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- ItemBank consolidation and employee efficiency: an empirical study on commercial banks in Kano Metropolis, Northern Nigeria(Kampala International University, 2015) Salmanulfarisi, AbdulrahamanThe study established the dimensionality of consolidation, corporate Governance and employee efficiency in Kano Metropolis, Northern Nigeria
- ItemBusiness environmental factors and competitiveness among pharmaceutical companies in Kano Metropolis Nigeria(Kampala International University(KIU), 2017) Uba, ZakariThis study was conceived to investigate the business environmental factors and determine their relationship with the competitiveness of pharmaceutical companies in Kano Metropolis North Western Nigeria. The study comprises of thirty two pharmaceuticals manufacturing companies. The study adopted a descriptive correlation and cross sectional survey designs. Both qualitative and quantitative approaches were employed. Three hundred and twenty (320) researcher-devised questionnaires were distributed to respondents comprising personnel in sales, distribution, pharmacists, distributors and dealers of the companies of manufacturing pharmaceutical companies in Kano Metropolis, Nigeria. Thirty two (32) Management questionnaires were also distributed to management staff in an attempt to capture data on areas which were assumed only top managers could have the privilege of having such information. Interviews were conducted with five key respondents who are management staff and senior staff of the companies being investigated. The study found a significant relationship between business environmental factors and competitiveness among the pharmaceutical companies in Kano metropolis, leading to the rejection of the null hypothesis of no significant relationship between business environmental factors and competitiveness, the study also found a negative insignificant relationship between business strategy and competitiveness. Using hierarchical regression the study also establishes a non significant moderating effect of business strategy on competitiveness. This leads to the non rejection of the null hypothesis of no significant mediating effect of business strategy on competitiveness. All these findings have a far reaching effect on the firms in the study and therefore, the study recommends among others that; pharmaceutical companies in Kano metropolis should explore the environment more, because there is positive correlation between factors in the environment and their competitiveness.
- ItemCentral-Local Governmental Relations and Securing Land Rights in Selected Districts of Western Uganda(Kampala International University, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2020-12) Mugisha David Begumyav Abstract This study sought to examine central-local governmental relations and securing land rights in selected Districts of Western Uganda since the Uganda National Land Policy (UNLP) 2013. The objectives were: to analyze political relations, to assess administrative relations and to examine financial relations between central and local governments in the delivery of secure land rights; and to establish the relationship between customary practices and delivery of secure land rights. The research upheld the systems theory supported by the bottom-up approach for central-local governmental relations in securing land rights. Political, administrative and financial gaps were identified in the literature reviewed. A mixed methods design was used since both descriptive qualitative techniques and regression quantitative techniques were employed. Data was collected from 436 participants and respondents. It was analysed using SPSS 23 for quantitative analysis and thematic and narrative analysis for qualitative analysis. The study found out that central-local governmental relations are dissatisfactory and are in need of addressing, so they can lead to good secure land rights. The study also found out that customary practices are moderating in securing land rights and should be further addressed for better secure land rights. The study concluded that central local political relations and central local financial relations are statistically significant in predicting secure land rights. The study recommended that: there is need for harmonizing existing laws and regulations with the UNLP 2013; to further decentralize land rights administration and delivery of secure land rights by engaging and integrating customary land practices as required by the UNLP 2013 to allow for further local participation; there is need to divorce politics from administration; there is need for stakeholder mapping to determine where all land stakeholders are and what they are doing, this will help in coordinating efforts and to ensure everything the UNLP 2013 requires is being done at the right time in the right fashion; capacity building must be carried out in all land institutions at central and local government level; the government should fast-forward the creation of an autonomous agency in charge of land and enable it operate using a private sector model that will generate and reinvest funds to provide for the untimely funds, lack of funds and to ease auditing and accountability of the land sector; lastly customary practices should be studied and all compatible practices with the UNLP 2013 integrated into securing land rights.
- ItemConceptualizing, and measuring employee performance by examining the antecedents of leadership style, emotional resilience and personality attributes in Kampala Capital City Authority KCCA-Uganda .(Kampala International University, Directorate of Higher Degrees and Research, 2018-04) Ongia, John FrancisThe purpose of the study was to explore the influence of emotional resilience, leadership styles on employee performance in the KCCA, with a view to bridge the gaps identified in the previous related literature and empirical study. The study was guided by three objectives, that is, to find outout the influence of emotional resilience (emotional awareness, perseverance, optimism, internal locus of reference, sense of humour) on employee performance, to establish the influence of leadership styles (transactional, democratic, autocratic, consultative) on employee performance and to establish the influence of emotional resilience on leadership styles. This study employed convergent parallel mixed methods design which consists of the collection or analysis of both quantitative and qualitative data in a single study in which the data are collected concurrently or sequentially, are given a priority, and involve the integration of data at one or more stages in the process of research (Kothari, 2004:5). Using the designs from both quantitative and qualitative paradigm helped augment survey and interview data. . Using Pearson correlation coefficient and the interview data the key findings are: emotional reliance was strongly associated with employee performance; a combination of transactional and transformational leadership has strong influence on employee performance; and finally, leadership behaviours are significantly influenced by emotional resilience. The study recommends that KCCA adopts a deliberate structured approach to developing employee emotional resilience and focus on skilling leaders on transactional-transformational behaviours. Certainly more research is needed on the topic.Further studies should be done on an exploration of the relationship between psychological capital, (optimism, self-efficacy, resilience, occupational stress, burnout) and employee engagement.
