The Ugandan Journal of Management and Public Policy Studies
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The Ugandan Journal of Management and Public Policy Studies is a multidisciplinary Journal publishing a wide range of articles relating to public administration, management, leadership and public policy, from empirical studies and theoretical orientations to practical application. The Journal reviews books, essays, and research notes that are relevant to both scholars, practitioners involved at all levels of administration and management from various organisational forms including business firms, non-governmental organisations and public institutions and individual networks
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Accounting for UPE implementation: the contribution of school management committees
(Uganda Management Institute, 2017-11)The political promise of free primary education but also for the wider reasons of closing the education gap of Access, Quality and Equity. The introduction of UPE coincided with the abolition of Parents Teachers’ Associations ... -
Uganda’s debt sustainability: Is it a cause of concern?
(Uganda Management Institute, 2017-11)This article analyses the debt sustainability exercise undertaken by Uganda in determining whether it provides solutions to Ugandan authorities in the management analysis, it does not seem to guide public debt management; ... -
Balance of payments deficits in Uganda: Should they concern us?
(Uganda Management Institute, 2017-11)This article uses the International Monetary Fund (IMF) external vulnerability assessment framework to analyze Uganda’s Balance of Payments (BoP) data to ascertain whether BoP is largely sustainable based on external ... -
Women in governance at Central and Local Government Institutions: Tanzania’s experience
(Uganda Management Institute, 2017-11)This article provides a descriptive analysis of the state of women’s participation in decision making while occupying political and managerial positions following government of other series of conventions, reports and ... -
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 ... -
Readiness and implementation of the open performance appraisal in the Uganda Public Service
(Uganda Management Institute, 2017-11)The Open Performance Appraisal (OPA) was introduced, among other performance service delivery. OPA marked a shift from the closed performance appraisal system. Despite efforts to build capacity for its implementation, the ... -
Massification and quality of research, publications and community engagement in higher education: A case of Gulu University
(Uganda Management Institute, 2017-11)Research, publication and community engagement constitute core functions in a management of research; publication and community engagement in the science based faculties at Gulu University are brought to bear. This research ... -
Accounting for UPE implementation: The contribution of school management committees
(Uganda Management Institute, 2017-11)The political promise of free primary education but also for the wider reasons of closing the education gap of Access, Quality and Equity. The introduction of UPE coincided with the abolition of Parents Teachers’ Associations ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Accelerating the fight against corruption in Uganda: Strengthening the coalition between Anti-Corruption agencies and the media
(Uganda Management Institute, 2016-11)This article seeks to examine how the media contributes to corruption, the need to report on corruption with intent to create awareness as a preventive measure, and how the media can partner with anti-corruption agencies ... -
Research funding at Makerere University and its implications on human resource and institutional development: Does gender matter?
(Uganda Management Institute, 2016-11)The study investigated the research funding pattern at Makerere University. The major focus was to assess how the research funding pattern at Makerere University translated into human resource and institutional development ... -
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 ... -
Reward policy as distributive justice: The case of primary school teachers in Uganda
(Uganda Management Institute, 2016-11)This study focused on the effect of reward policy on distributive justice. Primary school teachers from 2009 expected to be rewarded with just salaries. When these were not forthcoming, teachers went on strike between 2009 ... -
Performance of non-African foreign commercial banks in Uganda
(Uganda Management Institute, 2016-11)The focus of this study was to establish key factors responsible for the performance of non-African foreign Commercial banks in Uganda, in the light of Global Advantage Theory. The analysis was supplemented by structure–conduct ... -
Using baseline studies as a basis for monitoring and evaluation: A review of the literature
(Uganda Management Institute, 2016-11)Baseline data is often required by any organization or agency before an intervention as a basis for bench-marking progress; not only when implementation commences, but even prior to starting to gain knowledge of the situation ... -
Institutional capacity critical for effective record management towards enhanced transparency and accountability in public procurements
(Uganda Management Institute, 2016-11)Enhancing transparency and accountability is widely recognized as an indicator for improved governance and pre-requisite for enhancing service delivery and development. In a bid to promote transparency and accountability ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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, ...