Human Capacity Building and Competitive Advantage in Selected NGOs in Eastern Uganda.
| dc.contributor.author | Amoding, Caroline | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-12-12T17:20:43Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-12-12T17:20:43Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012-10 | |
| dc.description | A Thesis Presented To The College Of Higher Degrees And Research Kampala International University Kampala, Uganda. In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Masters of Arts in Human Resource. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This study stressed the effect of human capacity building in selected NGOs in selected districts in eastern Uganda on four specific objectives, namely; (1) to determine the demographic profile of respondents in terms of age, gender, marital status and educational level among employees; (2) to determine the level of human capacity building (knowledge, skills and abilities); (3) to determine the level of competitive advantage (information and technology driven strategy, innovation, market leadership and differential strategy); (4) to establish whether there was a significant relationship between human capacity building and competitive advantage in selected NGOs. The research employed a descriptive correlation survey design; used the SAQ to collect data from a hundred respondents, the sample size determined by the Sloven formula. Data analysis was done using SPSS frequencies and percentages, means and PLCC. The findings showed that the majority of the staff in NGOs in the age bracket of 26035 years, there is no gender balance, the majority of the respondents were married, 45% had a degree and the majority of the respondents had worked for 2-3 years. The degree of human capacity building was found high and the level of competitive advantage also high. It was there after revealed that there is a significant relationship between human capacity building and level of competitive advantage in selected NGOs. The researcher recommended improvement such s increase the degree of motivation to preparation and work in terms of total rewards such as field allowance, lunch allowance, housing allowance to mention but a few, Behavioral modification for reinforcement, sensitivity training so as to understand how people behave and express themselves. Basing on theory Z of motivation by William Ouchi (1981), which guided the study, it was proved that human capacity building has a significant effect on competitive advantage. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12306/5292 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Kampala international University college of humanities and social science | en_US |
| dc.subject | Human Capacity Building | en_US |
| dc.subject | NGOs in Eastern Uganda. | en_US |
| dc.title | Human Capacity Building and Competitive Advantage in Selected NGOs in Eastern Uganda. | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |