International Journal of Technology and Management
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description: The International Journal of Technology and Management (IJOTM) is a refereed interdisciplinary journal dedicated to publishing high quality, original and research-based papers addressing issues on policy, technology, e-applications in service delivery, governance, management, analytical sustainable development, innovation and strategies that harness the use of technology in addressing management problems. IJOTM is published twice in a calendar year.
language: en
publication name: International Journal of Technology and Management
issn: 2518-8623
items: Utilization of Agile Project Management Methodologies and the Success of Software Development Projects at Flock of Birds Uganda
items: Valuation of Agricultural Extension Information
items: A Conundrum of Learning Theories and ICTS in Learning: Challenges and Possible Solutions
items: Tax Administration Strategies and Tax Compliance of Small and Medium Enterprises: Evidence from Kwara State Internal Revenue Service
items: Entrepreneurial Training and Career Choice among University Undergraduates in North-central Nigeria: Any Correlation?
items: The Financial Performance Dilemma in Agricultural Cooperatives of Kamwenge and Sheema Districts in Uganda. The Credit Facilitation Decisions Perspective
items: Accountability, Rule of Law and Fairness in Constituency Development Catalyst Fund (CDCF) Management in Vwawa Constituency, Tanzania
items: External Audit Quality and Users Confidence in Financial Reports: Evidence from Nigeria Deposit Money Banks
items: Transparency and Community Participation in Constituency Development Catalyst Fund (CDCF) Disbursed for Projects in Vwawa Constituency, Tanzania
items: Long Run Economic Success Factors of the “Asian Tigers”
items: An Examination of the Effect of Weight and Satisfaction with Body Shape on Self-Esteem Among Men in Qatar
items: A Struggle of Discourses Attempting to Transform a Peripatetic Mind of a Black African Academic: Is there a Valid Disquiet about Research and Education in Black Africa?
items: Nature of Performance Management of Academic Staff in Private Universities
items: The Role of Management Practices on Academic Staff Performance in Private Universities in Uganda: A Case of Bishop Stuart University
items: A Framework to Enhance Patients Electronic Health Records Sharing
items: Risk Avoidance Strategies and Performance of Total Uganda Limited
items: The Influence of Human Capacity for M&E on the Performance of M&E Systems of NGOs in Juba, South Sudan
items: The Nexus Between Organisational Communication and Fiscal Decentralisation Within Government Aided Primary Schools in Busoga Sub-Region, Uganda
items: How Does Horizontal Support Communication Affect Fiscal Decentralisation? An analysis of Government Aided Primary Schools in Eastern Uganda
items: Effect of Mobile Banking on Bank Service Delivery in Selected Deposit Money Banks in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria
items: Community Factors and Utilization of Monitoring and Evaluation Results: Evidence from Malaria Control Programs’ Implementation in Mukono District
items: Cognitive Factors and Health Behaviors of Social Media Users in Sub-Saharan Africa
items: Influence of Entrepreneurship Eco-System on Innovation of Selected Restaurants at Ilorin Metropolis
items: The Journey to Gene Editing: A Case for Regulation
items: Polarity and Similarity Measures Towards Classifying an Article on Food Insecurity
items: Customer Engagement in Project Planning, Implementation and Evaluation on Performance in Service Cops Limited
items: Employees Involvement as Agent of Change Management and Performance of Local Governments in Eastern Uganda: An Empirical Study
items: A Flexible Student Assessment System for Continuous Performance Monitoring
items: Effect of Implementation Factors on Monitoring and Evaluation Results Utilization: Evidence from the Malaria Control Programs in Mukono District, Central Uganda
items: Decision Factors and the Utilization of Monitoring and Evaluation Findings in Programs Implementation: A Case of the Ugandan Malaria Control Program

Utilization of Agile Project Management Methodologies and the Success of Software Development Projects at Flock of Birds Uganda
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description: This study examines the effect of utilizing agile software development methodologies on the success of software development projects at Flock of Birds, Uganda. This was prompted by low success rates of software development projects despite employing agile methodologies. The study specifically sought to: investigate the effect of utilizing agile project management methodologies on continuous development of software products at Flock of Birds, Uganda; examine the effect of utilizing agile project management methodologies on timely delivery of software projects at Flock of Birds, Uganda; and to determine the effect of utilizing agile project management methodologies on teamwork at Flock of Birds, Uganda. Using a cross sectional design, data was collected from 110 respondents using questionnaires and interview guides. The study found out that using agile software development methodologies has a significant positive effect on continuous development, early delivery and teamwork on software development projects. The study concluded that using agile software development methodologies improves the success of software development projects. The study recommends that management Flock of Birds should continuously utilize agile software development methodologies in order to improve software development project opulence.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Agile Software Development
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subject: Agile Project Management Methodologes
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subject: Flock of Birds
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subject: Uganda
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creator: Eugene M. Swinnerstone
creator: Jude T. Lubega
rights: Copyright (c) 2018 © Uganda Technology and Management University
date: 2018-12-06
publication date: 2018-12-06
starting page: 1
ending page: 19

Valuation of Agricultural Extension Information
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description: The agricultural sector is heavily dependent on information about weather, pest and disease management, inputs, improved cultivation practices, markets and prices to deal with prevailing uncertainties. However agricultural extension information is still characterized by quality (timeliness, relevance, completeness or adequacy, accuracy and appropriateness) challenges if addressed, can enhance its value and hence increase profitability on the farm. The purpose of this study is to understand how information is valued, the different contexts of information valuation that exist in literature and propose a theory that can guide valuation of agricultural extension information which is the first step to enable smallholders extract more value from agricultural extension information. To fulfill the main objective of this paper, a comprehensive literature review on information valuation was conducted to establish existing knowledge in literature and also identify existing gaps in valuation of agricultural extension information. The study found that information valuation is context specific and varies depending on the reason for valuation and therefore a value-in-use approach grounded in subjective use value of information was proposed to value agricultural extension information. However, the proposed approach is theoretical and therefore there is need to validate this theory by means of case study or action research.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Information Valuation
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subject: Agricultural Extension Services
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subject: Information Assets
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creator: John Ngubiri
creator: Daniel Muhanguzi
rights: Copyright (c) 2020 © Uganda Technology and Management University
date: 2020-06-06
publication date: 2020-06-06
starting page: 1
ending page: 15

