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Item Assessment of Construction Project Management Control Practice: The Case of Grade One Building and General Contractors in Addis Ababa(Addis Ababa University, 2018-08-04) Alemayehu, Hiwot; Mekonnen, Worku(PhD)Construction industry in developing countries is struggling from different challenges that can affect the industry from achiving the intended objective which is to complete the construction works on time,as per the budget and desired quality.From the different process that help the industry to be sucessful,the construction control practice of contractors contributes a faire share in the sucess of the projects.As per the reviewed litratures ,there exist a gap in the construction control practices in Ethiopian construction industry.Bearing this in mind , this research is conducted to asses the current construction controlling tools and techniques used by grade one contractors with respect to the tools and techniques described in PMBOK.The research is of descriptive type and uses questionnaire and interview as an instrument to collect data.The analysis of the research shows the percentage and frequency of used construction controlling techniques.Also in order to rank the techniques that the contractors use, RII is used as a method of analysis.The finding of the research elaborates that mostly used tools and techniques are project management software to control time and cost of projects and inspection to control the quality of construction projects.Also, the finding revealed that different types of controlling techniques are not used by most of the contractors.Furthermore as per the research,even though there exists a lack of usage of different construction controlling tools and techniques,the professionals in the construction firm perceive that they have a good construction controlling system.From the finding of the research the researcher recommends the contractors to practice different controlling techniques that best fit their construction projectsItem Improving Ethical Practice at Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Buee Primary Hospital.(Addis Abeba University, 2020-05) Alemayehu, Hiwot; Addise, Mesfine(Ass. Prof.); Nega, Adiam(MPH)Abstract Introduction: Ethics is defined as a moral philosophy or code of morals practiced by a person or group of people.There agreed ethical principles are autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice, which are widely accepted in the neonatal practice. However, within the context of diverse values, beliefs and interests’ fundamental variations exist and they hugely influence the plans of new born management. There is limited information in Ethiopia regarding the practice of these ethical principles. The ethical principles of new born care are not clearly stated and not applied well by NICU staffs, in Buee Primary Hospital (BPH). The parents are not part of decision making and treatment of choice. Objectives: The objective of the project is to improve the practice of ethical principles at NICU in Buee Primary Hospital. Methods: Pre-post interventional study and descriptive qualitative approach was conducted to explore the practice of ethical principles at NICU in Buee Primary Hospital. The study populations are all health professionals working in the hospital. Key informant interview guide was conducted face to face by the investigator. The recorded audio note interviews were transcribed, and analyzed thematically using open code software version 4.2. Result: In the pre-intervention we conducted observation, document review and discussion to verify the root cause of the problem. In the- post intervention we developed implementation plan and the health professionals started to implement the plan. During this period, we evaluated the problem whether it has improved or not.Qualitative finding: The key informant interviews indicated gaps in the practice of ethical principles in NICU. The results of the selected strategies showed a significant improvement on the practice of low ethical principles in the unit.This was objectively measured using the observational checklist from 27% to 80% during the evaluation period of pre and post intervention. Conclusion and Recommendation: The results of this project suggested that a simple set of intervention was effective on improving the practice of ethical principles.The finding also proved the effectiveness of selected strategies, but it will be better to implement in a large scale in the hospital.