- ItemContingency management, rational emotive therapy and drug abuse treatment among teacher trainees of Kano State, Nigeria(Kampala International University, Doctor of Philosophy in Counseling Psychology, 2016-12) Bashir, SaniThis study investigates the prevalence of drug abuse, and the efficacy of contingency management, and rational emotive therapy, in the treatment of drug abuse, among students of teacher training institutions in Kano State, Nigeria. The study approach was Quasi experimenta4 and sequential mixed method (the data collected separately and integrated at the analysis). The designs are descriptive, pretest-posttest, posttest only. The target population was all students studying teacher training courses at Bayero University (BUK) and Sa’adatu Rimi College of Education, Kumbotso (SRCOE). And the sampled population was 24515 students from Bayero University Kano (5000) and Sa’adatu Rimi College of Education, Kumbotso (19515). The sample size was 394 obtain using Slovene’s formula. The sampling techniques were purposive (only teacher trainees are involved), cluster (homogeneous groups were used) and proportional sampling (the clusters are of different size). Questionnaires, interview and observation were use in the collection of data. Mean, Percentage and response from the interview were used to determine the prevalence of drug abuse. Paired sample t-test, interview response and observation rating scale were used to examine the efficacy of Contingency Management (CM) and Rational Emotive Therapy (RET). And posttest mean, interview response and observation rating scale were used to compare the effectiveness of the two therapies. The descriptive finding indicates high prevalence of drug abuse among students in the study area, (29.6%). Paired sample test shows that, both therapies are effective, (CM-sig (2tailed=.019), RET-sig (2tailed=. 025), and the responses of the interview complimented. The finding of posttest reveals that Contingency Management treatment exerted more effect, (Mean3. 7694) as compared with Rational Emotive Therapy treatment (Mean=3. 1467) on drug abuse treatment. However, the finding from the observation revealed no difference on the effectiveness of the two therapies (CMI. 70 and REThI. 71). Also, the responses of the interview were both high. The study concluded that, prevalence of drug abuse is high in the study area, and both Contingency Management and Rational Emotive Therapy are effective in the treatment. Based on the findings, the study made the following recommendations; there is a need to introduce student enlightens programs on drug abuse, and parent should be considerate in dealing with their children among others. Key words: Drug abuse, contingency management, rational emotive therapy, abstinence.
- ItemContingency Management, Rational Emotive Therapy and Drug Abuse Treatment among Teacher Trainees of Kano State, Nigeria(Kampala International University,PHD of Philosophy in Counseling Psychology, 2016-12) Bashir, Sani; Bashir, SaniThis study investigate the prevalence of drug abuse, and the efficacy of contingency management, and rational emotive therapy, in the treatment of drug abuse, among students of teacher training institutions in Kano State, Nigeria. The study approach was Quasi experimenta4 and sequential mixed method (the data collected separately and integrated at the analysis). The designs are descriptive, pretest-posttest, posttest only. The target population was all students studying teacher training courses at Bayero University (BUK) and Sa’adatu Rimi College of Education, Kumbotso (SRCOE). And the sampled population was 24515 students from Bayero University Kano (5000) and Sa’adatu Rimi College of Education, Kumbotso (19515). The sample size was 394 obtain using Slovene’s formula. The sampling techniques were purposive (only teacher trainees are involved), cluster (homogeneous groups were used) and proportional sampling (the clusters are of different size).Questionnaires, interview and observation were use in the collection of data. Mean, Percentage and response from the interview were used to determine the prevalence of drug abuse. Paired sample t-test, interview response and observation rating scale were used to examine the efficacy of Contingency Management (CM) and Rational Emotive Therapy (RET). And posttest mean, interview response and observation rating scale were used to compare the effectiveness of the two therapies. The descriptive finding indicates high prevalence of drug abuse among students in the study area, (29.6%). Paired sample test shows that, both therapies are effective, (CM-sig (2tailed=.019), RET-sig (2tailed=. 025), and the responses of the interview complimented. The finding of posttest reveals that Contingency Management treatment exerted more effect, (Mean3. 7694) as compared with Rational Emotive Therapy treatment (Mean=3. 1467) on drug abuse treatment. However, the finding from the observation revealed no difference on the effectiveness of the therapies (CMI. 70 and REThI. 71). Also, the responses of the interview were both high. The study concluded that, prevalence of drug abuse is high in the study area, and both Contingency Management and Rational Emotive Therapy are effective in the treatment. Based on the findings, the study made the following recommendations; there is a need to introduce student enlightens programs on drug abuse, and parent should be considerate in dealing with their children among others. Key words: Drug abuse, contingency management, rational emotive therapy, abstinence.