A Conundrum of Learning Theories and ICTS in Learning: Challenges and Possible Solutions
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description: A learning needs analysis traditionally led to the identification of desirable ICTs. Lately, ICT and digital natives drive eLearning without much attention to learning theories. An ICT enters the market, students learn how to use it, and then instructional designers adopt and adapt it to learning. Although expectedly ICT adoption should and has been evolving, ICT adoption is at crossroads between designing programs to sort learning and teaching problems and designing learning to suit an ICT. The digital divide between the haves and not haves exacerbates the cross of roads. In this paper, I argue that, although the roads are not mutually exclusive, ICT adoption faces challenges and possibilities of lecturer roles being taken over by computer technologists.
subject: Articles
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subject: ICTs in Learning
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subject: Learning Theories
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subject: eLearning
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subject: ICT Adoption
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creator: Prof. Muwanga-Zake JWF
rights: Copyright (c) 2020 © Uganda Technology and Management University
date: 2020-06-06
publication date: 2020-06-06
starting page: 1
ending page: 21

Tax Administration Strategies and Tax Compliance of Small and Medium Enterprises: Evidence from Kwara State Internal Revenue Service
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description: Despite the vibrancy of state internal revenue service in Nigeria, noncompliance of SMEs to various tax administration strategies seems to have adverse effect on the level of tax revenue generation. The study used survey research design.720 SMEs owners were obtained as population for this study. Out of this population, sample size of 257 SMEs was scientifically selected. Study used questionnaire which is a primary source of data and was analyzed using multiple regression analysis to identify the significant and relationship between tax administration strategies and SMEs tax compliance. The findings revealed that tax education strategy and tax enforcement strategy has significant impact on tax compliance of SMEs in Kwara State. Base on the findings, the study recommended that; Kwara State Internal Revenue Service’s should continue the provision of platforms such as human capital training; tax clinic; tax advocacy desk and publicity should be made available to properly educate SMEs on tax-related issues so as to increase the level of tax compliance. The study contributes to the current body of information about tax education strategy and tax enforcement strategy i.e., tax penalties by offering further apprehension into how tax administration strategies impact tax compliance.
subject: Articles
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subject: Tax Administration Strategies
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subject: Tax Compliance
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subject: Small and Medium Enterprises
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creator: TAOFEEQ Abdulazeez
creator: DEBORAH Olabisi Ayodabo
rights: Copyright (c) 2020 © Uganda Technology and Management University
date: 2020-06-06
publication date: 2020-06-06
starting page: 1
ending page: 15

Entrepreneurial Training and Career Choice among University Undergraduates in North-central Nigeria: Any Correlation?
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description: The inadequacy of conventional educational system to suitably groom young entrepreneurs who would transform ideas to business empire that would compete in the 21st century global market, has necessitated the introduction of entrepreneurship training to Nigerian higher education. However, the extent to which this has achieved the intended goal has been seriously contested in academics. This study examined the influential role of current entrepreneurial training on career choice of tertiary education students in North Central Nigeria. Data were collected through a closed-ended questionnaire from a selected sample of 237 final year Business Administration and Entrepreneurship students. A 5-point Likert scale was designed to capture and measure variables relating to entrepreneurial training and career choice. The data were presented and analyzed using descriptive statistic of simple percentage table, while hypotheses were tested using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Analytical tools with the aid of SPSS. The results show a significant level of 0.860 between entrepreneurship training and entrepreneurial attitude, and 0.820 between entrepreneurship training and drive for achievement on one hand. On the other hand, there exists a strong positive correlation of 0.930 between entrepreneurship training and opportunity recognition, and 0.83 on entrepreneurial risk-taking. Therefore, the findings revealed that entrepreneurial training has a significant impact on entrepreneurial attitude and drive for achievement, thus, influencing career choice amongst tertiary education students in North-Central Nigeria. It was recommended that, education policy makers and other stakeholders need to intensify efforts towards designing a well-structured entrepreneurship training that focuses on students’ competence development, opportunity recognition and innovativeness. This enhances entrepreneurial career pursuit among undergraduates.
subject: Articles
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subject: Entrepreneurship
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subject: Entrepreneurial Training
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subject: Entrepreneurial Behaviour
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subject: Career Choice
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creator: Adebayo P. O.
rights: Copyright (c) 2020 © Uganda Technology and Management University
date: 2020-06-06
publication date: 2020-06-06
starting page: 1
ending page: 15

The Financial Performance Dilemma in Agricultural Cooperatives of Kamwenge and Sheema Districts in Uganda. The Credit Facilitation Decisions Perspective
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description: This paper argues that forming agricultural cooperatives was to mitigate agricultural financing deficiencies experienced by small holder farmers. These cooperatives however, are experiencing financial performance challenges; decline in accessible credit compared to farmer’ credit demand and increased loan nonrepayments. The paper examined this dilemma from a credit facilitation decision perspective. A cross-sectional research design along a mixed methods approach for data collection was utilized. The sample size was 113 credit facilitation decision makers from six agricultural cooperatives in Kamwenge and Sheema districts in Uganda, with an 88.5% response rate. The bivariate findings reflected a positive significant relationship between credit facilitation decisions and financial performance. A breakdown of which reflected: A positive significant relationship between credit capital sourcing decisions and financial performance with r of 0.300** Sig (=0.002). A positive significant relationship between credit terms and screening decisions and financial performance with r of 0.504** Sig (=0.000). A positive significant relationship between credit terms and screening decisions and financial performance with r of 0.309** Sig (=0. 0.002). The multi-variate findings reflected r2 of 21.8%. To mitigate the financial performance dilemma, agricultural cooperatives need to adopt optimal techniques of making credit facilitation decisions with emphasis on setting credit terms and screening decisions
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Agricultural Cooperatives
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subject: Credit Facilitation Decisions
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subject: Financial Performance
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creator: Faith Ahabyoona
creator: Jude T. Lubega
creator: Martha Kibukamusoke
rights: Copyright (c) 2020 © Uganda Technology and Management University
date: 2020-06-06
publication date: 2020-06-06
starting page: 1
ending page: 27

Accountability, Rule of Law and Fairness in Constituency Development Catalyst Fund (CDCF) Management in Vwawa Constituency, Tanzania
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description: This paper presents findings from a study which set forth to examine the governance of Constituency development Catalyst Fund. It focused on three pillars of governance which are; accountability, rule of law and fairness. The study was conducted in Vwawa constituency, in Mbozi District, Songwe Region - Tanzania. The study data were collected through semi-structure interviews, focus group discussions (FGDs) and Observation. They were later transcribed and subsequently thematically analyzed. The findings revealed that CDCF implementation was imbued with lack of accountability although villagers had chances to report all cases with fraudulent elements. Rule and regulations were observed, but in some cases were violated by some officers. CDCF distribution was fair, however, in some circumstances was influenced by some politicians. The study concludes that, absence of CDCF reports in village public notice-board jeopardizes accountability. The observation of rules and regulations is silent to all CDCF stakeholders. Fairness in the allocation of CDCF is encouraging because the needs differ from one village/ward to another. The study recommends that, it is important to have well informed citizens who can be able to hold all stake holders accountable and observe rule of law. The distribution of the funds should not be influenced by the politicians or other public officers.
subject: Articles
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subject: Governance
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subject: CDCF
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subject: Accountability
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subject: Rule of Law
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subject: Fairness
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creator: Frowin L. Mgani
creator: Carolyne I. Nombo
creator: Emanuel E. Chingonikaya
rights: Copyright (c) 2020 © Uganda Technology and Management University
date: 2020-06-06
publication date: 2020-06-06
starting page: 1
ending page: 15

External Audit Quality and Users Confidence in Financial Reports: Evidence from Nigeria Deposit Money Banks
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description: This study appraised the determinants of external audit quality and the relationship with the users’ confidence in the financial report of selected Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) in Nigeria. Secondary data were used as obtained from the financial information of seven banks purposively selected out the fifteen quoted deposit DMBs in Nigeria as at 31st of December 2017. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (PPMCC), used to test the formulated hypothesis at 95% confidence level. The overall results showed that technical training and proficiency (TTP), auditor size (AUDS), engagement performance (EP), and auditor independence (AUDIN) were significant determinants of external audit quality. It was further revealed that there is a significant relationship between Audit Quality Attributes and users' confidence in the financial report of selected DMBs in Nigeria (r = 0.4201; 0.0789; 0.3952; 0.7822, P<.0.05). The study suggests that auditors should be adequately remunerated to allow for sufficient resources to conduct thorough audits capable of uncovering material misstatements and errors in the financial statements; it will enhance higher quality reports.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Audit Quality
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subject: Users’ Confidence
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subject: External Audit Quality
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subject: Nigerian Money Deposits Banks
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creator: Oladejo M.O.
creator: Olowookere J.K.
creator: Yinus S.O.
rights: Copyright (c) 2020 © Uganda Technology and Management University
date: 2020-06-06
publication date: 2020-06-06
starting page: 1
ending page: 16

Transparency and Community Participation in Constituency Development Catalyst Fund (CDCF) Disbursed for Projects in Vwawa Constituency, Tanzania
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description: In recent years, many developing countries have adopted one of the many forms of Constituency Development Funds (CDFs) approaches. These are expected to provide people with another development opportunity by ensuring that an alternative community development expenditure funding is closer to them. This paper presents the findings from a study, which examined transparency and community participation in Constituency Development Catalyst Fund (CDCF) in Vwawa Constituency. The study was conducted in Vwawa Constituency, in Mbozi District, Songwe Region in Tanzania. The study involved various CDCF stakeholders including community members, Village Executive Officers, Ward Executive Officers, and Constituency Development committee members. Purposive sampling was used to obtain 20 key informants and focus group discussion (FGD) participants comprising of 8 to 10 members. Data were collected through semi-structure interviews, FGD, observation, and documentary review methods. The data were later transcribed and subsequently thematically analyzed. The findings revealed that, transparency and community participation in CDCF activities were observed in the study area; yet, it was not clear how far reached/involved the community members were. Based on the findings, the study concludes that it is vital for community members to have access to information as a key aspect of transparency. Well-informed individual villagers can participate effectively in community activities. The study recommends proactive measures to be taken to educate and enlighten community members about the CDCF; as such, the individual villagers ought to be aware of development matters in their communities.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: CDCFs
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subject: Information
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subject: Transparency
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subject: Participation
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subject: Vvawa Constituency
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creator: Dr. Frowin L. Mgani
rights: Copyright (c) 2021 © Uganda Technology and Management University
date: 2022-07-06
publication date: 2022-07-06
starting page: 1
ending page: 19

Long Run Economic Success Factors of the “Asian Tigers”
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description: The purpose of this research study was to establish long run factors responsible for the economic success of the “Asian tigers”. The East Asian model of development has been debated since the 1980’s. There is, therefore, a need to establish a long run relationship that explains the factors responsible for the economic success of these countries which can be emulated by developing nations through their economic policies as they strive towards progressing economically. The study used a longitudinal panel series research design and annual secondary data on Gross Domestic Product, exports, imports, age dependency ratio and population growth from 1962 to 2018. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze data. Panel Dynamic Ordinary Least Square Method was used to test the effect of independent variables (exports, imports, age dependency ratio and population growth) on dependent variable i.e., Economic Growth. The results indicated that there’s a positive relationship between (exports, imports, age dependency ratio and population growth) on dependent variable i.e. economic growth. The study recommended that; developing countries import goods and services that cannot be produced at home and those that are more costly to produce at home than to import from foreign countries, focus on boosting the export sector in terms of strengthening value addition to the exported goods and services, encourage compulsory saving policies for both private and government employees to enable them use their savings to earn a leaving during periods of retirement, work towards having productive populations in terms of promoting and supporting research and innovations, supporting talent like sports, commit themselves towards ensuring that economic policy and politics work hand in hard obtain effective results in terms of their economic success.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Asian Tigers
  topic: keywords
subject: Economic Success Factors
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creator: Barbra Gwokyalya
rights: Copyright (c) 2021 © Uganda Technology and Management University
date: 2021-12-06
publication date: 2021-12-06
starting page: 1
ending page: 9

