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An Assessment of the Tourism Industry on Poverty Alleviation in Zanzibar A Case Study of Urban West Region Zanzibar

ABSTRACTS  The study Assessed the tourism on Poverty Alleviation, its case study was Taken in Urban West Region of Zanzibar with three specific objectives, analyzes the contribution of tourism towards employment, to evaluate the involvement of tourism in foreign exchange earning in Zanzibar, and to find the linkage between tourism and other sectors of economy in Zanzibar. A case study method was used as research design. Deductive approach was opted and to sample the population of the study a...

Loan Management and Financial Performance of Selected Savings and Credit Cooperatives in Kampala District, Uganda

ABSTRACT  The study delved into Loan management and financial performance of the selected Savings and Credit Cooperatives (SACCO5) in Kampala District, Uganda. Specifically, the study sought: to determine the extent of loan management in the New Vision and Toyota Uganda’s SACCOs; to determine the level of financial performance; and to establish if there was a significant relationship between the extent of ioan management and level of financial performance of the New Vision and Toyota Ugand...

Staff Development and Performance of Non-Government Organisations in Kampala District, Uganda

ABSTRACT  This study established the effect of staff development programmes on performance of Non-Government Organisations in Uganda and especially Kampala District, three specific objectives guided this study and these were i) examining staff development programmes in NGOs in Kampala district, Uganda; ii) assessing the performance of NGOs in Kampala district Uganda, and (iii) establishing the effect of staff development on performance of NGOs in Uganda. This research used a descriptive corr...

The Contribution of Local Leaders in Conflict Resolution and Peace Building in Mogdishu Somalia

ABSTRACT  The study investigated the contribution of local leaders in conflict resolution and peace building in Mogadishu Somalia; it was intended to identify the contribution of Somali local leaders in conflict resolution and peace building in Mogadishu, Somalia. Specifically identify the strategies used by local leaders in peace building process in Mogadishu, Somalia, to investigate the challenges face local leaders in conflict resolution and peace building process in Mogadishu, Somalia. T...

Budgeting and Road Infrastructure Maintenance in Uganda A Case of Selected Sub Counties in Bukonzo West Constituency Kasese District

ABSTRACT  The study was about Budgeting and road infrastructure maintenance in lower local Governments of Bukonzo west Kasese District. The study was carried out in the Sub counties of Bwera, Nyakiyumbu and Isango. The objectives of the study were to assess the role of budget process on road infrastructure maintenance in the Sub counties of Nyakiyumbu, Bwera and Isango, Bukonzo west Kasese District. To establish the effect of resource allocation on road infrastructure maintenance in Bukonzo ...

Contribution of Local Government to Primary Education in Galkaio Somalia

ABSTRACT  This study was undertaken with the primary purpose of determining if there is a relationship between local government and primary education in Galkaio. To accomplish this task, it was guided by the following research questions; what is the profile of the respondents in terms of age, sex, level of education. This study was set out to establish the level the contribution of local government to primary education in Galkaio, Somalia. Specially, the study was to establish how local gove...

Training and Employee Performance in Selected Institutions in Dar-Es-Salaam Tanzania

ABSTRACT  The study aims to establish the relationship between training and employee performance and was guided by the following objectives; To assess how training needs assessment affects employee performance at TPB- Dar-es-Salaam; to investigate the importance of on-the-job and off-the-job on employee performance at TPB-Dar-es-Salaam; to examine the effect of performance appraisal on employee performance at TPB-Dar es-Salaam. A descriptive research design was used involving the application...

Communication and Employee Commitment in Kampala International University, Uganda.

ABSTRACT  Purpose of the research study was to investigate the relationship between Communication and Employee Commitment in Kampala International University (KIU), Though KIU’ s employees usually exchange socio and work oriented communication among themselves and sometimes between employees and management using different communication media, they are not strongly emotionally attached to the university, have no costs at all associated with leaving the university and have no feelings of obl...

Outcome of the Choice of the Training Needs Assessment on Employee Training in Private Hospitals. A Case Study of Mwananchi Hospital in Mwanza Tanzania.

ABSTRACT  This study investigated the outcome of training needs assessment on employee training in private hospitals. The research based on three specified research objectives which were to asses the outcomes of training needs assessment on staff training at Mwananchi Hospital, to investigate the current training programmes at Mwananchi Hospital and to examine any improvement and performance of staff training. From the research, the problem of not conducting training needs assessment before ...

Management Styles on Employee Performance and Needs Satisfaction in Selected Nairobi-Kenya Based Hospitals

ABSTRACT  Management styles in organizations in general is currently one of the major domains of organizational research, and the study of organizational change has become one of the major aspects in being able and helping to measure the organization performance; efficiency and effectiveness. The study objective was to establish the relationship between management styles used by managers and their effect to human needs satisfaction and performance of employees. A descriptive correlation rese...

The Role of some Sector Programmes in Poverty Reduction in Rwanda A Case Study of Rwamagana District

ABSTRACT  This study determined the role & some sector programs in poverty reduction in Rwanda: A case study of Rwamagana District. The objectives of the study were to establish the role of rural roads in poverty reduction, to find out the role of primary health care in poverty reduction and to find out the role of agriculture extension services in poverty reduction in Rwanda. This study employed a case study design to determine the role of some sector programs in poverty reduction in Rwanda...

Human Resource Policies and Employee Turnover in Kigali Institute of Education, Rwanda

ABSTRACT  The tendency of teaching staff to leave their job and look for jobs somewhere else motivated me to undertake this research. Observations from higher institutions of learning show that they have instability of workforce which lead to courses interruption in the middle of semesters, the use of unreliable visiting staff that jeopardize the quality of education and lack of inconsistence in teaching. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of implementation of human r...

Monitoring and Evaluation of Global Donor Fund Performance by the Government of Rwanda

ABSTRACT  The major focus of this research is on the Monitoring and Evaluation of Global Fund performance by the Government of Rwanda. The objectives of the study were to determine the role of Monitoring system in assessing the performance of Global Fund project, To know if Evaluation system plays a role in assessing the performance of Global Fund, to identify the relationship M&E and the effective performance of Global Fund, to know if Monitoring and Evaluation informs Decision makers about...

Investigating the Importance of Counselling Services to the Communities of Makindye Division, Kampala District

Abstract  Thus the study was focused on investigating the importance of counselling 111 the development of communities in Makindye Division Kampala district. The research questions were designed to direct the research in the course of the data collection. The study was buit on the theory of Carl Rogers who proposed that counselling services would empower an individual in the psychological growth and maturity and hence make responsible decisions. The study adopted basically descriptive resear...

Procurement Process and Performance of Uganda Prisons Service

ABSTRACT  This study carried out an investigation on procurement process and performance in the Uganda Prison Service. The objectives of the study were 1) To investigate the stages in the procurement process at Uganda Prisons Service 2) To determine the level of performance at Uganda Prisons Service and 3) To establish the relationship between the procurement process and performance in the Uganda Prison Service. The study employed descriptive correlation study design which involved both qual...


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