Browsing by Author "Alemayehu, Biruk"

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    The Attitude of Food-For-Work Beneficiaries towards the Implementation and Impacts of Food-For-Work Programmed
    (Addis Ababa University, 2011-05) Alemayehu, Biruk; Rahmato, Dessalegn(PhD)
    Til(! IIllIill ohjeclive of this paper is 10 study the allitude of hell eficiaries towards the 1I/{/llIIgelllellt iss lies ill FFW and the impacts of FFW ill ilia ted soil conservatioll /'/IeaSllres all ellvirOlllllellt. It is also the ail1l of this paper to analyze the factors that determine the .Ii,ture ,,"stlliIOhility 0/ FFW illitiated soil conservatioll activities. The shulV is based all a SlIrve)! of ISO hellds ofhollseholds who were random IV selectedfro/1/ Alaba Wereda. TI1 addilioll. focl/s grollp discussiolls alld key informant interviel'VS were also condUCled wilh henejiciaries. Werelia ofliclllis. I'll leaders, alld staffji-olll the implelllellting agellcy to get all ill-depth insighl 011 Ihase issl/es Ihat are 110t adequately addressed ill the survey lII ethod. Secolldwy data sOl/rces sl/ch liS CSA reports, project documents alld CIIl/1ual reports produced hy Ihe illlplelll elllillg IIgency were also reviewed. The study brought together ideas ji-olll direct hellefirillries. implelllenting agellcy, government officials, and other stakeholders. it is a lieseriplive alld evaluative sll/dy, and both the descriptive statistical lIIethods and qualilative (/lwl)!sis Ivere elllployed ill the study as methodologicallools. 7/lcfol/olVillg lire the lIIajorfilldings of th e stue!y: I) FFW belleficiaries have 1101 raken part ill decisioll-lIlllkillg process at different levels in FFW programming, alld hence gellerally the)! have nega/ive attitude towards management issues ill FFW; 2) BeJl eficiaries preferred hioiogicill soil cOllservation measures to the physical measures as the former have a IllOre liirecl alld shon-tCl'III economic benefits than the laller. As a result, the hiological and physical soil cOllserValiOIl lIIeasures were IIOt well-integrated to hring about a suslaillable impact 011 ellvil'OlIlIIellt: 3) Dlle to restrictive CUStOIllS alld traditiolls ill Ihe study area, alld due to the lack of COlllnlitl/Wli1 of the FFW programme to address women's needs, gender issues were 1I0t Ivel/addressed ill tlie FFW progralllllle. There/ore. {/I I illlporlilliliessoll drawnJi'oll! this study is that beneficiaries should he ill valved in tlie riecisioll -Illukilig process at all /eve/s in FFW progral11l11illg. alld adequate e/'llphasis has to he givell 10 Ihe prolllotioll a/' cOllservatioll knowledge allc/ praclice. alld to gender issues ill order 10 II/f1Xilllize tlie ell virollmental impacts of tlie FFW illitiated soil cOliservatioll IJrogmlllllle. """ 10 ensure Ihe .li ,ture sustaillability of soil cOllservatioll (lctivilies ullderlakell tllrougll FFW. Th e stur/v "/0'0 attelllpts to draw addiliollal illsights ill the use olIood as all cfJixtive loolfor {Icliicvillg the I/Illch aspired environmental rehabilitatioll objective, "lid as all e/Jcctive toolfor reducillgfood aid dependellcy alld achievillg self-sufficiency.
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    The Impact of Gender Difference on Leadership Effectiveness: The Case of ABIG PLC
    (Addis Ababa University, 2020-07) Alemayehu, Biruk; Bogale(PhD), Mengistu
    The purpose of this study was to assess the impact caused by gender difference on leadership effectiveness in ABIG PLC, a multi business company engaged in wide range of sectors. The study tried to find out if female and male leaders actually employ different sets of leadership styles and if those differences in leadership styles can have any worthy impact on the effectiveness of their leadership. In order to measure leadership effectiveness three measures were selected, namely: goal achievement, team’s smooth internal process and external adaptability. The study also attempted to see if female leaders are more of relationship-oriented and transformational than male leaders and in contrast if male leaders are more of task-oriented and transactional. This study followed a cross-sectional, quantitative and explanatory research. All the necessary data were collected from both the primary and secondary sources. The primary data was collected through questionnaires regarding gender differences from the company's employees and their impact on leadership effectiveness and secondary sources was gathered through books, papers, journals, articles and company’s website and related records. Questionnaires of close-ended questions, Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) and Likert scale type of questionnaires prepared by Google Forms were distributed for employees in non-management level to find out the factors affecting their leaders’ effectiveness. Descriptive statistics of the study shows relationship-oriented leadership is dominant among female leaders of the company and transactional leadership is the least used by female leaders. As for male leaders, task-oriented leadership was found to be the most used and relationship-oriented is the least used leadership style. The results of this study showed that women’s leadership style does not result in less effectiveness of leadership and the researcher would like to recommend that top management should not hesitate to bring females up in to leadership positions as long as they are qualified and competent