An Examination of the Effect of Weight and Satisfaction with Body Shape on Self-Esteem Among Men in Qatar
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description: This study objective was to establish the effect of body mass index on satisfaction with body shape and self-esteem. An explanatory research design was adopted, and three hypotheses were tested using a sample size of 191 Qatari men. Correlation and regression analyses were used to test the relationship and effect of independent variables on a dependent variable. Findings showed that body mass index had no effect on self-esteem (F (1, 189) 1.74, p >.05, R2 = .009), but a significant effect was established between body mass index and satisfaction with body shape (F (1, 189) = 36.23, p < .001, R2 = .161). Also, satisfaction with body shape was found to have significant on self-esteem (F (1, 189) = 14.10, p < .001, R2 = .130) among the surveyed men in Qatar. It is concluded that the cultural factors could have had an impact on having observed no relationship between BMI and esteem because, generally in Qatar, men who are underweight are perceived to be weak and poor while those who are overweight is a sign of strength and rich. However, satisfaction with body shape appeared to be an important factor that influences self-esteem among Qatari men. It is recommended that medical practitioners carry out counselling to Qatari men to make them realize that being overweight and obese has health implications and need to live a healthy lifestyle by eating healthy food and doing exercises. This is likely to improve men’s BMI, satisfaction with their body shape and self-esteem.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Body Mass Index
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subject: Weight
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subject: Satisfaction with Body Shape
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subject: Self-esteem
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creator: Khalid Jamal AL-Naamaa
creator: Eddy K. Tukamushaba
rights: Copyright (c) 2021 © Uganda Technology and Management University
date: 2022-07-06
publication date: 2022-07-06
starting page: 1
ending page: 17

A Struggle of Discourses Attempting to Transform a Peripatetic Mind of a Black African Academic: Is there a Valid Disquiet about Research and Education in Black Africa?
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description: The education Black Africans receive is imported and the research they do is to test and validate foreign understandings that rarely commit to the African Indigenous Knowledge Systems. I have studied subjects that do not appear in my culture, and so had to emigrate to find work suitable to my studies. My mind thus became peripatetic being all along confronted by discourses that challenge my origins. Possibly, other Black Africans have endured similar challenges. So, there seems to be a valid disquiet about research in Black Africa. Some possible spaces to transform discourses to accommodate Black African paradigms are proposed.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Discourse
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subject: Education
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subject: Research
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subject: Black Africa
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subject: Transformation
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creator: Prof. Muwanga-Zake JWF
rights: Copyright (c) 2021 © Uganda Technology and Management University
date: 2022-07-06
publication date: 2022-07-06
starting page: 1
ending page: 12

Nature of Performance Management of Academic Staff in Private Universities
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description: Performance management is a continuous process of identifying, measuring and developing the performance of individuals and teams and aligning performance with the strategic goals of the organization (Aguinis and Kraiger 2009). This study described the nature of performance management of academic staff in private universities. The study majorly employed a quantitative approach using a cross sectional study design with some qualitative element. 142 respondents were carefully chosen using different sampling techniques. Use of the survey, interviews focused group discussions together with documentary analysis were employed for both quantitative and qualitative approaches respectively. A total of 142 respondents played a part in the study. Data were analyzed using different statistical techniques that mainly included descriptive and inferential statistics respectively. Results were found to be statistically related with academic performance. For that matter, both the conclusions and the recommendations are based on the four objectives of the study which were, (1) To find out the management practices that influence performance of academic staff in private universities in Uganda, (2) To outline the behavioural practices that influence the performance of academic staff, (3) To find out the nature of performance management that influence the performance of academic staff, and (4) To find out the challenges and possible remedies to the performance of academic staff in private universities in Uganda.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Academic Performance
  topic: keywords
subject: Management
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subject: Bishop Stuart University
  topic: keywords
creator: Specioza Birungi
creator: Dr. J. M. O. Tukei
creator: Assoc. Prof. Charles Tushabomwe-Kazooba
creator: Assoc. Prof. Adrian Rwekaza Mwesigye
rights: Copyright (c) 2021 © Uganda Technology and Management University
date: 2021-07-06
publication date: 2021-07-06
starting page: 1
ending page: 11

The Role of Management Practices on Academic Staff Performance in Private Universities in Uganda: A Case of Bishop Stuart University
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description: Management practices relate to specific practices, formal policies and philosophies that are designed to attract, develop, motivate, and retain employees who ensure the effective functioning and survival of the organization. This paper examined the effects of management practices on staff performance in private universities. The study majorly employed a quantitative approach using a cross-sectional study design with some qualitative elements. 142 respondents were carefully chosen using different sampling techniques. Use of the survey, interviews focused group discussions together with documentary analysis were employed for both quantitative and qualitative approaches respectively. A total of 142 respondents played a part in the study. Data were analyzed using different statistical techniques that mainly included descriptive and inferential statistics respectively. Results were found to be statistically related to staff performance. For that matter, it was concluded that a number of elements of management practices were found to be influencing the performance of academic staff and these included recruitment and selection practices, compensation system (rewards incentives and penalties), employment security, training and development, use of information, performance appraisals, evaluating academic staff, development opportunities, and handling of performance misconduct. This is because these influenced academic staff’s professional conduct, promoted ethical standards and values, promoted organizational identity among staff and top management.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Management Practices
  topic: keywords
subject: Academic Performance
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subject: Bishop Stuart University
  topic: keywords
creator: Specioza Birungi
creator: Dr. J. M. O. Tukei
creator: Assoc. Prof. Charles Tushabomwe-Kazooba
creator: Assoc. Prof. Adrian Rwekaza Mwesigye
rights: Copyright (c) 2021 © Uganda Technology and Management University
date: 2021-06-06
publication date: 2021-06-06
starting page: 1
ending page: 14

A Framework to Enhance Patients Electronic Health Records Sharing
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description: In Uganda, the healthcare system experiences tremendous challenges during sharing patients' health information records. This is due to limited systems inter-connectivity and low technology penetration rate across the country. This study developed a framework for integrating referral hospitals with their associated community-based health facilities in Uganda into a centralized data scheme. The framework aims to provide an integrated and centralized platform that will sufficiently support the operations of health facilities in Uganda by creating a secure data transmission channel and enabling remote access to patients' electronic health records by patients and medical practitioners. The researchers reviewed literature about the existing framework used to share patients' electronic health records and collected data from participants to derive requirements that were used to design and develop the framework. We developed and deployed a web system that was used to test and validate the framework. Study contributions include a designed framework guiding tool for validating electronic health record systems before deployment in the health facility to improve information sharing. Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA1) and Message-Digest Algorithm 5 (MD5) encryption techniques were used to perform data encryption during information transfer to ensure confidentiality and data integrity.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Patients
  topic: keywords
subject: Electronic
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subject: Health
  topic: keywords
subject: Records
  topic: keywords
subject: Systems
  topic: keywords
creator: Nyanzi Titus
creator: Mwebaze Johnson
rights: Copyright (c) 2021 © Uganda Technology and Management University
date: 2021-07-06
publication date: 2021-07-06
starting page: 1
ending page: 11

