Browsing by Author "Dawit Tesfaye"

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    Analysis Cost Overruns in Manufacturing Projects: Causes, Consequences, and Mitigation Strategies In the case of Yirgalem Addis Textile Factory
    (Addis Ababa University, 2024-10) Dawit Tesfaye; Adane Atara (PhD)
    The manufacturing industry is growing in recent years in Ethiopia. These industries undertake many kinds manufacturing projects and these projects are affected by cost overruns. Project cost overruns occur when the actual cost of a project exceed the estimated cost of a project. The objective of this study is to analyze cost overrun in manufacturing projects: causes, impacts and mitigation strategies in the case of yirgalem addis textile factory. To achieve the objective of this study, primary data such as questionnaire and interviews were used. Survey type of research design was used in this study. The data gathered were analyzed using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. The findings of this study indicate that the main causes of cost overrun in textile manufacturing projects were scope change, labor issue, material price fluctuations, and government regulations. The consequence of cost overrun on manufacturing projects which were identified by the study were wastage of resources, financial problems, project delays, project abandonment. Enhanced project management capability, risk and contingency planning, implementation of cost monitoring and control measures were the mitigation strategies. The study’s recommendations are the scope of the project must be defined clearly and communicated to stakeholders, proper cost estimation of cost, monitoring and controlling cost, communicating the cause of cost overrun to all project stakeholders. Key words: Cost overrun, causes, consequences, mitigation strategy, Textile factory, manufacturing projects
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    Assessing the Challenges of Urban Land Governance in Addis Ababa: the case of Nifas Silk Lafto Sub City Land Development and Management
    (A.A.U, 2018-10) Dawit Tesfaye; Filmon Hadaro
    This research is aimed at assessing the practices and challenges of application of land administration governance principles in urban land development and management in Nifas Silk Lafto Sub-city of Addis Ababa City Administration. The study assessed the problems in applying the land administration governance dimensions (principles). In order to achieve the above mentioned objectives, primary and secondary data was collected. Content and literature review was conducted from available scholarly studies, land management manuals and program documents. A conceptual framework was developed from the literature review and qualitative methodology was employed. Survey Questionnaires, interview and document review checklists were used as data collection tools. The qualitative interview and content data was analyzed using narrative explanations. The survey questionnaire responses were analyzed descriptively. The findings of the study revealed that land development and management processes are not transparent to the service users. Weak citizen participation in the land development and management and unequal treatment of clients in the service provision were observed as key problems of applying land administration governance principles. The study also revealed that service users were dissatisfied on the performance of land development and management officials in terms of service delivery per the needs of customers. Based on the findings of the study, the study concluded with the recommendation that concerned government bodies in the land development and management institutions need to improve performance, involve citizens and design systems of transparency in the study sub city. The service provision and the systems in place should ensure equal treatment of customers. Based on the assessment, items of the transparency dimension score is below the cutoff point. So, the perception of respondents had assessed the transparency of the office as unsatisfactory. There are another problems based on observation, service users always make a repeated compliant in relation with service delivery, no conducive work environment, most service recipients came to the office redundantly and waste their time to settle unaccomplished cases, the citizen charter of the office is not in proper function and inconsistencies on interpreting land related legislations.