Browsing by Author "Bekele, Fasil"

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    Assessment of the Common Project Failure Causes at Addis Ababa Housing Development Project Office to Propose a Solution Based on PMKAs
    (Addis Ababa University, 2021-02-22) Bekele, Fasil; Denu, Birhanu (PhD)
    Projects failure is a common phenomenon in the current society. The construction industry is one of the most practical examples of project based industries. Amongst the multitude construction projects here in Addis Ababa, one is the Housing Development Project with the main objective of addressing the housing needs of the city and other socio-economic goals. However, according to the reports the Addis Ababa Housing Development and Administration Bureau, only 180,000 houses have been delivered to the beneficiaries since the establishment of the project office in 2005, that means it has failed to achieve its objectives as of the conventional success metrics. Due to this, it becomes critical to understand the most significant causes that hindered the project to succeed. Hence, this study is aimed to identify the most significant project failure causes of the office, the knowhow and practice of PM theories and concepts, and the ten PMKAs, of course, based on the perceptions of the practitioners in the project execution. This case study is an exploratory type and used a mixed method approach research design with a multi-level cluster sampling techniques. The data was collected using documents reviews, semi-structured interview and questionnaires; and the analysis was made using thematic analysis and SPSS tools sequentially for qualitative and quantitative date consecutively. Manpower, Planning and Procurement related causes were found to be most significant, and the assessment revealed that the PM theories and the ten PMKAs neither known well nor practiced in the project office. Eventually an attempt was made to relate the identified most significant causes with the PMKAs. As the most significant project failure causes were directly related with the PMKAs like PMI, PHRM and PPM, a more intense Project Management expertise and practices were recommended for the improvement of the project office’s performance.
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    An Assessment on Logistics Practice of Laboratory Commodities: The Case of St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    (Addis Ababa University, 2019-06) Bekele, Fasil; Jebena, Tariku (PhD)
    The inefficient logistics can cause a stock out of critical and essential products, leaving clients underserved and which adversely affect the patients particularly and widely the health sector. To secure laboratory commodities at health facilities, all elements of the logistics cycle have equal importance. Assessing a part lonely will not address the logistics challenges at all. This study aims to assess the logistics practice of laboratory commodities in the perspective of logistics elements. A descriptive, cross-sectional study design with mixed research approaches, qualitative, and quantitative is employed in data collection and analysis. Nine interviews, twenty-nine questionnaires were responded, and ninety-four LC were assessed at SPHMMC. The finding indicates that good customer service and relation management practiced but above half of the test menu were stock out. No guideline and involvement of laboratory case teams head for product selection and quantification. Almost half, 54 (57.4%), of line of commodities quantified from expected, 20 (37%) commodities were received till 11th month of the budget year, 11(35.5%) received despite not quantified, no involvement of stakeholders during quantification, limited skills, and knowledge in each laboratory commodities logistics cycle. Above 80% of commodities stocked below min or max level, of this 56.8 % (29) were above max. No proper implementation of IPLS, no IFRR and weak stock keeping recording practice, RRF generated for 40 (42.6%) line of commodities, from 54 availed items 40 (74.1%) were set min-max, and 18 (45%) were updated. There was storage space constraint. As a result testing units, mini store, and a main sore stock max level of a week, ½ month, and two months respectively, good storage practice is observed in mini store 11(73%) compared to main store (33%).Quality assurance scheme was not guideline and SOP-based intervention in the logistics cycle. Quality control approach was different when it was received from EPSA and private suppliers. The sample tested when it was received from a private supplier only. Generally, on the grand average mode of all respondents of the questionnaire were almost agreed in each logistics cycle for all issues raised with limited standard deviation. Customer service means 4±0.844, Product selection 3.7±0.99, Quantification 4±0.84, Procurement 3.85±0.90, Inventory management 4±0.91, storage and transportation 4±0.93, and LMIS 4±1.01. In conclusion, poor inventory management practice, weak LMIS implementation, no standardized product selection and quantification, and long procurement, and weak storage practices. It is proposed that professional development on each logistics cycle, the involvement of laboratory professionals and other stakeholders during quantification and product selection, maintaining min-max, proper implementation of LMIS, developing and or adopting guidelines and SOPs related to the logistics cycle and adhering the guidance will improve logistics practices.
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    Problems and Challenges on Addis Ababa Land and Infrastructure Management: Towards an Information System Strategy
    (Addis Ababa University, 2018-09-01) Bekele, Fasil; Beshah, Tibebe (PhD)
    Information is a powerful resource in this ―information age‖. The form and tools to exchange information and data from human civilization and industrial era and to current time is changing drastically. Information system obviously played the vital role here. Most cities and municipalities are currently adopting information technologies in their various activities to achieve their targeted goals and objectives. Addis Ababa City Government, as well, currently launched a GIS based land management information system and using it to register owned land plots of the city. However, the general land and infrastructure management is suffering from different problems and challenges. One of these problems and challenges is the crossing over of infrastructures amongst the infrastructure. This crossing over impedes the development of infrastructures of the city and also incurs a significant lose in different types of resources. This research attempted to explore and empirically evidence those problems and challenges, the major sources as well and propose an Information System Strategy as a solution. Mixed methods, in which qualitative and quantitative approaches have been employed consecutively in this research with a sequential exploratory strategy. In due course, the problems were found to be renowned and generated basically from lack of exhaustive information about each of the infrastructures, poor and traditional way of communication and information exchange, and selfgoal centeredness of the bureaus. Eventually, it is divulged that the problems and challenges of the crossing over can be resolved by formulating and implementing an Information System Strategy. The key findings that the Information System Strategy solution should comprise are acquiring comprehensive information, embracing them before getting in to the physical works, creating integration with other concerned organs including the involvement of both regional and federal governments. Therefore, from the findings and results of the analysis of the data obtained from informal discussion with the executives and experts in the area, interview and documents review, a high level IS Strategy is proposed and evaluated against utilities it need to posses with the experts in the area and IT professionals in the organizations.