- ItemCountry Risk, Corporate Strategy and Performance of Multinational Banks in Sub-Saharan Africa(Kampala International University, 2022-05) Muhanguzi, Kibs B.Within in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), bank profits have notably been generally high compared to other regions despite of the marked high banking competition and diverse levels of country risk. Despite of many studies investigating the determinants of bank profitability, very few, if any, have linked profitability to corporate strategy and country risk. Some multinational banks (MNBs) are rapidly increasing their footprint within SSA region, yet, others are closing down. How country risk and corporate strategy relate to the successful multinational banks is the subject of this research. Given the ontology of MNBs, informed by the strategic management’s co-alignment theory, this study’s set epistemological questions are answered using panel data (2007-2017) of Sub-Saharan Africa’s best performing multinational banks in 2016. Hinging on the cost efficiency’s stochastic frontier approach, estimations are done using Systems Generalized Moments Methods (S-GMM). Results indicate: first, country risk negatively affects the banks’ long run profitability (ROA). Second, corporate strategies: geographic diversification and equity financing, positively effect on ROA; but debt financing strategy negatively affect long run profits (though the magnitude is small). Third, the effect of country risk on ROA is seen reduced by geographic diversification strategy. Fourth, bank competition in the region is found to have a long run positive effect on ROA. Fifth, there is no significant difference in performance between the indigenous pan-African banks and overseas multinational banks. Finally, for control variables, the response of ROA is found to be elastic with respect to bank size but inelastic for country size. Therefore, there is often a need to always survey and analyze the level of country risk, and make appropriate strategies if multinational investors are to survive. When resources allow, expand into any country, irrespective of country size for geographic diversification shields a multinational bank from the effects of country risk.
- ItemCredit Management and financial sustainability in micro-finance institutions in central Uganda(Kampala International University, 2015) Ssendagi, MuhamadThe study established the relation ship between credit management and sustainability and microfinance institutional in central Uganda.
- ItemDecentralization and youth participation in local government in Uganda(Kampala International University, College of Humanities and social Science, 2021-11) Shaft, Nasser MukwayaThis study was conducted to assess the Influence of Decentralization onYouth Participation in Local Governments in Uganda. The study was guided by the four objectives:To assess forms of youth participation under decentralization in Local Government, establishing platforms for youth participation under decentralization in Local Government, establishing factors affecting youth participation under decentralization in Local Government and; to assess the influence of decentralization structure on youth participation in Uganda. The study was anchored on Harts ladder model of participation, institutional theory and theory of collective action. The study also adopted descriptive research design and mixed method approach with concurrent triangulation method of data collection. The study was based on a target population of 411,145 with a sample population of 384 respondents for quantitative data; and 50 participants for qualitative data. Purposive sampling and stratified random sampling techniques were used in the selection of participants. Quantitative results were analysed with the help of Statistical Package for Social Scientists (SPSS), while qualitative data were subjected to thematic content analysis.Using cronbach alpha, the study established high reliability of the instrument; where Decentralization had a coefficient of 0.802; while youth participation had a coefficient of 0.833. Mugenda and Mugenda (2003) showed that a coefficient of 0.80 or more implies a high degree of reliability.The findings show that the youth have utilized the structures of the Local Government Council, and Women Councils as platforms for participation. The regression coefficient (R2= 0.285) indicates that a unit change in decentralization structure would bring about 25.85% change in youth participation. R2 is 0.2588 meaning that about 26 percent of variance in youth participation can be provided by decentralization structure.The remaining 74% is explained by factors such as: gender based discrimination, exclusion of Youth with Disabilities, poor access to information, inadequate level of education. The contribution of this thesis to theory is that it expands the existing body of knowledge on youth participation in the governance process. Findings indicated that local government s and political party youth leagues were the least popular platforms for youth participation with 10% and 5% frequency rate respectively.This trend reveals that attention should be given to local governments since they are the fulcrum upon which decentration, the core of local governments at all levels revolves. The study also revealed that although inadequate financial resources (freq 28,percentage freq 7%) are one of the key factors affecting youth participation in decision-making, they are secondary to gender discrimination(freq 94,percentage freq 24%), poor information flow(freq 219,percentage freq 33%);and dysfunctional local government and s(freq 85,percentage freq 22%). The study recommends that youth participation in the governance process should be enhanced through increased awareness creation and capacity building targeting both the youth leaders and duty bearers, reforms in the structures responsible for youth participation at the Local Government level, reforms in the legal, policy regulatory and institutional framework, provision of adequate funding to the youth programs and structures, promotion of multi-sectoral approach to youth programming, promotion of public private partnerships , improved access to relevant information and quality education and promotion of affirmative action.
