Browsing by Author "Kiwanuka, Michael (Supervisor)"

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Procurement Management Practices and Value for Money in Local Governments in Uganda: A case of Mitooma District.
(Uganda Management Institute, 2015-12) NATUMANYA, Moses; Kyohairwe, Stella B. (Supervisor); Kiwanuka, Michael (Supervisor)
This study sought to establish the relationship between procurement management practices and value for money in Local Governments in Uganda. Specifically, the study sought to establish relationship between procurement planning, contracts management and supplier relationships management programs and value for money. The study was across-sectional design that used questionnaires and interview guides to observe a sample of 54 respondents. Quantitative data was analysed using descriptive statistics and correlation analysis. The study found out that there was a significant positive relationship between procurement planning, contracts management and supplier relationships management programs and value for money. The study concluded that procurement planning, contracts management and supplier relationships management programs relate value for money. It was thus recommended that government agencies, local governments and organisations involved in procurement should ensure that procurement planning is carried out effectively to ensure value for money, should ensure contracts are managed in a way that leads to value for money and procurement should establish effective relationships with suppliers.
The Relationship Between Servant-Leadership and Organizational Citizenship Behavior Among Leadership Development Program Graduates in Uganda.
(Uganda Management Institute, 2016-01) AKIMANZI, Augustine B. N.; Karyeija, Gerald Kagambirwe (Supervisor); Kiwanuka, Michael (Supervisor)
There is a growing quest to better understand the Servant Leadership model, even while it is an established fact that Organizational Citizenship Behaviour (OCB) facilitates smooth running of organizations and improves employee motivation and retention. The researcher conducted a cross sectional study that collected data from 108 Leadership Development Programme graduates. The study focused on finding the relationship between the constituent dimensions of the Servant Leadership model (namely the Leader dimension, the Servant dimension and the intersecting leader/servant dimension); and how each dimension relates to Organizational Citizenship Behaviour (OCB) of the graduates. The data was analysed and the leader dimension of Servant Leadership was found to have a significant positive relationship with OCB, the intersecting leader/servant dimension and OCB was found to have a moderately positive relationship, while the servant dimension of Servant leadership also had a moderately positive relationship. The multiple regression analysis revealed that up to 43.9% of servant leadership was responsible for OCB in LDP graduates at the work place. From the findings, it was recommended that the graduates continuously engage in refresher courses in servant leadership, participate in brainstorming sessions and think-tanks to further refine their leadership acumens; and that their employers should ensure their graduate employees participate in corporate social responsibility activities and deliberately continuously expose them to environments that would provoke humanitarian action. The empirical evidence established by this study gave credibility to the servant leadership theory and supported the idea that the practice of servant leadership positively affects organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB) and consequently increases the health of organizations.
Stakeholder Involvement and Performance of Public Institutions in Uganda: the Case of National Medical Stores
(Uganda Management Institute, 2015-11) ATWIJUKIRE, Dan; Kyohairwe, Stella B.(Supervisor); Kiwanuka, Michael (Supervisor)
This study examined the relationship between stakeholder involvement and performance of public institutions in Uganda. In particular, the objectives of the study were to establish the relationship between stakeholders’ in planning and performance of public institutions in Uganda; to find out the relationship between stakeholders’ involvement in monitoring and performance of public institutions in Uganda; and to establish the relationship between stakeholders’ feedback and performance of public institutions in Uganda.. The study adopted a case study design with 142 staff of National Medical Stores as the study sample. Data was collected using questionnaires and interview guides. Quantitative data was analysed using descriptive statistics, correlation and regression analysis. The findings of the study revealed a positive significant relationship between stakeholder participation in planning, monitoring and feedback with performance of public institutions. It was thus concluded that stakeholder planning, monitoring and feedback related to performance of public institutions. Therefore, it is recommended that government organisations and other organisations involvement in provision service should promote involvement of stakeholders in organisational planning. Government organisations and other organisations should entice the different stakeholders to constantly monitor their activities. Government organisations and other organisations should encourage different stakeholders to provide regular feedback about the services of the organisation.