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- ItemLearning Environment and Educational Efficiency in Selected Public and Private Universities in Central Uganda(Kampala International University, Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Management (Planning), 2011-11) Kyolaba, Sarah DianahThe study delved into the relationship between learning environment and educational efficiency. Sought further in this study were as follows; (1) Demographic characteristics of respondents?; (2) Levels of learning environment and educational efficiency?; (3) significant differences in the level of learning environment between public and private universities?; ( 4) teachers' attributes as perceived by teachers and student?; (5) educational wastage between the public and private universities?; (6) potential ability to enter into the job market between the male and female students? And (7) Significant relationship between the levels of learning environment and educational efficiency? The ex-post facto, descriptive comparative and correlation design were utilized. Three hundred eighty seven teachers and third year students were selected through purposive and stratified random sampling. Standardized research instruments on learning environment and external efficiency, and a checklist on internal efficiency were used. Frequency tables and percentage distributions, t-test, Pearson's Correlation Coefficient and Analysis of Variance were utilized to statistically analyze the data collected. Majority of the teachers were male (73%), early adulthood (77%), Ugandans (78%), had experience of less than five years (43%) and had master's degree (73%). The findings revealed that: majority of the students' respondents were males (68%); in the early adulthood age (95%), and Ugandans (54%). Levels of learning environment (2.85) and potential ability to enter into the job market were high (3.24). There was no significant difference in the levels of learning environment between private and public universities (Sig. =0.185) and potential ability to enter the job market between the female and male students but there was a significant difference in the level of teacher attributes between the teachers and students Sig.=O.OOO). The level of learning environment was found not to be correlated the level of educational wastage while it greatly affected the potential ability of graduates of to enter into the job market. The level of educational wastage was not significantly different between private and public universities. It was concluded that the learning environment was not correlated with internal efficiency while it had a high association on the external efficiency. It was recommended that universities should create and activate alumni associations and strong career guidance and counseling department, the class size should be enlarged. Educational wastage should be addresses even at lower levels of education.
- ItemTotal quality management and teacher trainees' competences in primary teachers' colleges of Wakiso and Kampala districts, Uganda(Kampala International University, Directorate of Higher Degrees and Research, 2017-11) Mugyenyi, Archippus; ApoloQuality measures put in place in an organization are an important aspect for the quality of the outputs. Thus the study set out to investigate if total quality management could influence teacher trainees' competences in Uganda's Primary Teachers' Colleges. The objectives were to; explore the relationship between leadership's total quality practices and teacher trainees' competences, examine the relationship between entry qualifications management and teacher trainees' competences and then analyze the relationship between customer focus and teacher trainees' competences. Systems theory and organizational development theory guided this study. The design of the study was exploratory descriptive survey design, based on the quantitative and qualitative approaches. The study was executed in two Primary Teachers' Colleges in Wakiso and Kampala districts as of the year 2014, from a target population of 402 using stratified and quota sampling. A sample of 236 teacher trainees was obtained using Sloven's formula. Purposive and systematic random sampling, were used to obtain respondents who were teacher trainees, tutors, Ministry of Education officials and administrators of Primary Teachers' Colleges. Questionnaires, interviews and competence assessment form were used to collect data. Descriptive statistics, logistic regression and Pearson Product Moment Correlation were used to analyze quantitative data, while thematic analysis was used to analyze qualitative data. The study found out that there was a positive but weak relationship between; leadership's total quality practices and teacher trainees' competences (R2=.1827), entry qualifications management and teacher trainees' competences (R2=.2356) and customer focus managerial approach and teacher trainees' competences (r=.057, p=.385). Thus a positive but weak relationship was found to exist between total quality management and teacher trainees' competences. The recommendation was that in order to equip teacher trainees with appropriate competences, Primary Teachers' Colleges should embrace total quality management as a whole and not just implementing its components in an incoherent manner.
- ItemManagerial techniques and academic officials' satisfaction with extrinsic factors in selected private universities in Uganda(Kampala international international: College of Education, open and distance learning, 2011-10) Vincent, KayinduThis 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 existed 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 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, and 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
- ItemImpact of implementation practices of the retirement policy 2004 and academic staff attrition in selected Tertiary Institutions in Adamawa State, Nigeria(Kampala International University, college of Education,open and distance -learning., 2018-12) Jongur, Ibrahim UmaruThe aim of the study was to investigate the perceptions of academic staff on the impacts of the objectives of retirement policy 2004 on academic staff attrition in tertiary institutions in Adamawa State, Nigeria. The specific objectives of this Study were to determine the impact of the amount and process of retirement benefit; Lack of uniform rules and enhancement of individual savings on academic staff attrition in tertiary institutions, to assess the effect of growth of pension liabilities on academic staff attrition in tertiary institutions and to determine the relationship between retirement policy 2004 and academic staff attrition in tertiary institutions in Adamawa sate, Nigeria. The study used the descriptive survey design with mixed method (Triangulation) research approach underpinned by pragmatism philosophy. The population consisted of all academic staff from three selected tertiary institutions, their pension managers, and heads of the institutions. Both probability and non-probability sampling methods of purposive and simple random sampling were used for collecting the relevant data for this study. The study was guided by a three component model conceptual framework comprising of retirement policy 2004 factors (objectives) as the independent variables, academic staff attrition as the dependent variable and mediating variable comprising of internal and external factors. The finding indicated that there was a significant relationship between retirement policy 2004 and academic staff attrition in tertiary institutions in Adamawa sate, Nigeria. The study concluded that the retirement policy 2004 has failed to yield the desired results and it is contributing to the massive academic staff attrition and retirement from the tertiary institutions in the state. The study recommended for the increase in the amount of retirement benefits through increase in contribution by increasing academic staff pay package, and the process of payment should be simplified through removing unnecessary bottle necks and the establishment of PENCOM offices in all the 36 states; the federal government should establish a unified rules, regulations and standards across board and ensure that PENCON is solely responsible for the administration of the retirement policy; federal government to as a matter of urgency ensures the increase and implementation of the take–home salary package which will enable the academic staff to save more for their retirement. Finally, the study recommended for a three component model of public, private and trade union partnership for effective and efficient management of retirement policy to minimise academic staff attrition.
- ItemReward Management strategies and discipline of employees in private Universities in Uganda(Kampala International University, 2017) Emurugat, ImmaculateThe study investigated the Relationship between Reward Management Strategies and Employee discipline in private Universities in Uganda