- ItemDeterminants of savings, private investment and economic growth in Nigeria (1981-2015).(Kampala International University, College of Economics and Management, 2019-11) Bbuba, Muhammad SobaThe Nigerian economy is at crossroads manifested through rising unemployment rates and low GDP growth rates as well as low investment cum savings rates. Hence the study sought to determine the effects of some macroeconomic variables on domestic savings, private investment and the economic growth of Nigeria during the period of 1981-2015. To achieve the stated objectives of the study, domestic savings, private investment and economic growth models were formulated on the basis of functional linear relationships with the identified predictor variables. The fitted multiple linear regression models adopted the ordinary least squares (OLS) techniques of data analysis, and the mix stationarity of the time series data sets of the growth, savings and investment models informed the decision to apply the autoregressive distributed lags (ARDL) methods of data analysis for these models. The study relied on secondary sources of time series data obtained mainly from Central Bank of Nigeria, National Bureau of Statistics and National Population Commission for the formulated multiple regression models. The outcome of the empirical investigations for the Growth Model evinced that there were direct positive relationships between economic growth and the regressors namely gross domestic savings, foreign direct investment, private domestic investment and human capital. But the results established an inverse relationship between economic growth and population growth rates. Also, the bound tests indicated the existence of a long-run relationship between growth and the predictor variables. Besides, the multiple regression results of the Private Investment Model revealed a strong evidence of statistically significant inverse relationship between private investment and interest rate as well as statistically significant positive relationship between inflation rate and private investment. However, capacity utilization and nominal exchange rate had statistically insignificant positive and negative relationships respectively with private investment. And the bound tests indicated the existence of a long-run relationship between investment and the explanatory variables. Furthermore, for the Savings Model, the results indicated that gross domestic savings had a significantly positive and negative relationship with deposit interest rate and inflation rate respectively. But there was a linear insignificant positive relationship between gross domestic savings and real GDP per capita and population growth rate. Also, the bound tests indicated the existence of a long-run relationship between savings and the independent variables. In essence the study provided a better and broad understanding of the determinants of savings, private investment and economic growth in Nigeria. The study also recommended among others that government should resuscitate the productive base of the economy through appropriate monetary, fiscal and exchange rate policies to improve the economy’s capacity to achieve the desired level of economic growth. Industrial capacity utilization should also be improved to bolster the contribution of the manufacturing sector to the GDP, and also incentives be provided to both domestic and foreign investors by government for the subsistence of firms and businesses and raise the investment/GDP ratio to the level recommended by the World Bank. Also government should encourage rural and semi-urban development of the banking sector for effective savings mobilization and financial intermediation so as to enhance investment opportunities and provide more credit facilities to the economy.
- ItemDeterminants of total factor productivity of the manufacturing industry in Nigeria(Kampala International University, 2018-06) Usman, Bature IsaManufacturing sector in Nigeria had been developing positively as a result of foreign direct investment, foreign companies had introduced new manufacturing technology that saved time, cost and improved the quality of the manufactured goods, despite this initial flourishing growth phase, the sector was not able to successfully meet up domestic demand and the cost for imported manufactured goods were high. This study looked at the determinants of total factor productivity of the manufacturing industry in Nigeria. The objectives of the study were; to examine the short run determinants of total factor productivity; to determine the long run determinants of total factor productivity; to investigate Granger Casualty between determinants and total factor productivity. The study used yearly time series data from the World Bank Data Base, Nigeria National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from the year 1970- 2016. To confirm that the variables were stationary, Unit root test such as Augmented Dickey-Fuller and Phillips Perron were employed. A Vector Autoregressive structure with 2 lags was confirmed using the lag order selection criteria base on the Likelihood Ratio, Akaike Information Criterion (AIC), Schwartz Information Criterion (SIC) and Hannan-Quinn Information Criterion (HQC). Further analysis was carried out in order to examine the short run and long run relationship between the variables, Johansen Cointegration test based on Maximum Eigen test and Trace test confirmed 1 cointegrating equation indicating; total factor productivity was explained by trade openness, foreign direct investment & consumer price index in the short run model as explained by the adjusted R-square about 51.3% of the variation, there exist in the long run model relationship between foreign direct investment, Population growth rate and total factor productivity. Granger Casualty Test was used to test the relationship between the variables; which showed that foreign direct Investments and population growth rate granger cause total factor productivity of the Manufacturing industry at one (1) and five (5) percent level of significance (0.0882) and (0.037), respectively. There exist uni-directional casualty from total factor productivity to trade openness from foreign direct investment to consumer price index and human capital. In conclusion, most remittance inflows into the economy were not recorded by most financial institutions in the short run; long run equilibrium relationship exist between total factor productivity and foreign direct investment & population growth rate; there was unidirectional casual relationship between total factor productivity to trade openness and from foreign direct investment to consumer price index & human capital. The study recommends that long run development plan should be geared towards improving Nigeria manufacturing sector’s total factor productivity in respect to trade openness, consumer price index and human capital Development; there should be effort to strengthen and sustained Foreign Direct Investment at all time by the successive governments; more trade liberalization policies should be formulated, so that the sector will be fortified to satisfy domestic demands and bring about transfer of technology among others; lastly, the study model was able to explained 68% of the total variables, therefore, study recommends the remaining 32% other variables that could as well explain which were not captured by the study model should be investigated by further study.
