Educational Leadership and Management

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    Practices and Challenges of Management Development Programme In The Case of Addis Ababa University
    (Addis Ababa University, 2019-06) Achameleh, Tsehay; Degefa, Demoze (PhD)
    The general objective of this research was to assess the practices and problems of management development programs in Addis Ababa University and to give scholarly recommendations for future effective service and the achievement of the stated vision. By considering this, descriptive sample survey design was employed. To conduct the research and attain the objectives of the research quantitative research approach was used. To be effective in this research and give a relevant generalization for the practices and problems of Management Development programs to the University this research take as a study population all the College of Administration parts of the University middle level Management and lower level management that worked in different Colleges. From the total population 241 employees, by using cross-sectional descriptive sample survey research method 150 were drawn as a sample from managing directors, from facility management team leaders, from team leaders and from Experts were selected as a research sample. To gain the relevant information from respondents different data gathering instruments were employed mainly, closed and open ended questionnaire, and documents analysis. To analyze the collected data SPSS 25 were used for the entire closed ended questions. To this effect, average mean, standard deviation, was employed to data analysis. Besides, the data obtained from qualitative questions were transcribed to supplement and triangulate the quantitative data. The findings clearly show there was a limited attention to MD programs intervention in the University. Apart from its limited attention, there was an encouraging findings that Addis Ababa University acknowledge and accepted the role of MD programs for the development of all Administration with the changing global system which served as a footsteps for the next strategic move. Therefore, according to the findings there was less effective and less efficient practice of MD programs in Addis Ababa University as compared to its very powerful vision and responsibility. Finally, recommendations were made based on the result of the study. Key recommendations include for different groups of the University Training and Development program as responsible bodies for establishing effective and organized MD system in the University, In a continuous base starting from MD needs analysis to evaluate the stages and keep the strengths of the HRM of the University and also for individual managers motivated to do self-development by using short and long term training. Finally; recommend for further research particularly on MD need analysis areas.