Risk Avoidance Strategies and Performance of Total Uganda Limited
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description: Risk avoidance is a risk management technique that involves eliminating hazards, operations and exposures that would expose an organization’s valuable assets to operational risks. A risk avoidance strategy is aimed at deflecting as many threats as possible in order to avoid costly consequences and disruption of operations in the company. This paper examined the relationship between risk avoidance strategies and organizational performance of Total Uganda Limited. The study applied a descriptive study design using both quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection with a bias to quantitative methods. Quantitative data were collected using questionnaires from 126 respondents. Qualitative data were collected by means of interviews which were conducted with key informants. Analytical techniques of correlation and regression analysis were applied to the quantitative data, while content analysis procedure was applied to the qualitative data. Results confirmed that risk avoidance strategies significantly influenced organizational performance (r=0.689, p=0.000). Based on the findings, the study concluded that incorporating risk avoidance strategies within the operations of the company improved their performance. The study recommends that top management should clearly understand the risks arising from failure to collect credit transactions in their organization and put-up measures to safe guard against such risks, Total Uganda should foster productive efficiency by operating at least cost so as to keep the contingency reserve sufficient in order to improve its performance.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Risk Avoidance
  topic: keywords
subject: Organizational Performance
  topic: keywords
subject: Total Uganda Limited
  topic: keywords
creator: Joanita K. N. Biira
creator: Dr. J. M. O. Tukei
creator: Lyn Tukei
creator: Fred Mboma
rights: Copyright (c) 2021 © Uganda Technology and Management University
date: 2021-07-06
publication date: 2021-07-06
starting page: 1
ending page: 8

The Influence of Human Capacity for M&E on the Performance of M&E Systems of NGOs in Juba, South Sudan
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description: The skills and competence of the project team is considered to be one of the crucial factors influencing project implementation success. The more experienced and skilled the team, the lesser the time and other resources are spent on ensuring smooth rollouts with minimal errors; experienced teams also have good contingency and risk management plans for successful (Wong & Tein, 2007). This paper established the influence of human capacity for M&E on the performance of M&E systems of NNGOs in Juba, South Sudan. The study was conducted on a sample of 60 respondents from NGOs in Juba, South Sudan. Both qualitative and quantitative data was collected and analyzed. A regression analysis indicated insignificant relationship between human capacity for M&E and the performance of M&E system with coefficient of 0.030 and p vale of 0.873 level of significance. The study concluded that organizations should constantly do capacity building to their project staff through trainings, seminars or workshops so as to have a clear understanding of different approaches and the tools used in monitoring and evaluation.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Monitoring and Evaluation
  topic: keywords
subject: Human Capacity
  topic: keywords
subject: Performance
  topic: keywords
subject: NGOs
  topic: keywords
subject: Juba
  topic: keywords
subject: South Sudan
  topic: keywords
creator: Dr. J. M. O. Tukei
creator: Lyn Tukei
creator: Charity Delmus Alupo
rights: Copyright (c) 2021 © Uganda Technology and Management University
date: 2021-07-06
publication date: 2021-07-06
starting page: 1
ending page: 10

The Nexus Between Organisational Communication and Fiscal Decentralisation Within Government Aided Primary Schools in Busoga Sub-Region, Uganda
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description: Purpose: The study examined the relationship between organisational communication and fiscal decentralisation in Uganda, taking selected government aided primary schools in Busoga Sub-Region. Methodology: Following a mixed research design, data was collected mainly using a questionnaire and partly an interview guide. Findings: It is revealed that there is a positive and significant relationship between organisational communication and fiscal decentralisation. Limitations: The study only examined the direct relationship between organisational communication and Fiscal Decentralisation, in the context of public Primary Schools in Busoga Sub region. Originality/Contribution: The study examines the relationship stated in the context specified for the first time in Uganda, above all using a mixed design approach to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of decentralized financing of public services.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Organisational Communication
  topic: keywords
subject: Fiscal Decentralisation
  topic: keywords
subject: Public Primary Schools
  topic: keywords
creator: Kato Hussein Munuulo
creator: Kedibone Phago
creator: Gerald Karyeija
rights: Copyright (c) 2021 © Uganda Technology and Management University
date: 2021-07-06
publication date: 2021-07-06
starting page: 1
ending page: 16

How Does Horizontal Support Communication Affect Fiscal Decentralisation? An analysis of Government Aided Primary Schools in Eastern Uganda
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description: The paper considers a question of public schooling system in the context of how the Horizontal Support Communication (HSC) affects the notion of Fiscal Decentralisation (FD). It is a considered view that many public schools face serious challenges in the management of fiscal resources which requires that the Central Government streamlines communication and availability of information to the lowest accounting officers (Head teachers). The paper undertakes to analyse how a Horizontal Support Communication arrangement could enhance Fiscal Decentralisation delivery in the public sector. A focus for this paper is placed on a Government Aided Programme in Elementary Education Sector in Busoga sub region of Eastern Uganda. This empirical study contributes to knowledge as it is the first regional study in Uganda that adopted a crosssectional design approach using a quantitative research paradigm together with correlation and regression analysis. This approach was necessitated by the relatively inexpensive data collection process which was able to access a larger sample of 306 respondents. The key finding provides that there is a positive and significant outcome which suggests that Horizontal Support Communication could effectively improve Fiscal Decentralisation.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Fiscal Decentralisation
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subject: Horizontal Support Communication
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subject: Lowest Accounting Officers
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subject: Government Aided Primary Schools
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creator: Kato Hussein Munuulo
creator: Kedibone Phago
creator: Gerald Karyeija
rights: Copyright (c) 2021 © Uganda Technology and Management University
date: 2021-07-06
publication date: 2021-07-06
starting page: 1
ending page: 12