- ItemE-Procurement and Supply Management System for Kampala International University: Design, Development and Implementation(Kampala International University,Degree Doctor Of Philosophy In Management Information Systems, 2012-11) Kimwise, AloneThe purpose of this study was to test the null hypothesis of no significant difference on the existing procurement and supply management system and the proposed E-PSMS for KIU and to validate the proposed E-PSMS for Kampala International University. The general objective of this study was to design, develop and implement the proposed E-Procurement and Supply Management System (PEPSMS) at KIU. The specific objectives were to: (i) determine the demographic characteristics of respondents in regard to: age, gender, level of education, department of service, number of years working with KIU and ICT knowledge. (ii) Examine appraisal level of the Existing Procurement and Supply Management SYSTEM (EPSMS) by users in regard to customer satisfaction, business process, learn and growth plus finance. (iii) design, develop and implement a PEPSMS for KIU. (iv) determine assessment level by the "users" of the proposed PEPSMS after implementation. (v) establish whether there is a significant difference in the level of assessment between the EPSMS and the PEPSMS. Quasi-experimental design (assessment of the EPSMS) - post test design (after the implementation of the PEPSMS) was used on a total sample of 29 respondents and t-sample test was used to test the null hypothesis. Findings show that, the Level of assessment of the existing procurement and Supply Management System (EPSMS) by the respondents was fair in terms of customer satisfaction, business process, finance, learn and growth. Further more there was a significant difference in level of assessment of the EPSMS and the PEPSMS before and after implementation. However, the researcher recommends that KIU provides opportunities to its staff members who had low ICT knowledge to go for further training as revealed by the study; and full support by management of KIU should be accorded to the PEPSMS because without it, sustainability of the system will not be realized.
- ItemEducation Attainment and Economic Empowerment of Women in the Bunyoro Sub-Region of Uganda(Kampala International University, 2022-06) Kirahora, Barongo EleanorThis study investigated the nexus between education attainment and economic empowerment of women in Bunyoro Sub - Region in Uganda. The general objective of the study was to examine the role of education attainment on the economic empowerment of women in the Bunyoro Sub - Region of Uganda. Specifically, the study examined the influence of education attainment on women’s access to and control of land, analyzed how education attainment influences women’s participation in the labour force and, evaluated the role of education attainment in women’s entrepreneurship. The study was premised on the human capital and the Liberal Feminist theories. Descriptive and correlation research designs, with a mixed method approach, were adopted. From a target population of 1,025,038 women, a sample of four hundred (400) respondents was derived using Slovene’s formula. Choice of respondents was by stratified random and purposive sampling techniques. Data collection methods were questionnaire survey, interviews and Focus Group Discussions while data collection tools included questionnaire, interview guide and focused group discussion guide. At a response rate of 91.5%, 364 questionnaires were used to collect quantitative data. Qualitative data were elicited from additional 25 key informants and analyzed using content analysis. Quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as means and standard deviation, as well as inferential statistics such as Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient and ANOVA. Findings revealed that aggregately, education attainment was significantly correlated with women’s economic empowerment. Further, education attainment predicted 11.2% of access to and control of land, 15.9% of labour force participation and, 28.2% of entrepreneurship. Conclusively, the null hypothesis that there is no significant influence of education attainment on economic empowerment of women was rejected while the alternate hypothesis that education attainment significantly influences economic empowerment of women was accepted. The study recommends that government sets up of a special fund for women’s education, parliament and all stakeholders create awareness of the new succession law which gives women equal inheritance rights, district land commissions of inquiry be set up, affirmative action be extended to lower levels of education, ICT training and learning becomes mandatory for learners and teachers, e-learning at all education levels, and establishment of a micro finance scheme in Bunyoro Sub - Region. The study made contextual, conceptual, practical, and theoretical contributions to knowledge and highlights investigation of other determinants of economic empowerment of women in Uganda, Education attainment and entrepreneurship, as areas for further investigation.
