, Kibs; Mwebesa, Edson; Katushabe, Scovia
    The post millennium development (sustainable development) goals are a long term strategic plan by the United Nations’ member governments meant to ensure improved human development. Human development, the main sustainable development goal can emanate from product differentiation. Access to education is a sustainable development strategy that can improve quality of life. A differentiated tuition fee system is thought to be one of the approaches to improve people’s quality of life. Anchored on the monopolistic price discrimination theory (third degree), this paper examined the costs and benefits derived from a differentiated tuition fee system in selected Ugandan universities. To achieve this, a descriptive correlation approach and mixed explanatory designs (quantitative and qualitative) were adopted. The study found tuition fee differentiation system to have a significant correlation with benefits accrued and an insignificant correlation with costs involved.
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    Empirical data set on parenting styles:link with post millennium development goals’ global development agenda
    (International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research/IJSBAR, 2015) Sumil, Manuel; Sumil, Manuel Ray; Kibuuka, Muhammad; Sumil, Novembrieta; Nuwagira, Adoniya; Nakimuli, Amina; Byabashaija, Deusdedit; Katushabe, Scovia; Mwebesai, Edson; Kyeyune, Kirabo
    This study explored the field of parenting to generate empirical data and how it can be linked to post millennium development goals’ global development agenda in the angles of responsible parenthood and teachers’ role in the classroom. The data were elicited through the ex post facto and prospective designs on specific type of parenting style under the parenting dimensions the father and mother were practicing as experienced by 322 students selected through purposive sampling and stratified random sampling by proportional allocation from multisite nursing schools in Cebu City, Philippines. The findings of the study revealed as follows: (1) the parents practiced a combination of the three parenting styles namely, authoritative, authoritarian and permissive; (2) the indifferent style was less experienced by the respondents; (3) the authoritative style of parenting appeared to be the most dominant.
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    Managerial skills and success of small scale enterprises in Kampala Uganda: presented at the Canadian International Conference on Advances in Computer Science, Humanities and Education, April 1-2, 2015, Dubai, UAE
    (2015) Kibuuka, Muhammad; Sumil, Novembrieta; Byamukama, Eliab Mpora; Tindyebwa, Wilberforce; Kazibwe, Sophia; Sumil, Manuel; Ssemugenyi, Fred
    A multi-sector coverage of small-scale enterprises was explored to address these objectives: (1) extent to which managerial skills were possessed; (2) extent to which small-scale entrepreneurs (SSEs) were successful; (3) relationship between managerial skills and success. Employed as strategies to elicit data were descriptive correlation and ex-post facto designs; administration of validated and tested for reliability researcher devised questionnaires; frequencies, means, Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient and regression analysis. The findings showed moderate extent of managerial skills (conceptual, human and technical); Kampala SSEs were less successful internally and more successful externally; managerial skills possessed positively and significantly correlated with internal and external success; conceptual and technical skills significantly predicted small-scale entrepreneurs’ success. Technical and conceptual skills need to be more promoted through entrepreneurial and business skills in universities; education of among SSEs on formation of joint ventures and ongoing training programs for skills development.
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    Quantitative account of the business milieu and interplay with organismic variables based on multi-site empirical studies in Uganda, East Africa: accepted and approved for oral presentation at the 2015 Fall Global Mindset on Leadership and Management Conference, September 11-13, Los Angeles, California, USA.
    (2015) Sumil, Novembrieta; Sumil, Manuel; Kibuuka, Muhammad; Ssekajugo, Derick
    The business milieu in terms of business management, conditions, practices and their interactions with certain organismic variables were determined through a meta-analysis of evidence-based data sorted out from 153 studies conducted in these selected business sectors: small and medium enterprises, local private and public banks, non traditional export enterprises, multinational companies, savings and credit cooperatives, telecommunication companies, public and private organizations and microfinance institutions in Central and Eastern Uganda. The new analyses revealed an overall picture of the business milieu in three aspects: (1) business management (from highest to lowest in rank: managerial skills, internal control system, credit management, management accounting, working capital management and corporate governance monitoring mechanisms); (2) business conditions from highest to lowest in rank: business expansion/growth of the business, innovation, business success, financial sustainability of microfinance institutions, business competitiveness, employee productivity, business behavior, employees’ performance, financial sustainability of savings and credit cooperatives and internationalization: (3) business practices such as accounting quality and auditing standards compliance. A correlation profile data between the business milieu dimensions displayed significant relationships while the organismic variables proved its efficacy with the business milieu constructs. Therefore, an optimistic mood of viable commercial market in Uganda forecasted promotion of proactive investment management efforts