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- ItemContractual Completeness, Trust and Perceived Project Performance in Construction Projects in Wakiso District Uganda.(2024) Namakula, ChristineThe Assessment report (2020), on Wakiso district local government performance assessment for FY2017/2018 revealed that over 70% of construction projects in the district were performing poorly as a result of stakeholders in the projects failing to execute their responsibilities and duties as per the contract. Despite the vast literature on project performance in construction projects, scanty studies have been conducted within the context of the Wakiso district. The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between contractual completeness, trust, and project performance in Wakiso district, Uganda. The study adopted a cross-sectional research design which allowed for the collection of quantitative data using a self-administered questionnaire. The study population consisted of 284 officials from the Wakiso district local government and contractors. Krejcie & Morgan's (1970) sample distribution table was used to determine the sample size of 242 officials. The study used Pearson correlation to establish the association between variables and the linear regression model to establish the predictive power of the independent variables (contractual completeness and trust) on the dependent variable (perceived project performance). The quantitative data was analyzed using SPSS Version 25. The findings of the correlation analysis showed a significant moderate positive relationship between contractual completeness and perceived project performance. It also indicated a significant moderate positive relationship between trust and perceived project performance implying that the level of contractual completeness and trust is associated directly with perceived project performance. The regression analysis showed that contractual completeness predicts perceived project performance by 19.4% while trust predicts performance by 40.7%. The study concluded that trust with its constructs significantly and positively contributes to the perceived project performance of the construction projects in Wakiso district. The researcher recommends that the district authorities should monitor the procedures involved in awarding construction projects to all contractors. Government agencies should not delay contract approvals to contractors as this will affect the execution of the construction contracts. The government agencies should establish enforcement mechanisms to prevent violation of contracts by stakeholders involved in construction projects in the Wakiso district. Government agencies should ensure that there are no delays in project fund release as it affects the effective execution of contracts at the district. There is a need to determine the other predictors of perceived project performance since contractual completeness and trust only predicted 31.4% of the variance in perceived project performance of construction projects. This research investigated the influence of contractual completeness and trust on perceived project performance, future research can examine the effect of contractual completeness and trust on perceived project performance using mediating variables.
- ItemFinancial Inclusion, Financial Innovation and Poverty Levels among SACCO Members.(2024) Hamid, Safi ShantalUganda government has put up a number of programs like Poverty Alleviation Project, Poverty Eradication Action Plan, and Project for Financial Inclusion in Rural Areas and the recent being Parish Development Model to reduce poverty levels through use of SACCOs. Despite all these efforts, there are still wide-regional disparities in attaining required poverty levels targets. In northern Uganda the people leaving below the poverty line remained unchanged and in Acholi sub region in particular, poverty levels deepened from 8.9% in 2016/17 to 11.3% in 2019/2020. The study focused on establishing relationship between financial inclusion and poverty level, financial innovation and poverty levels and predictive power of financial inclusion and financial innovation on poverty levels. The study adopted a cross sectional research design which allowed for the collection of quantitative data using self-administered questionnaire. The study population consisted of 17,770 SACCOs in Gulu City northern Uganda (Gulu City Commercial Quarterly report, 2023). Krejcie & Morgan (1970) sample distribution table was used to determine the sample size of 376 SACCO members. The study used Pearson correlation to establish the association between variables and the linear regression model was used to establish the relationship between financial inclusion, financial innovation and poverty reduction levels. The quantitative data was analyzed using SPSS Version 25. The findings of the study revealed that there is a significant positive relationship between financial inclusion and poverty levels. The findings further revealed a positive significant relationship between financial innovation and poverty levels in Gulu city, northern Uganda. And finally, the study showed that overall financial inclusion and financial innovation explain variations in poverty levels. Predicted 20.5% (Adjusted R2 = .205) of the variance in poverty levels in Gulu city, northern Uganda. The study recommends the following strategies would improve the poverty levels in Gulu city, northern Uganda; the government of Uganda should formulate a financial inclusion policy that would focus on ensuring that financial institutions like SACCOs make their products accessible, user friendly, available for the usage of the citizenry .Management of SACCOs should encourage financial innovation through innovating of their process and products, introduce new products and improve them regularly to match customer’s need for different purposes. The supervisors of SACCOs, that is, savings and credit cooperative should liaise with government and commercial banks to provide the necessary legislations to penetrate the market with an affordable financial product so that everyone will get included to attain an inclusion level that would stimulate positive poverty levels, specifically medium to high level of inclusion. This will help to achieve a uniform impact with regard to poverty levels. Management of SACCOs should introduce online mobile services or automated system for the members to perform their financial transactions 24 hours to promote accessibility and usage of Sacco product
- ItemStakeholder Inclusiveness, Risk Management and the Performance of Youth Skills Development Projects.(2024) Batwale, ChristianThe study examined the relationship between stakeholder inclusiveness and project performance within Kampala District. under four objectives; to examine the Relationship between Stakeholder Inclusiveness and performance youth skills development projects; to examine the Relationship between Stakeholder Inclusiveness and Risk Management; to examine the Relationship between Risk Management and performance of youth skills development projects as well as to examine the mediating role of Risk Management on the relationship between Stakeholder Inclusiveness and Project performance. Guided by a cross – sectional design on a sample of 320 participants, the study collected data using survey questionnaires. Data was processed in SPSS and analysed using means, standard deviations, correlations and regression models. Results indicated that stakeholder inclusiveness through collaboration dialogue and consultation positively associated with project performance and stakeholder inclusiveness positively predicts project performance. Results further indicate that risk management is a significant mediator of the relationship between stakeholder inclusiveness and project performance. Based on the findings, the researcher concludes that stakeholder inclusiveness is a positive and significant predictor of project performance while risk management mediates the relationship between the two variables. The researcher therefore recommends that recommends proper definition of project objectives. This is achieved through ensuring clarity in project objectives which helps stakeholders understand what the project aims to achieve. This will enhance inclusiveness and ensure everyone is aligned towards common goals. There is a need to identify and map stakeholders. The study suggests that project managers should identify all stakeholders, including direct and indirect beneficiaries, and partners. The essence is that a comprehensive stakeholder map shall help in understanding their interests, expectations, and potential contributions, fostering inclusiveness. It shall also help in creating tailored communication and engagement strategies.