- ItemEffectiveness of forensic accounting services in financial crime detection and prevention in selected Public organizations in Dar Es Salaam Tanzania(Kampala International University, College of Economics & management., 2019-02) Baba, Loseriani LukumayThe study examined the effectiveness of forensic accounting services in financial crime detection and prevention in selected public organizations in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The specific objectives of this study were:-to determine the effect of litigation support services, business advisory services, dispute resolution services and consultancy services on financial crime detection and prevention in public organization in Tanzania. The study was guided by White collar crime theory by Edwin Sutherland, General strain theory by Agnew’s ,Hierarchy of Effects Models by Lavidge & Steiner and Agency Theory (AT) by Jensen & Mecking. The study was guided by the philosophy of Pragmatism with survey design and mixed methods research approach. The population for this study consisted of One thousand one hundred and sixty five staff (1165). This included financials accountants, Layers, internal auditors, Financial Crime Examiner, Investigators, forensic auditors and external auditors in six (6) public organizations located within Dar es Salaam. The organisations were Tanzania Ports Authority (Accountant, Internal Auditors and Investigation Unit), National Audit Office, National Board of Accountants and Auditors, Tanzania Police Force (Financial Crime Unit), Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) and Accountant General Office (AGO). It employed purposive, cluster and simple random sampling for collection of primary data. The data was collected using structured questionnaires, semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions. The descriptive statistics of means and standard deviation, frequencies and charts were used to describe the quantitative data from respondents and to answer the research questions. Regression data analysis approach was used to analyse the quantitative data and content analysis was used to analyse the qualitative data. The results revealed the coefficient value (Beta =0.324, t=8.612, P-value =0.000), which implies that litigation support service contributing about 32.4% to the financial crime detection and prevention in public organizations. The results also depicted (Beta =0.353, t=12.922, P-value <0.005), which implies that business advisory services is contributing about 35.5% to financial crime detection and prevention in public organization. Similarly, the value (Beta =0.075, t=2.202, P-value <0.028) indicated that dispute resolution services is contributing about 7.5% of the financial crime detection and prevention in public organizations. Furthermore, the results (Beta =.286, t=7.273, P-value <0.000), experts consultancy service is contributing about 28.6% towards financial crime detection and prevention in public organizations in the study area. The study recommends for government provision of quality and timely litigation support services in public offices. The study recommends that enabling environment for business advisory services to clients should be provided, while, by strengthening the legal, educational and political framework in Tanzania. More so, the study suggested that government should provide enabling environment for dispute resolution.
- ItemEntrepreneurial capital and perceived performance of small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) In Kano State, Nigeria(Kampala International University, 2018-10) Amaka Cordelia, EgeleMany SMEs are winding up, only few SMEs owners have been able to sustain wealth past one generation, many of the ventures have failed rather than change ownership. Most SMEs die in their infancy with very few like 5% survive and grow to maturity. The main objective of this research study was to examine the relationship between entrepreneurial capital and the perceived performance of SMEs in Kano State, Nigeria. This Dissertation specifically investigated the relationships between entrepreneurial education; entrepreneurial business skills; entrepreneurial risk taking and entrepreneurial personal networks of owners, managers and staff of SMEs in Kano state, Nigeria. The present study employed a cross sectional research and descriptive research design in which data was collected with mixed strategies qualitative and quantitative approaches. The sample size of 396 were selected from a target population of 25,848 owners, managers and other staff using Sloven’s formula. Results using Pearson linear regression analysis did not support three null hypotheses that there were no significant relationship between entrepreneurial capital variables (entrepreneurial education; entrepreneurial business skills and entrepreneurial personal networks) and the perceived performance of SMEs. Specifically, there were positive and strong relationship between the three independent variables and SMEs perceived performance. Entrepreneurial education (t – statistic = 4.605) was significant at P< 0.001; entrepreneurial business skills (t – statistics = 13.596) was significant at P< 0.001 and entrepreneurial personal networks (t - statistic = 6.082) was significant at P< 0.001. Entrepreneurial risk taking exerted insignificance relationship on SMEs perceived performance with t – statistic = 1.853 at sig 0.065. Findings from interview analysis on all the constructs confirmed and cross-validated the study variables. In conclusion the present study has added value to the growing body of knowledge in the field of entrepreneurial development activities. The study recommends that entrepreneurial capital variables should be encouraged (by inspiring deserved workers to attend workshops, conferences and leadership training for owners and managers; ensuring that operators participate vigorously in networking such as participation in leadership of their local chamber of commerce; local lead exchange group to share their product/services; sharing e-newsletters to their existing customers /getting contacts from customers, staff and friends); enriched by acquiring more refresher courses related to the necessary skills in order to update the operators’ abilities to be more current and maintained by ensuring that sure trainings are done frequently in order to continue to influence their performance so as to remain in business as the findings showed positive relationships. Theoretically, the study provided implication by giving additional empirical evidence on the domain of human capital and resource based review theories instead of focusing on other existing theories that explain the precursors of SMEs perceived performance. In practice, the study serves as reference to anyone who is interested in establishing his personal business which provide insight into these entrepreneurial capital variables, and also for any organization that is interested in achieving profitability or continue sustaining effective and profitable business venture.