Effect of Mobile Banking on Bank Service Delivery in Selected Deposit Money Banks in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria
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description: Highly competitive market that characterizes the banking industry in Nigeria has compelled the players in the industry to satisfy their customers electronically, specifically, through Mobile phone. This study investigates the effect of mobile banking on bank service delivery in selected deposit money banks in Ilorin, Kwara State. The study adopted survey design. The target population is 50 deposit money bank management staffs out of which 44 staffs were selected as sample size. Interval Data collected via summated rating scale was analyzed using regression analysis. Results revealed that; mobile SMS alert had significance positive effect on bank service delivery at 0.05% level of significant, with (p-value 0.000); mobile financial enquiry had significance positive effect on bank service delivery at 0.05% level of significance with (p-value 0.000), and mobile funds transfer had significance positive effect on bank service delivery at 0.05% level of significant with (p-value 0.000).The study concludes that mobile SMS alert, mobile financial enquiry and mobile funds transfer had a strong positive effect on bank service delivery. The study recommended that measures should not just be put in place by banks to encourage customers to use mobile banking service but also to educate them on it will be operated because many banks have lost their customers due to poor implementation of mobile banking platform.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Mobile Banking
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subject: Mobile SMS Alert
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subject: Mobile Financial Enquiry
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subject: Mobile Funds Transfer
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subject: Deposit Money Banks
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creator: BABATUNDE Abdullahi Adio
rights: Copyright (c) 2021 © Uganda Technology and Management University
date: 2021-07-06
publication date: 2021-07-06
starting page: 1
ending page: 11

Community Factors and Utilization of Monitoring and Evaluation Results: Evidence from Malaria Control Programs’ Implementation in Mukono District
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description: The study aim was to investigate the community factors affecting utilization of monitoring and evaluation findings in implementation of malaria control programs in Mukono district, central Uganda. The study adopted a cross-sectional design in which questionnaires were administered to 120 project personnel from 6 organizations that were implementing malaria control programs. Results showed that attitude towards malaria control as a community factor had no significant effect on utilization of monitoring and evaluation results in implementation of malaria control programs (β = .116, p = 0.146 > 0.05). It however found beliefs about malaria (β = .116, p = 0.000< 0.05) and decision-making issues (β = .232, p = 0.004 < 0.05) as the community factors that independently influenced utilization of monitoring & evaluation results. It was concluded that though the utilization of monitoring & evaluation results is crucial in guiding improvements in interventions, it is less integrated into the implementation of malaria control programs. The community members’ beliefs and decision making about malaria are pertinent in propelling utilization. The study recommended the need for government to sensitize communities about malaria control to overcome negative beliefs and as well be informed in supporting better decision making about malaria control programs. In order to promote the learning of positive health behaviors amongst social media users in Sub-Saharan Africa, Self-Regulation and External Locus of Control should be enhanced.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Monitoring and Evaluation
  topic: keywords
subject: Utilisation of Findings
  topic: keywords
subject: Evaluation Results
  topic: keywords
subject: Malaria Control Programs
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subject: Implementation
  topic: keywords
subject: Community Factors
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creator: Perry Gamba
creator: Dr. J. M. O. Tukei
creator: Specioza Birungi
rights: Copyright (c) 2021 © Uganda Technology and Management University
date: 2021-07-06
publication date: 2021-07-06
starting page: 1
ending page: 11

Cognitive Factors and Health Behaviors of Social Media Users in Sub-Saharan Africa
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description: This study investigated the mediation effect of Locus of Control, Self-Regulation, Age sensitivity and Behavioral Intention in the relationship between Cognitive Factors and Health Behaviors of social media users in Sub-Sahara Africa. A positivist epistemology was adopted in trying to create knowledge from empirical and observational evidences across Sub-Saharan Africa. Data were collected from 450 social media users in Uganda, Cameroon and Nigeria. Descriptive statistics, correlation and regression analysis methods were used to analyze the data. Baron and Kenny procedure and Medgraphs by Jose were used to test for mediation. Findings reveal that Internal Locus of Control and Behavioral Intention mediate the relationship between Cognitive Factors and Health Behavior; Self-Regulation mediates the relationship between Cognitive Factors and External Locus of Control; External Locus of Control mediates the relationship between Self-Regulation and Health Behavior; Self-Regulation mediates the relationship between Cognitive Factors and Health Behavior; Self-Regulation mediates the relationship between Age Sensitivity and Health Behavior. The findings however reveal that External Locus of Control does not mediates the relationship between Cognitive Factors and Health Behavior. In order to promote the learning of positive health behaviors amongst social media users in Sub-Saharan Africa, Self-Regulation and External Locus of Control should be enhanced.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Internal Locus of Control
  topic: keywords
subject: External Locus of Control
  topic: keywords
subject: Self-Regulation
  topic: keywords
subject: Age Sensitivity
  topic: keywords
subject: Behavioral Intention
  topic: keywords
subject: Cognitive Factors
  topic: keywords
subject: Health Behaviors
  topic: keywords
subject: Social Media
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creator: Kituyi G. Mayoka
creator: Clive K. Tsuma
creator: Victor Mbarika
rights: Copyright (c) 2021 © Uganda Technology and Management University
date: 2021-07-06
publication date: 2021-07-06
starting page: 1
ending page: 25

Influence of Entrepreneurship Eco-System on Innovation of Selected Restaurants at Ilorin Metropolis
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description: Building an entrepreneurial eco-system is considered an organized attempt to establish friendly environment capable of increasing the success rate of established ventures in the business environment. This research examined the relationship between entrepreneurship eco-system and Innovation of selected restaurants in Ilorin, Kwara State. This research determined whether finance and policy making influences process innovation and new product development of selected restaurants in Ilorin, Kwara State. Survey research design was utilized to perform this research. Simple random sampling techniques were utilized to select 5 0restaurants out of the sixty (60) registered restaurants in Ilorin through a self-administered questionnaire. Two hypotheses were formulated and analyzed through Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS) software application version 23 and SmartPLS 3.3 (PLS-SEM) software applications. The outcomes from findings revealed that the present entrepreneurship eco-system in Nigeria and particularly in Kwara State is not at its peak due to absence or poor policy making that can promote sustainable business solution. The findings also showed that entrepreneurial activities in Nigeria is low due to poor funding and inability to access loan for restaurants operators in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria. Thus, this research recommends that entrepreneurship eco-system in Nigeria and most especially in Kwara State should be promoted through policy making to enhance Business Innovation among SME’s in Kwara State and Nigeria in general.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Entrepreneurship
  topic: keywords
subject: Eco-System
  topic: keywords
subject: Innovation
  topic: keywords
subject: Restaurant
  topic: keywords
creator: Ayobami Paul Abolade
rights: Copyright (c) 2020 © Uganda Technology and Management University
date: 2020-12-06
publication date: 2020-12-06
starting page: 1
ending page: 14