- ItemBudgeting Practices, Public Value and Service Delivery of Town Councils in Uganda.(2024) Komakech, Godfrey AdyangaThis study aimed to investigate the relationship between budgeting practices, public value, and service delivery of town councils in Uganda. The specific objectives were to establish the relationship between budgeting practices and service delivery of town councils in Uganda, examine the relationship between public value and service delivery of town councils in Uganda, and establish the joint influence of budgeting practices and public value on service delivery of town councils in Uganda. The study was anchored on systems theory to explain the hypothesized relationship between the study variables. The research adopted a cross-sectional survey design, which is quantitative. The sample size of 43 town councils was drawn from a population of 48 town councils in the Busoga region using Slovin’s formular for sample size determination. The researcher selected the sample using a simple random sampling technique and entered the data in SPSS version 23 for analysis. The researcher verified the data's validity and reliability using the content validity index and the Cronbach alpha coefficient. The researcher used the mean and standard deviation to analyze the data for descriptive purposes. The data was also tested for correlation to establish the association between the study variables. In regards to inferential statistics, the data was analysed for regression to establish the influence of budgeting practices and public value on service delivery. The study findings demonstrated a significant correlation between budgeting practices, public value, and service delivery. The regression results revealed that budgeting practices have a significant relationship with service delivery. The study also revealed that public value has a significant relationship with service delivery. The study findings further revealed a significant joint effect of budgeting practices and public value on service delivery. The study recommends that budgeting practices should prioritise citizens’ participation, and this can play a significant role in building trust and legitimacy among the general public, ultimately leading to effective service delivery. As a result, the government's effort to improve service delivery in town councils should focus on the community's involvement in budgeting practices.
- ItemManagers' International Orientation, Firm Resources and Export Readiness in the Floriculture Industry in Uganda.(2024) Twesigye, WycliffeThis study examined the relationship between manager’s international orientation, firm resources, and export readiness of selected floriculture firms in Uganda. Specifically, the study aimed to establish the relationship between manager’s international orientation and export readiness, firm resources and export readiness, manager’s international orientation and firm resources as well as establishing the mediating effect of firm resources in the relationship between manager’s international orientation and export readiness in selected floriculture firms in Uganda. The study employed a cross-sectional research design with quantitative methods to capture the relationship between each of the variables. A total of 65 officials from selected floriculture firms were targeted and 57 of these were sampled. Descriptive statistics, correlation, regression, and mediation analyses were employed in the analysis. The correlation coefficient analysis revealed positive and significant relationships between manager’s international orientation (r=.675, p<.01), firm resources (r=.600, p<.01,) and export readiness which imply that both variables are very significant in improving the level of export readiness in selected floriculture firms in Uganda. When controlling for firm resources, the direct effect of the manager’s international orientation on export readiness reduced from Beta=.505 to Beta=.376 which remains significant. This is an indication that the relationship between manager’s international orientation and export readiness is partially mediated by firm resources. The results were supported by previous studies, that is; there was a significant positive relationship between all pairs of the study variables. However, the relationship was stronger between firm resources and export readiness. The study recommends that it is important that the selected floriculture firms invest in obtaining adequate resources including raw materials, human capital and information technology. This is because the study established that there isa marginal lack among the firms studied. Regarding managers’ international orientation and export readiness of selected floriculture firms in Uganda, there is a need to invest more in promoting awareness of international opportunities and foreign cultural awareness as this will render firms and managers more able to perform. This is because it is established that there is adequate unawareness of them. Further, there is a need to ensure that managers obtain the required awareness or knowledge of international opportunities available and foreign cultural practices so that the level of export readiness improves.