Browsing The Ugandan Journal of Management and Public Policy Studies by Title
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Can social media enhance service delivery? Lessons and best practices
(Uganda Management Institute, 2016-11)Governments are increasingly leveraging social media to deliver better services to the public. These networks are useful for government organizations since they have many interactive and innovative features which aid ... -
Causes and cost of traffic jams in Kampala
(Uganda Management Institute, 2017-05)This article investigates the causes and cost of traffic jam in Kampala, through a survey of 291 road users. Narrow roads, indisciplined drivers, poor urban planning, limited car parking and concentration of most economic ... -
Challenges of Information and Communication Technology usage and accessibility in managing public sector records in Local Governments in Uganda
(Uganda Management Institute, 2015-03)For most developing countries, and more specifically African countries, the experience in the application of information and communication technology (ICT) to harness knowledge-based economies is still challenging. Hence, ... -
Challenges to policy implementation in Uganda: Reflections on politics and the State
(Uganda Management Institute, 2014-09)Like many African countries, Uganda faces the problem of poor or failed implementation of state polices and government programmes. There is a big gulf between policy making and actual implementation. This article locates ... -
Community service functions of higher education institutions and socio-economic development in Uganda
(Uganda Management Institute, 2016-11)This study examined the link between community service functions of higher education institutions (HEIs) and socio-economic development of localities around these institutions. The study set out to: explore the forms and ... -
A comparative analysis of the Uganda public service across time since Independence
(Uganda Management Institute, 2016-11)Uganda attained independence on 9th October, 1962. Since independence, the Uganda Public Service sector has undergone three phases of reforms. The Public Service is the administrative machinery through which the government ... -
Compliance with record-keeping regulatory standards in public procurement in Uganda: Performance challenges and strategic measures for improvement
(Uganda Management Institute, 2015-03)Record-keeping is widely underscored for its crucial role in enhancing transparency, accountability, fostering procurement audits, identifying performance gaps and ultimately improving the delivery of public services. In ... -
Constraints in using mobile money services in Uganda
(Uganda Management Institute, 2017-05)The purpose of this study is to examine constraints hindering the successful use of mobile money (MM) services in Uganda from the perspectives of the users and agents. The researcher used a cross sectional study design and ... -
The controversies of social media surveillance: When privacy and exposure are at war
(Uganda Management Institute, 2016-11)Social media is characterized by a self-regulatory privacy policy regime that puts capital interest’s first. Surveillance normally occurs in political and economic forms; though to a small extent social surveillance is also ... -
Corporal punishment and students’ discipline in Uganda’s Schools: A literature review
(Uganda Management Institute, 2014-03)This paper examines the adoption of corporal punishment in managing student discipline in pre-primary, primary and secondary schools in Uganda. Corporal punishment as the intentional infliction of physical pain has long ... -
Corporate governance and the enforcement of standards: An appraisal of standards organizations in Tanzania
(Uganda Management Institute, 2014-03)This article debates the enforcement of quality standards within Tanzania’s corporate governance framework. The article probes into whether the continuing increase in the number of organizations responsible for monitoring ... -
Democratic deficits and public confidence in public institutions in Uganda: Implications of accountability on public confidence in the Uganda Local Government Institution
(Uganda Management Institute, 2014-09)There is a general belief by scholars and practitioners alike that the notable declining public confidence in public institutions in developing countries like Uganda is a consequence of democratic deficits in institutional ... -
Determinants of tax effort in developing countries: Empirical evidence from Uganda
(Uganda Management Institute, 2014-09)Tax effort is the exertion that a country puts into collecting revenue that is necessary to meets its expenditure demands for sustainable development. One of the reforms that the World Bank recommends to DCs aimed at ... -
Drivers of recentralization in Uganda and effect on service delivery
(Uganda Management Institute, 2016-11)Decentralization defined as the transfer of authority from central to local governments to perform certain duties, is seen as one of the public sector reform strategies to increase service delivery. Uganda is one of the ... -
The effect of business regulatory standards on export trading by small enterprises: A comparative analysis of Africa and Uganda
(Uganda Management Institute, 2014-09)This article investigates the relationship between regulatory standards affecting export trade and the proportion of exporting SMEs with a focus on Africa and especially Uganda. The study is principally a global comparative ... -
Funding and the quality of primary education in Uganda
(Uganda Management Institute, 2017-11)Goal four of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals aims to achieve quality and inclusive primary and secondary education by 2030. In Uganda, Vision 2040 and the National Development Plan II underscore human resource ... -
Good governance and intellectual capital: Emerging evidence from universities in Uganda
(Uganda Management Institute, 2017-05-01)The study explores faculty perception of intellectual capital and governance practice in public and private universities in Uganda. Furthermore, the investigation examines factors that account for faculty retention and ... -
The good, bad and ugly of administrative reforms in Africa: Discourse, policy controversies and policy orientations
(Uganda Management Institute, 2015-03)The article revisits through a policy analysis the on-going debate on the major structuring of administrative reforms so badly needed to move Africa from a backward to a service delivery society. Critically and analytically ... -
Human resource hiring process and cooperation in greater Bushenyi Districts, Western Uganda
(Uganda Management Institute, 2015-03)This study assesses the relationship between human resource hiring process (HRHP) and cooperation of Greater Bushenyi Districts Local Government (GBDLG). The Greater Bushenyi District Local Governments includes the Districts ... -
Identifying the internal environment components critical to realizing the planned performance of Micro-Finance Institutions in Uganda
(Uganda Management Institute, 2014-09)The nature of a firm’s internal environment is known to be a major determinant of its performance. It is, however, not always clear which components of this environment are critical and therefore need more managerial attention ...