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Remuneration and Motivation of Teachers in Government Aided Secondary Schools in Mukono District
(Makerere University Research Journal (MURJ), 2008)This article examines the relationship between remuneration and motivation of teachers in government aided secondary schools in Mukono District. It examines relationship between (i) salaries, (ii) allowances, (iii) fridge ... -
Remuneration and Motivation of Teachers in Government Aided Secondary Schools in Mukono District
(Makerere University Research Journal (MURJ), 2008)This article examines the relationship between remuneration and motivation of teachers in government aided secondary schools in Mukono District. It examines relationship between (i) salaries, (ii) allowances, (iii) fridge ... -
Remuneration and Motivation of Teachers in Government aided Secondary Schools in Mukono District.
(Makerere University Research Journal, 2008-10)This article examines the relationship between remuneration and motivation of teachers in government aided secondary schools in Mukono District. It examines relationship between (i) salaries, (ii) allowances, (iii) fridge ... -
Using a performance measurement framework to overcome the odds against performance management in the public sector
(African Journal of Public Affairs, 2011)The importance of measuring the efficiency and effectiveness of governmental programmes features prominently in almost every discourse related to programme monitoring and evaluation. Phrases like ‘what gets measured gets ... -
Teacher Professional Development and Quality of Pedagogical Practices in Public Secondary Schools in Uganda
(The Ugandan Journal of Management and Public Policy Studies, 2012)The study examined the influence of teacher professional development on quality of pedagogical practices in public secondary schools in Uganda and specifically examined the extent to which induction, coaching and training ... -
Adopting new approaches for public procurement efficiency: critical success factors (CSFs) for the implementation of e-procurement in Uganda’s public sector
(International Journal of Procurement Management, 2012)In the public sector, the issue of efficiency and effectiveness (value for money) is now a key governance agenda. Electronic procurement has become prominent in the language and strategy of the public sector effectiveness ... -
Participation of Workers’ and Employers’ Organizations in Poverty Reduction Strategies in Uganda
(Asian Social Science, 2012-03)It is now over a decade since poverty reduction strategies were embraced by Uganda as a one of the preconditions to reach the debt relief completion point associated with Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative. ... -
Public Sector Reforms in Africa: What Lessons have we Learnt?
(Forum for Development Studies, 2012-03)Several public sector reforms (PSR) have taken place in Africa over the last few decades with varying degrees of success; these range from very excellent performance to limited success and then failure. However, regardless ... -
The Impact of Culture on Performance Appraisal Reforms in Africa: The Case of Uganda’s Civil Service
(Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2012-04-01)This article explores the impact of administrative culture on performance appraisal reforms in Uganda’s civil service. Data gathered from 147 questionnaires, 29 interviews and various documents indicates that administrative ... -
Measuring the performance of contractors in government construction projects in developing countries: Uganda’s context
(African Journal of Business Management, 2012-08-15)Traditionally, the success of projects is measured on time, cost and quality parameters; although, most construction projects in Uganda have not performed well on each of these parameters. In this paper, we identify important ... -
Driving up standards: civil service management and decentralization: Case study of Uganda
(Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance, 2012-12)There is a consensus that decentralization by devolution leads to improved service delivery, but debate on the appropriate type of personnel arrangements for delivering decentralized services is far from over. Put ... -
Human resource management in local governments: An analysis of recruitment and selection practices in Uganda
(The Journal of African & Asian Local Government Studies, 2013)The transfer of staff hiring and firing decisions from the central government to the district local governments through the District Service Commissions (DSCs) is considered to be one of the cornerstones of the Ugandan ... -
Teaching-learning quality assurance benchmarks and characteristics that promote learner outcomes among Public Administration students at Uganda Management Institute: An exploratory study.
(International Journal of Educational Administration and Policy Studies, 2013-03)In today’s academic environment, leaders at higher educational institutions face increasing demands as stakeholders’ expectations rise and resources diminish (Randall and Coakley, 2007). This paper examines student’s ... -
Recentralization of local government Chief Administrative Officers appointments in Uganda: Implications for downward accountability
(Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance, 2013-11)The Uganda Constitution of 1995 spelt out the principle of decentralization by devolution. Accordingly, from 1995 to 2005, district local governments had a dejure mandate to hire and fire all categories of civil servants ... -
Teachers’ Protest Movements and Prospects for Teachers Improved Welfare in Uganda
(Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2015-04-01)Since the early 40s to today, teachers in Uganda organized themselves into unions and demanded for better conditions of service. Despite the long history of different forms of teachers’ protests, the contribution of these ... -
Network Governance and Capacity of Local Governments to deliver LED in Uganda
(Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance, 2015-12)This paper discusses network governance and its contribution to the capacity of local governments (LGs) to deliver local economic development (LED) in Uganda. Although a formal LED policy was only established in Uganda in ... -
Instructional Supervision and the Pedagogical Practices of Secondary School Teachers in Uganda
(Journal of Education and Practice, 2016)This paper looks at the effect of instructional supervision by school authorities on the pedagogical practices of teachers in public secondary schools in Uganda. To date, research into this field in the country has focused ... -
Contract Management and Performance of Road Maintenance Projects: The Case of Arua Municipality
(Universal Journal of Management, 2016)This purpose of this study was to establish the relationship between contract management and performance of road maintenance projects in Arua Municipality. A cross-sectional survey design was used, with data collected from ... -
Instructional Supervision and the Pedagogical Practices of Secondary School Teachers in Uganda
(Journal of Education and Practice, 2016)This paper looks at the effect of instructional supervision by school authorities on the pedagogical practices of teachers in public secondary schools in Uganda. To date, research into this field in the country has focused ... -
Marketing Strategies and Market Performance of M-Sente a Mobile Money Product of Uganda Telecom Ltd
(Universal Journal of Management, 2016)Purpose- Intrigued by the poor market performance of M-Sente product of Uganda Telecom Limited (UTL), this study examined the relationship between marketing strategies and the market performance of M-Sente, a mobile money ...
