Capacity building and staff performance of local government employees of Oyam District Northern Uganda
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2014-10
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Kampala International University, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Abstract
The purpose of study was to investigate whether there is a relationship between capacity building
and staff performance of LG employees in Oyam District, Northern Uganda, it was guided by
three objectives. These are; to investigate the level of capacity building in the LG of Oyam
District, to determine the level of staff performance among the LG employees of Oyam District
and to establish whether there is a relationship between capacity building and staff performance
of the LG employees ofOyam District.
The study was based on descriptive correlational research design because it would reveal the
relationship between capacity building and staff performance. A total of I 02 LG staff including
LCI, LC2, LC3 and LC5 chairpersons with their councilors respectively.
Questionnaire was the main instrument of data collection. There were two types of data for this
study: Primary data obtained from the field and secondary data obtained from what other
researchers have written on the topic such as reports, journals, books and internet documents were
used. Data analysis, it was guided by three objectives; these are; to investigate the level of capacity
building in the LG of Oyam District; to determine the level of staff performance among the LG
employees of Oyam District and to establish whether there is a relationship between capacity
building and staff performance of the LG employees ofOyam District. The researcher used means
and standard deviation in order to determine the level of capacity building in the LG of Oyam
district and the level of staff performance among the LG employees of Oyam District. In order to
achieve the third objective, that is to establish whether there is a relationship between capacity
building and staff performance the LG employees of Oyam District, the researcher used
correlation and regression analysis were used to investigate the relationship between capacity
building and staff performance in general.
Based on the findings, the researcher therefor-e made the following conclusion in relation to the
objectives: The level of capacity building in Oyam District is satisfactory. Meaning that Oyam
District ensures that capacity building where the abilities of the staff are enhanced to improve on
their performance. The level of staff performance among the LG employees of Oyam district is
satisfactory. This means that the performance of staff in Oyam District is shown by the output.
There is a significant positive relationship between capacity building and staff performance the
LG employees of Oyam district. This leads to rejection of the Null hypothesis that there is no
relationship between capacity building and staff-performance the LG employees of Oyam District.
The results therefore reveal that, as capacity building increase, staff performance also increases.
In the view of the findings, the researcher made the following recommendations; there is need by
the local government to improve on the number of short courses organized in the view of
improving staff performance. The local government of Oyam district also needs to improve on
involvement of employees in policy formulation as this will improve on the motivation of staff
hence increasing performance through service delivery. Paying employees according to
productivity acts as a motivation to work hard therefore, the local government leaders in Oyam
district need to realize this and thus start rewarding employees according to productivity.
Description
A thesis submitted to the college of higher degrees and research in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of a Degree Master in Human resource management of Kampala International University
Keywords
Capacity building, Staff performance, Local government employees, Northern Uganda