- ItemEntrepreneurial skills acquisition and utilization among home economics education graduates of Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria(Kampala International University.College Of Open and Distance Learning, 2017) Rakiya, AhmedIn today's entrepreneurial age and with the increase in the number of graduates searching for work in the labour market, the need for entrepreneurship education and training in colleges and universities is increasing rapidly. Drawing upon Vrooms Expectancy Theory and Schumpeter Innovation Theory of Entrepreneurship, this study examined entrepreneurial skills acquisition and utilization among home economics education graduates of Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria Nigeria, where the following objectives were investigated; a) relationship between acquisition and utilization of innovation skills b) relationship between acquisition and utilization of creativity skills c) relationship between acquisition and utilization of foresight skills. The study employed mixed method research designs; both qualitative and quantitative approaches were used. Using a purposive sampling, 234 home economics graduates were selected and 37 staff of Ahmadu Bello University and 37 local government Administrators were randomly selected in the study. The data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation. Regression was used to test the effects of all the variables while Pearson's Linear Correlation Coefficient was used to test the relationship at 0.01 level of significance. The findings showed that correlation between innovation skills and utilization was highly significant. (r= .700, Sig = 0.000 < 0.01 level of significant).Similar findings regarding the relationship between creativity skills and utilization was highly significant. (r= .700, Sig = 0.000 < 0.01 level of significant). In the same vein, there is a high correlation between foresight skills and utilization. (r=.726, Sig= 0.000 < 0.01 level of significant). Based on the findings the following were the conclusions: that innovations, creativity and foresight were all significant but foresight emerged as the major predictor of skills utilization. It is recommended that there must be resource allocation by the university management for the mentoring of graduates after school. There must be a realistic target which will serve as a guide for home economics graduates to have focus on what is expected of them. Home economics graduates should attend and participate in workshops and conferences to acquire more skills in innovation, creativity and foresight. And the government should provide grants or loans to graduates to utilize the skills acquired in the university.
- ItemEntrepreneurship education and venture creation potential among colleges of education graduates in Kano state Nigeria(Kampala international international: College of Economics and Management, 2018-05) Aminu, Rabi'u NanMost policymakers and academics agree that entrepreneurship is vital to the development and well-being of a society in various forms, for instance, in jobs creation, provision of goods and service. For that reason, many countries including Nigeria saw the light in dealing with graduates' unemployment that becomes molestful to them. Entrepreneurship education was introduced by Federal Government of Nigeria to be offered by students in all tertiary institutions irrespective of students' area of specialization in 2006. But since inception to date, the rates of graduates' unemployment keep on increasing. This study, therefore, aims to investigate the effect of entrepreneurship education on venture creation among graduates of Colleges of Education in Kano state Nigeria. The objectives of the study were: to examine the effect of entrepreneurship education pedagogy on venture creation potentials among graduates of College of Education in Kano state : to determine the effect of entrepreneurship education content on venture creation potentials among graduates of Colleges of Education in Kano state Nigeria: to examine the effect of entrepreneurship education institutional setting on venture creation potentials among graduates of Colleges of Education in Kano state Nigeria. The design was descriptive and correlational also a mixture of positivist and interpretive paradigms. 385 samples were selected from the target population of 10,235 using Sloven's formulae. Descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation and regression analysis were used to analyze the quantitative data, while discursive and thematic method was used to analyze the qualitative data. Chapter one made headway on the background coupled with the statement of the problem, purpose, specific objective, hypothesis, research questions as well as the significance of the study. Chapter two focused on a review of related literature. However, research methodology which conglomerated discussion on philosophy, research design, the population of the study, method of data collection used, data analysis, validity and reliability of the instrument coupled with a pilot study and ethical consideration were all discussed in chapter three. Chapter four consist of the findings of the study which indicated that the null hypothesis designed for the study be rejected because it revealed a positive significant relationship between entrepreneurship education pedagogy, education content, entrepreneurship education teaching personnel and venture creation potentials among graduates of Colleges of Education in Kano state Nigeria. But for entrepreneurship education classroom setting the study revealed that it did not have any significant relationship with venture creation potentials among graduates of Colleges of Education in Kano state Nigeria which mean its hypothesis hold. Chapter five consists of discussion, conclusion, and recommendation. Based on the findings it was concluded that entrepreneurship education pedagogy, content and teaching personnel have a strong positive effect on venture creation potentials among graduates of Colleges of Education in Kano state Nigeria. The three constructs covered and the ability to investigate how prepared Kano state graduates ' of Colleges of education were in terms of self-reliant which also served as part of the study gap in this study made the study unique in terms of contribution to knowledge. The recommendation made among others was the federal ministry of education should intensify effort to widen the scope of teaching entrepreneurship education for venture creation down to secondary schools and primary schools level in Nigeria. This will enable children before reaching youth age develop a spirit and courage of being self-reliant at any stage of their academic career.
