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Academics’ perceptions of good teaching: Assessing the degree of parity with student evaluation of teaching questionnaires
(Africa Education Review, 2018)There is a dearth of studies on academics’ perceptions of good teaching in transitional economies such as Uganda and the degree of parity between academics’ conceptions of good teaching and the items in the student ... -
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 ... -
Battling Academic Corruption in Higher Education: Does External Quality Assurance Offer a Ray of Hope
(Higher Learning Research Communications, 2019-06-17)The post-1980s changes in the global higher education landscape have triggered a burgeoning of incidents of academic corruption in higher education institutions. Since 2000, the discourse on how to combat academic ... -
Collegial Cooperation turns toxic: Its depth and breadth: What are the implications for higher education institutions (HEIs)?
(Journal of Educational Research and Reviews, 2021-02)Collegiality has been glorified as the strongest governance pillar for higher education institutions, especially in promoting independence of thought, impartial decisions on leadership, mutual respect, and providing peer ... -
A Comparative Analysis of Quality of Health Care Delivered in Low and High Task Shifting Environments in Uganda. Implications for Policy.
(Journal of Human Resource Management, 2020-01-08)With the increasing global health workers shortage, developing countries like Uganda are embracing task shifting as a form of availing health care amidst the growing population and increasing disease burden. This study ... -
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 ... -
The Dangerous Boda Boda Transport Mode: Mitigating an Impending War on the Roads in a Transforming City? Case of Kampala City
(Journal of Logistics Management, 2019)This paper investigates the tyranny of motorbike (boda-boda) socio-economic costs associated with commercial motorbike accidents in a city setting and provides strategies to reduce the negative effect of such transport mode. ... -
Differentiation of Higher Education Institutions in Uganda and their Philosophies: Is it Diversion or Inclusion?
(Journal of Educational Research and Reviews, 2021-09)This article discusses university diversions from their original purposes in order to achieve economic independence and sustainability. While these institutions are social systems that reconcile contradictory functions, ... -
Does the Office of the Prime Minister in Uganda conduct Gender Responsive Evaluations?
(African Journal of Governance and Development, 2018-12)Gender equality and women’s empowerment are possible when development programmes and policies confront unfair power relationships between men and women. Monitoring and evaluation are tools that can enhance gender responsiveness ... -
Does the Office of the Prime Minister in Uganda conduct Gender Responsive Evaluations?
(African Journal of Governance and Development, 2018-12)Gender equality and women’s empowerment are possible when development programmes and policies confront unfair power relationships between men and women. Monitoring and evaluation are tools that can enhance gender ... -
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 ... -
Establishing the viability of an institution ethnography inquiry to diagnose university culture
(Journal of Educational Research and Reviews, 2021-05)This article proposes an ‘institution ethnography inquiry’ to establish dominant university culture to unravel hidden censures which have led to a divisive, deceptive and uncivil culture that has disrupted the normative ... -
An exploration of the ‘African (Union Commission’s) perspective’ of quality and quality assurance in higher education: Latent voices in the African Quality Rating Mechanism (AQRM)
(Tuning Journal for Higher Education, 2019-04-19)Quality assurance of African higher education is at the top of the region’s development agenda. Prompted by the imperative to enhance the quality of higher education, the Africa Union Commission is implementing the African ... -
Food insecurity as a supply chain problem. Evidence and lessons from the production and supply of bananas in Uganda
(Scientific African journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/sciaf, 2019-04-29)Despite agriculture being the main economic activity in Uganda, increasing food prices within the country point to the growing challenge of food insecurity. In 2016, food ... -
Good teaching: Aligning student and administrator perceptions and expectations
(Higher Learning Research Communications, 2017-06)Extant literature attests to limited systematic inquiry into students’ perceptions of good teaching in higher education. Consequently, there have been calls for engaging students in construing what makes good university ... -
Health remedy fallacies strike social media: what is the role of development education?
(African Journal of Governance and Development, 2019-12)The advent of social media has resulted in unequalled excitement but also risks, especially when postings are health-related and not supported by scientific evidence. Unfortunately, the majority of social media users tend ... -
Higher Education-Community Partnership: Extricating Value Addition with specific reference to student internship
(Kampala International University Research Journal (KIURJ), 2017-07)The paper discusses higher education-community partnerships, such as students’ internships and research that are often intended to promote quality, relevance, skills’ enrichment and socio-economic development. The paper ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Instructional Resources and Teacher Effectiveness in Government-aided Secondary Schools in Uganda
(2018 International Conference on Multidisciplinary Research, 2018)The study examines the influence of instructional resources on teacher effectiveness in government-aided secondary schools in Uganda and specifically the extent to which availability and utilization of instructional ...