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    Organizational Capacity Assessment in Education Bureaus of Addis Ababa, Oromia and South Nations Nationalities People
    (Addis Ababa University, 2009-06) Kibret, Hailemariam; Oumer, Jeilu (PhD)
    Education has been suffering from traditional and bureaucratic chains which hamper the expansion, enrichment and improvement of the relevance, quality, accessibility and equity of training. In order to alleviate these problems, the Governmel1l of the FDRE establishes Education Bureaus with a substantial authority of managing Education with in regions under education and training policy of 1993. This study was conducted with the objective to assess the strengths and weaknesses of Regional Education Bureaus in light of strategic leadership, human resources, program and process management, and Inter-institutional linkages. Methodologically descriptive survey method was used. Data were gathered from 6 process owners and 3 organizational leaders, 120 pel/ormers, and 41 other employees selected using random, purposive and availability sampling techniques as appropriate. DalO gathered by questionnaires, interviews and focus group discussions were ollllfyzed qualitatively and qual1litatively. Frequency counts and the X2 test together wilh Fisher's exact lesl for significance of differences were used in the analysis. The results of the study indicated that the organizations strategy does not undertake environmental scanning and the organizations/ailure to define Iheir unique place inside the sector as well as the failures of the organizational s!ructure to indicate formal coordinating mechanisms. The finding also indicated the absence of human resources forecasts, job descriptions, staff orientation, individual to do training needs assessments fail' and motivational assessment and reward systems, satisfying compensation (Illonelmy or non-monetary). Problem solving and decision-making mechanisms, and records of evaluation results on strategy, program, policy and budgetmy documems were no! sufficientlv available in Ihe organizations. Organizational linkages have unsatisfactory contribution for organizational goals and mission. The strengths in the organizations were staffs support for formal and informal leadership, staffs willingness to undertake leadership roles and try new suggestion fl'am their leaders and adequacy of decision making at managerial and department le vels. On the other hand, some weaknesses were observed in areas like environmental ')C(fl1l1il1g, human resourCe fnrecasi. assessing and rewarding, job descriplion, eva/ualion and organizational linkage. On top of this, undertakillg SWOT analysis to have realistic 1I1u..lerst(lIlding of itself ill relation to ils envirol1lJ1el1f: undertuking hUIIIUII resource Forecasts, job analysis, staff' orientatioll, hlllnall resource develofJmel1l programs, and fair and mOlivational assessmellt reward systems el/.I'ure that an orgallizalioll have the righl people to do the required work in achieving its full potential; Assigning all individual 01' group to plan and address ongoing infrastructure concerns; establishing adequate maintenance systems with ongoing maintenance budgets; solving problems related to library & information management systems; designing problem solving mechanisms to make tilllely, acceptable and achievable decisiuns; expending an effort to make strategy, program, policy and budgetary doculllents to lIIelltiol/ procedure, results, filldings and suggestions of evaiulllians; developing fruit /ul/, aI/going partnerships with extemal organizations were suggested as indispensable ways to effect the intended performance.