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- ItemAssessing the Cost-Components of the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Of a Computer Network in Tertiary Educational Institutions: A Case Study of Three Institutions Date: In Kigali, Rwanda(Kampala International University, masters in business administration, 2006-09) Marcellin, MugabeThe citation above naturally leads one to pose the following question: Which are the most important cost-factors to be included in the total cost of ownership of an efficient computer network within a tertiary educational institution environment? This is our research question. A new financial tool called Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) has been developed for this purpose. The idea got under way in the mid-i 980s, when computers became popular and widely used in many areas of business. TCO represents all of the costs involved with installing. operating, and maintaining a network of computers over a period of time. Our basic assumption was that TCO can provide a financial statement reflecting the cost of acquisition and of all aspects involved in the further use ai~d maintenance of a computer network in a tertiary educational institution. Therefore, this study assessed the TCO of computer networks in tertiary educational institutions, taking as a case study three tertiary educational institutions in Kigali (Rwanda), namely, the Kigali Institute of Education (KIE). the Kigali Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) and the Université Libre de Kigali (ULK). The ultimate aim of this study was to propose a structured methodology to perform a TCO analysis for the adoption of computer networking. TCO analysis varies among companies. and different consultants use different models and formulas to calculate it. in this study, the TCO was evaluated (i) in terms of directs costs related to networking itself (hardware and software acquisition, retrofitting costs, operations and technical support, administration and professional development; ‘(ii) in terms of indirect costs, i.e., costs related to the loss in productivity when users have to stop and fix their own computers or the network is down because of poor maintenance. Our major recommendations contain a number of factors to he taken into account in order to control and, consequently, reduce each of the above mentioned cost categories.
- ItemAssessing the factors influencing peoples’ attitudes towards affirmative action policy in the workplace. the case of urban dwellers in Kampala and Mukono(Kampala International University, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2007-10) Marcellin, MugabeThe fact of social inequalities as a result of discrimination against certain groups is an undeniable characteristic of almost every society. Modern legislation have sought to redress imbalances caused by discriminatory structures by legally endorsing the principles of equal treatment and equality of opportunities for all. In spite of the adoption of the principle of equal treatment, there continues to be a big gap between de Jure equality and defacto equality. This problem has led policy makers to resort to affirmative action, which implies going beyond the principle of equal treatment and, through the mechanism of preferential treatment, taking positive steps to increase the representation of the disadvantaged groups in areas from which they have been traditionally excluded. However, since their inception and endorsement, affirmative action has been highly controversial both in the public and private forum. The ambivalence in the public perception of affirmative~ e action has often resulted in a situation whereby such policies are publicly and legally challenged, thus frustrating efforts to reverse the deplorable situation put in place by longstanding discrimination against socially and economically disadvantaged groups. The lack of agreement about affirmative action provides the motive for the present study which seeks to assess factors which influence peoples’ attitudes toward affirmative action; meaning, factors which determine support for or opposition to this important issue of public policy. Participants to this study were chosen from among urban dwellers in Kampala and Mukono Municipality. Respondents’ attitudes were gathered using an open ended questionnaire and the collected data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS). Participants’ attitudes towards affirmative action were assessed against the background of three major factors assumed to he the major determinants of attitudes towards affirmative action, namely, the beliefs about the specific actions to be involved in the affirmative action program. the beliefs about the beneficiaries of such policies, and the beliefs about the effectiveness of affirmative action for both the beneficiaries and the organization in which they work.