The Journey to Gene Editing: A Case for Regulation
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description: "A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion” - Francis Bacon Kenneth Muhangi is an Advocate, lecturer, author and recognized leading specialist in Intellectual Property and Telecommunications, Media and Technology (TMT) law. He also consults for the World Bank and represents Uganda at the World Economic Forum. This paper provides a jurisprudential outlook on the aspects surrounding gene editing and the future of humans. The paper explores the history, nature and state of the universe and predicts the world of tomorrow. The paper is structured in three seemingly separate parts. The first part is foundational; exploring different world views relating to the creation of the universe with a focus on science and religion with Christianity as an example. The first part provides a background that may not at first glance seem linked to the rest of the paper. Any literature reviewed is meant to epistemologically enhance the metaphysical, sociological and biological foundations posited, creating the practical issues that arise and the subsequent need for clear evidence-based regulation. The topics advanced in the first part have been exhaustively discussed by scientists not necessarily needing legal elaboration but rather provides a sort of guidance to regulation related issues. The second part cogitates the dissonance created by the different world views and which world views have inevitably led to advancements in human based science-gene editing; in particular CRISPR- CAS9 and general AI that has attributes akin to (un) consciousness. The paper ends by making a case for regulation as the proposed way to deal with the myriad of issued that have arisen from gene editing and the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI). While this paper does not critique nor seek to look for/advance results, it appeals to the prima-facie human considerations concerning gene editing and AI, thus the philosophical, scien…
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Gene Editing
  topic: keywords
subject: Evolution
  topic: keywords
subject: Higgs Field
  topic: keywords
subject: Darwin
  topic: keywords
subject: Quantum Physics
  topic: keywords
subject: Philosophy
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subject: Data Protection and Privacy
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subject: Artificial Intelligence
  topic: keywords
subject: Leveraging Data
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subject: Patents
  topic: keywords
subject: Intellectual Property
  topic: keywords
subject: Biopiracy
  topic: keywords
creator: Kenneth Muhangi
rights: Copyright (c) 2020 © Uganda Technology and Management University
date: 2020-12-06
publication date: 2020-12-06
starting page: 1
ending page: 19

Polarity and Similarity Measures Towards Classifying an Article on Food Insecurity
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description: Polarity measure has been applied to text mining tasks such as sentiment analysis and text classification. At the same time similarity measure has also been applied to text mining tasks such as summarization, classification and information retrieval. Limited studies if any have used both measures as predictors in a Machine Learning task to automatically identifying articles with conversations on food insecurity in a news feed. These conversations on food insecurity can be generated into trends. Now these trends can guide stakeholders in taking appropriate action depending on food insecurity situation. The proposed strategy relates to a study that used polarity measures for tweets on food prices to predict actual food prices which could also provide proxy information on food insecurity to similarly guide the stakeholders. However our study is on blending polarity and similarity as handcrafted predictors in Machine Learning to automatically label articles on food insecurity using Machine Learning. To explore the proposed strategy, the study used articles from Monitor site (www.monitor.co.ug), a ugandan news media. Promising findings were obtained with KNN and N-BAYES classifiers which had AUC measures of 0.931 and 0.927 respectively compared to random classifier of 0.91. Future work considers blending these handcrafted features with automatic features from deep learning to explore performance improvement.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Text Similarity
  topic: keywords
subject: Polarity Measure
  topic: keywords
subject: Food Insecurity
  topic: keywords
creator: Andrew Lukyamuzi
creator: John Ngubiri
creator: Washington Okori
rights: Copyright (c) 2020 © Uganda Technology and Management University
date: 2020-12-06
publication date: 2020-12-06
starting page: 1
ending page: 10

Customer Engagement in Project Planning, Implementation and Evaluation on Performance in Service Cops Limited
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description: The study focused on assessing the influence of customer engagement in project planning, implementation and evaluation towards the performance of projects in Service Cops Limited in Uganda. The study sought to establish the extent to which customer engagement in project planning, implementation and evaluation has influenced performance of projects in Service Cops Limited. A cross sectional research design with a mixed method approach was used because it emphasizes detailed contextual analysis of a limited number of events or conditions and their relationships. The stratified sampling method was used to identify the 156 respondents of who 106 responded giving a response rate of 68%. Respondents were not willing to provide data through interviews and therefore data was collected through questionnaires. The findings showed there is a positive relationship between customer engagement, project implementation and evaluation and the performance of projects in Service Cops Limited. This therefore implies that all project leads should focus on the engagement of their key customers in all project stages to ensure performance measured in terms achievement of project milestones.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Customer Engagement
  topic: keywords
subject: Project Planning
  topic: keywords
subject: Implementation
  topic: keywords
subject: Performance
  topic: keywords
creator: Martha Kibukamusoke
creator: David Kajoba
rights: Copyright (c) 2020 © Uganda Technology and Management University
date: 2020-12-06
publication date: 2020-12-06
starting page: 1
ending page: 16

