Career Development and Employee Performance in Pentagon Club and Restaurant- Kampala Uganda

TABLE OF CONTENT

DECLARATION ................................................................................................ ii

APPROVAL SHEET .......................................................................................... iii

DEDICATION ................................................................................................. iv

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ..................................................................................... v

ABSTRACT ..................................................................................................... vi

LIST OF TABLES ............................................................................................ ix

CHAPTER ONE ............................................................................................... 1

INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................. 1

1.0 Background .............................................................................................. 1

1.2 Problem of Statement ............................................................................... 2

1.3 The Purpose of the Study .......................................................................... 2

1.3.1 Objectives of the Study .......................................................................... 2

1.4 Research Question .................................................................................... 3

1.5 Scope of the Study ................................................................................... 3

1.6 Significance of the Study ........................................................................... 3

CHARPTER TWO ............................................................................................ 5

LITERATURE REVIEW ..................................................................................... 5

2.0 Concept/ Ideas from Experts Authors ......................................................... 5

2.1 Theoretical Perspectives ............................................................................ 6

2.2 Related studies ......................................................................................... 7

CHAPTER THREE .......................................................................................... 17

METHODOLOGY ........................................................................................... 17

3.1 Research Design ..................................................................................... 17

3.2 Population size ....................................................................................... 17

3.3 Sample Size ........................................................................................... 17

3.4 Sampling Procedure ................................................................................ 17

3.5 Research Instrument .............................................................................. 17

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3.6 Validity and Reliability of the Instrument .................................................. 18

3.7 Research Procedure ................................................................................ 18

3.8 Data Analysis ......................................................................................... 18

3.9 Ethical Consideration .............................................................................. 19

3.10 Limitation of the Study .......................................................................... 19

CHAPTER FOUR ........................................................................................... 20

PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS .............................. 20

4.1 Respondents profile ............................................................................... 20

Table 1: Percentage distribution of Respondents Gender ....................................... 20

Table 2: Percentage distribution of Respondents Age ................................. 20

Table 3: Percentage distribution of Respondents Positions ................................ 21

Table 4: Percentage distribution of Respondents Positions marital status ............ 21

Table 5: Percentage distribution of Respondents Level of education .................. 22

Table 6: Percentage distribution of Respondents Experience ............................ 22

4.2 The rate at which Care development Methods are provided ..................... 23

Table 7: The rate at which Care development Methods are provided ............. 23

4.3 Indicators of performance in pentagon club and restaurant ...................... 23

Table 8: Indicators of performance in pentagon club and restaurant .............. 24

CHAPTER FIVE ............................................................................................. 25

FINDINGS, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION ....................................... 25

5.1 Summary of findings ................................................................................. 25

5.2 Conclusions ............................................................................................ 26

5.3 Recommendations ................................................................................. 27

5.4 Areas for further Research ..................................................................... 27

REFERENCES ............................................................................................... 28

APPENDICES ................................................................................................ 32

APPENDIX I: TIME FRAME ............................................................................ 32

APPENDIX II: BUDGET ................................................................................. 33

APPENDIX: III RESEARCH INSTRUMENT ....................................................... 34

ABSTRACT The study on career development and employee performance was guided by three research objectives that were set to: (a) examine various method of career development in Pentagon Club and Restaurant. (b) Determine the factor that affects performance in Pentagon Club and Restaurant and lastly ©examine the relationship between career development and performance in Pentagon Club and Restaurant Kampala Uganda. The results indicated that career development has a great impact on the employee performance as its absence in the company had negatively affected the employee's performance as required by the management. The company should put in place the specific techniques of career development to be used in the company to ensure that there is consistency in its operations and this can be achieved through considering workshops and seminars The researcher recommends that the whole management should be sensitized about the benefits of effective use of career development and adoption of the appropriate methods so that proper skills are attained by the employees with the aim of improving on their performance for example through the Provision of training to the management of the company on how they can effectively apply career development can improve and performance of not only the employees but also the whole company in general.