Managerial techniques and academic officials' satisfaction with extrinsic factors in selected private universities in Uganda
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2011-10
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Kampala International University, School of Postgraduate Studies and Research
Abstract
This study was carried out in 13 private universities to explore the
academic officials': profile; level of managerial techniques in the aspects of concern
for people and for production; degree of satisfaction with extrinsic factors; a
significant difference in their level of managerial techniques and degree of
satisfaction with extrinsic factors between the males and females, and between
sectarian and non- sectarian universities. It also sought to examine whether a
significant relationship exister between the level of managerial techniques and the
degree of satisfaction with extrinsic factors. The data were analyzed using
frequency and percentage distribution, the mean, chi-square, ANOVA, t-test, and
the Pearson Product Moment Correlation. Results from 296 respondents revealed
that majority of the respondents were in middle adulthood, were males, were at
the rank of lecturer, and had served between 1-3 years. Concern for people and for
production were each treated as independent entities based on the Managerial
Grid Model developed by Robert Blake and Jane S. Mouton. It was found out that
56.8% of the respondents had high concern for production and only 3.0% had low
concern for production. 73.6% had high concern for people, and only 7.0 % had
low concern for people. Majority of the respondents (57.8%) were using
paternalistic and opportunistic management, which do not have fixed locations on
the Managerial Grid. The least used technique is dictatorial (0.3%). They are
however more people - oriented than production - oriented. Majority (53.4%)
exhibited low level of satisfaction. The observed p-values of .001, .005,.000, and
.000 however reveal that there was a significant positive correlation between
education qualifications, academic rank, number years in present position, and
university type respectively, with satisfaction. The observed p-values of .056 and
.069 revealed that there was no significant difference in the level of managerial
techniques between males and females, and that there was no significant
difference in the degree of satisfaction with extrinsic factors between males and
females respectively. However, the observed p-values of 0.032 and .000 reveal that
there was a significant difference in the level of dominant managerial techniques
between sectarian and non-sectarian universities; and that there was a significant
difference in the degree of satisfaction with extrinsic factors of academic officials.
There was no significant relationship between managerial techniques and
satisfaction with extrinsic factors of academic officials. It was thus recommended
that universities should improve on the extrinsic factors, and strive for team
management.
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A dissertation presented to the School of Postgraduate Studies and Research in partial fulfillment of the requirements for degree Award of Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Management Kampala International University
Keywords
Managerial, academic