Employees Involvement as Agent of Change Management and Performance of Local Governments in Eastern Uganda: An Empirical Study
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description: Performance of Local Governments is key in delivering essential services to the citizens of the Country. Citizen get health, education for children thus developing the human resource, roads to enable movement of people and goods to markets, and technical assistance for farmers. However, the citizens are not getting the appropriate levels of services: evidenced by poor health facilities, low grades in schools, impassable or no roads despite Government and donor funding. The question, therefore, is; how can Local Governments improve performance in service delivery? The study investigated the relationship between employee involvement and performance of Local Governments in Eastern Uganda. A cross-sectional study design was used involving both quantitative and qualitative approaches with a sample of 48. Stratified, simple random and purposive sampling techniques were used to select the respondents. Data analysis involved descriptive and inferential statistics of Spearman Product Moment Correlation and regression. The findings indicated a strong positive relationship (r=0.724**) between employees involvement and performance of Local Governments. Employees involvement accounted for 55% (Adjusted R2 = 0.550) of variance in performance of Local Governments in Eastern Uganda. The study concludes that there is a strong positive relationship between employees involvement and performance of Local Governments. It is recommended that the managers and practitioners of Local Governments in Eastern Uganda should involve employees as change agents so as to improve performance.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Change Management
  topic: keywords
subject: Employee Involvement
  topic: keywords
subject: Performance
  topic: keywords
subject: Local Governments
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creator: Wilfred Kokas Aupal
creator: Dr. Willy Ngaka
creator: Rev. Fr. Dr. Epiphany Picho Odubukare
creator: Charles Oleja
rights: Copyright (c) 2020 © Uganda Technology and Management University
date: 2020-12-06
publication date: 2020-12-06
starting page: 1
ending page: 20

A Flexible Student Assessment System for Continuous Performance Monitoring
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description: Students’ continuous academic assessment over time and development of a general customizable computerized system framework for students’ assessment are two interesting research areas that are given little attention in Uganda’s secondary school institutions. Assessment of students particularly in Uganda starts right away from when the student joins education institutions. This assessment is normally done by grading students’ performance in various assessment modules set by the institution such as beginning of term examinations, mid-term examinations, end of term examinations and various tests done along the term period. A quantitative research done using observation, interviews and studying existing systems revealed that though a number of schools/institutions have embraced the use of automated report card systems, the concentration has been only on termly assessment, report production and development of specialized systems for individual schools. Accurate and appropriate decision making by the school management and academic performance quality enhancement are both driven by accurate students’ continuous assessment over time. This project aims at the analysis, design and development of a web based computerized decision support system that assists its users to track the performance of students over time, view students’ performance statistics in form of graphs and numerical information for accurate decision-making process. Apart from that, this project looks at also developing a general customizable computerized system that can be used by a wider number of institutions. After this research, a suitable and effective web-based decision support system that can be fully customized and determine students’ continuous assessment was developed. Though this system is not yet a stand-alone system since there is a number of schools have limitations in internet connectivity, efforts need to be made in order to make it fit the institutions that have poor or no internet connectivity…
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Performance Monitoring
  topic: keywords
subject: Student Assessment
  topic: keywords
creator: Byaruhanga Moses
creator: Andrew Lukyamuzi
rights: Copyright (c) 2020 © Uganda Technology and Management University
date: 2020-12-06
publication date: 2020-12-06
starting page: 1
ending page: 22

Effect of Implementation Factors on Monitoring and Evaluation Results Utilization: Evidence from the Malaria Control Programs in Mukono District, Central Uganda
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description: Empirical studies globally have revealed that utilization of findings from the Monitoring and Evaluation Function have been seen to be critical in projects especially in contributing to the success of interventions in communities. Unfortunately, implementation factors are advanced as limiting such utilization but remain less studied in Uganda. This study was thus set out to establish the effects of Implementation Factors on the utilization of Monitoring & Evaluation findings from the Malaria Control Programs implemented in Mukono District, Central Uganda. The study adopted a cross-sectional research design in which data was collected from a total of 120 randomly selected employees who were part of Malaria Control Programs implementation and a Multiple Regression Model fitted in SPSS Version 20.0, Results showed insignificant effects of evaluation quality, capacity and communication but positive significant effect of timeliness on the utilization of Monitoring and Evaluation Findings. It was concluded that on average, Monitoring and Evaluation results were rarely utilized in the implementation of the Malaria Control Programs among the implementing organizations (Mean = 2.34, S.D = 0.56). The study henceforth recommended that management staff of the organizations implementing programs should design and institute mechanisms which ensure timely collection, analysis and reporting of the Monitoring & Evaluation results if utilization levels are to be enhanced.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Monitoring and Evaluation
  topic: keywords
subject: Implementation Factors
  topic: keywords
subject: Evaluation Quality
  topic: keywords
subject: Capacity
  topic: keywords
subject: Corporate Communication
  topic: keywords
subject: Timeliness
  topic: keywords
subject: Utilization
  topic: keywords
subject: Malaria Control Programs
  topic: keywords
creator: Perry Gamba
creator: Dr. J. M. O. Tukei
creator: Specioza Birungi
rights: Copyright (c) 2020 © Uganda Technology and Management University
date: 2020-12-06
publication date: 2020-12-06
starting page: 1
ending page: 8

Decision Factors and the Utilization of Monitoring and Evaluation Findings in Programs Implementation: A Case of the Ugandan Malaria Control Program
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description: Utilization-focused evaluation is based on the principle that an evaluation should be adjudicated by its utility. Therefore, no matter how technically sound and methodologically elegant, an evaluation is not truly good unless its findings are used. This study was therefore set out to ascertain the decision factors affecting utilization of Monitoring and Evaluation findings in the implementation of Malaria Control Programs in Uganda. In addressing this aim, a survey design in which questionnaires were administered to 120 employees from Monitoring and Evaluation departments of the six organizations that were implementing Malaria Control Programs in the Ugandan District of Mukono. The quantitative data collected was analyzed at descriptive and inferential levels. Results showed that the level of receptiveness (β = -.085, p > 0.005) and consideration for information needs (β = -.251, p > 0.005) had no significant influence on utilization of M&E results in the implementation of the Malaria Control Programs. It, however, found decision characteristics as the decision factor having a positive significant effect on the level of use of M&E findings in the implementation of the Malaria Control Programs (β = .696, p < 0.001). The study concluded that decision characteristics were pertinent decision aspects which if not well-addressed limits use of Monitoring and Evaluation findings in the implementation of Malaria Control Program activities. It was thus recommended that stakeholders need to be exclusively identified and thereafter involved in making decisions for the successful implementation of Malaria Control Programs.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Monitoring and Evaluation
  topic: keywords
subject: Decision Factors
  topic: keywords
subject: Implementation
  topic: keywords
subject: Utilization
  topic: keywords
subject: Malaria Control Programs
  topic: keywords
creator: Perry Gamba
creator: Dr. J. M. O. Tukei
creator: Specioza Birungi
rights: Copyright (c) 2020 © Uganda Technology and Management University
date: 2020-12-06
publication date: 2020-12-06
starting page: 1
ending page: 10