- ItemEntrepreneurship education and venture creation potential among Colleges of Education Graduates in Kano State Nigeria by(Kampala International University(KIU), 2018) Nana, Rabl'u AminuMost policymakers and academics agree that entrepreneurship is vital to the development and well-being of a society in various forms, for instance, in jobs creation, provision of goods and service. For that reason, many countries including Nigeria saw the light in dealing with graduates' unemployment that becomes molestful to them. Entrepreneurship education was introduced by Federal Government of Nigeria to be offered by students in all tertiary institutions irrespective of students' area of specialization in 2006. But since inception to date, the rates of graduates' unemployment keep on increasing. This study, therefore, aims to investigate the effect of entrepreneurship education on venture creation among graduates of Colleges of Education in Kano state Nigeria. The objectives of the study were: to examine the effect of entrepreneurship education pedagogy on venture creation potentials among graduates of College of Education in Kano state Nigeria: to determine the effect of entrepreneurship education content on venture creation potentials among graduates of Colleges of Education in Kano state Nigeria: to examine the effect of entrepreneurship education institutional setting on venture creation potentials among graduates of Colleges of Education in Kano state Nigeria. The design was descriptive and correlational also a mixture of positivist and interpretive paradigms. 385 samples were selected from the target population of 10,235 using Sloven's formulae. Descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation and regression analysis were used to analyze the quantitative data, while discursive and thematic method was used to analyze the qualitative data. Chapter one made headway on the background coupled with the statement of the problem, purpose, specific objective, hypothesis, research questions as well as the significance of the study. Chapter two focused on a review of related literature. However, research methodology which conglomerated discussion on research philosophy, research design, the population of the study, method of data collection used, data analysis, validity and reliability of the instrument coupled with a pilot study and ethical consideration were all discussed in chapter three. Chapter four consist of the findings of the study which indicated that the null hypothesis designed for the study be rejected because it revealed a positive significant relationship between entrepreneurship education pedagogy, entrepreneurship education content, entrepreneurship education teaching personnel and venture creation potentials among graduates of Colleges of Education in Kano state Nigeria. But for entrepreneurship education classroom setting the study revealed that it did not have any significant relationship with venture creation potentials among graduates of Colleges of Education in Kano state Nigeria which mean its hypothesis hold. Chapter five consists of discussion, conclusion, and recommendation. Based on the _findings it was concluded that entrepreneurship education pedagogy, content and teaching personnel have a strong positive effect on venture creation potentials among graduates of Colleges of Education in Kano state Nigeria. The three constructs covered and the ability to investigate how prepared Kano state graduates' of Colleges of education were in terms of self reliant which also served as part of the study gap in this study made the study unique in terms of contribution to knowledge. The recommendation made among others was the federal ministry of education should intensify effort to widen the scope of teaching entrepreneurship education for venture creation down to secondary schools and primary schools level in Nigeria. This will enable children before reaching youth age develop a spirit and courage of being self-reliant at any stage of their academic career.
- ItemEntrepreneurship skills and career performance among self-employed university graduates in North-West Geo Political Zone of Nigeria(Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Business Management, 2017-04) Amina, SaniDrawing upon human capital theory, this study examined the effect of entrepreneurship skills on career performance of 319 self-employed university graduates in northwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria. The examined three objectives and research questions in establishing the relationship between; 1) planning skills; 2) interpersonal skills and 3) financial management skills and career performance of graduates. The study employed a cross sectional and descriptive correlational survey design. A researcher made questionnaire was used to collect data from the graduates who were selected using systematic random and purposive sampling techniques. Data analysis was done using frequencies and percentage distributions, means and standard deviations, factor analysis and structural regression equation modeling using partial least square (PLS-SEM). The findings on the profile characteristics of the graduates revealed that there were more male self employed graduates than females (63.6%> 36.4%), most of them were between 20-30 years (47.3%), majority had a bachelor’s degree (48.6%), were from social sciences (65.8%), owned a limited liability company (53.9%), were from printing and publishing sector (43.3%) and had stayed in business for less than three years (53.3%). Career performance of the self-employed graduates was rated moderate (overall mean = 2.04) on a four-point Likert scale. Mean ratings on entrepreneurial skills were; i) planning skills were found to be very high (overall mean = 3.32); ii) interpersonal skills were also rated very high (overall mean 3.27) and iii) financial skills were rated very high (overall mean 3.27). The results from partial least squares structural equation model supported the hypothesized direct effect of entrepreneurship skills on career performance. Specifically, there was a significant relationship between; i~) planning skills in general and career performance (r -.247, p = .000; Adjusted R .346, F = 3 3.734, p .000). Marketing (Beta = -.322, p .000) and customer service (Beta = -.086, p = .010) were the most important planning skills in enhancing career performance; ii) there was a significant positive relationship between interpersonal skills in general and career performance (r .127, p = .026; Adjusted R2 = .082, F = 5.570, p = .000). Leadership skills (Beta .145, p .000), networking skills (Beta = .118, p = .047) and team building skills (Beta -.131, p .014). However, the hypothesized significant relationship between financial management skill and career performance was not fully found (r .039, p .491; Adjusted R2 .068, F 6.640, p = .000). Only bookkeeping skills (Beta .124, p = .000) positively and significantly influenced career performance. The researcher concluded that entrepreneurial skills in general significantly influence career performance of the graduates. Entrepreneurship skills acquired through the mandatory entrepreneurship education programmer for undergraduate students of tertiary institutions in Nigeria are an important consideration in helping self-employed graduates to enhance their career performance. The researcher recommended that the entrepreneurship education curriculum needs to be enhanced by ensuring that its content is in line with the skills required in the job market. From this study, graduates exhibited a high level of skills, but their career performance did not match it, an indicator that the content could be having a problem.
- ItemEntrepreneurship skills and success of small medium manufacturing Enterprise in Kano state Nigeria(Kampala International University, 2017) Mato, UmarThe study assessed the effects of performance management and productivity taking national institute for social security as a case study after UNDP project implementation