Browsing by Author "Mohammed, Abdurezak (PhD)"

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    Assessing Cross Cultural Relationship In Human Resource Practice In Africa Union Commission
    (Addis Ababa University, 2019-05) Abayneh, Melat; Mohammed, Abdurezak (PhD)
    To manage diversified workforce, need to understand cultural diversities and develop communicate approach. Thus, Cross culture issues and people management are important in every stage especially in multinational organization. Indeed, problems may exist when there is diversified culture, background, history in an organization. This might in turn hinders the performance of an organization if not properly handled. Cross cultural management aids the relationships among employees on different culture and background. The objective of the research was to asses cross cultural relationship in human resources practice in AUC. Its approach is a descriptive one in which both qualitative and quantitative used. According to the study finding it could be learned that cross cultural issues hardly comprised in HR practices in AUC and also recognized that employees’ relationships are not strong; that affect communication system, the effectiveness and efficiency of AUC to achieve its goal. Since the work forces of AUC consisted with diversified cultural background, some misunderstanding (due to communication barriers like language) has occurred among staffs as well as the working environment is not conducive for employees. Generally cross cultural relationship correlate (associate) positively with HR practices; however the existing situations are not satisfactory as expected due to different challenges in AUC. From the beginning cross cultural elements (issues) are not taken into accounts. The other limitation is that in culturally diversified working areas employees’ relationship is expected to be productive, smooth, and positive, however it became passive in AUC, employees’ interpersonal communication is also poor
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    Assessment Factors Affecting Project Performance: A Case Study Of Bishoftu Town Cobblestones Construction Projects.
    (Addis Ababa University, 2020-06) Endale, Akawak; Mohammed, Abdurezak (PhD)
    The success and failure of any projects depends on its performance .the road construction sector is one of the key sectors of Ethiopian national economy. Nevertheless, it undergoes through several problems that affect project performance in terms of project performance parameters like time, cost and quality. This study was conducted to identify factors affect project performance in the case of Bishoftu town cobblestone road construction. lThe lmain lobjective lof lthislstudy lislto lidentify lthe lfactorlaffecting lthe lproject lperformance lin lthe lBishoftu ltown lcobble lstone lconstructionlprojects. The methodology applied is descriptive design along cross sectional method as the study focuses on identifying and describing those factors that affecting the project performance. The sources of the data for the study are primary data and review of the documents. Questionnaires were the main instruments used in this study. The target population size of the study was 89 respondents. This study was undertaken in Bishoftu Town cobblestone road construction projects. The questionnaires were distributed to all target respondents from which 64 filled in and returned. The data used for this study comprises the cobblestone projects started in the last two years from 2010 E.C. the projects reviewed were 10 from the 51 projects that were selected using purposive method. The respondents for this study were contractors, consultant, client and regulators auditors. From both analysis of the primary data and secondary, it was found that there were problems of project performance in the town. lTheltoplten lmostlinfluentiallfactorslthatlwere laffectinglcobblestone lprojectslperformance lare lawarding lof lthe lcontractltolthe llowestlbidders, lescalationloflmateriallprice, lpoorlplanninglandlscheduling, lclients lemphasis lon llow lconstruction lcost, llow lparticipation lof llocal lcommunity lin lthe lproject limplementation, ldifficulty lin lweather lcondition, lexcessive lbureaucratic lcondition, lpoor luse lof lproject lsoftware, lclientslemphasislon lquick lconstruction linstead lof lquality. Having such kinds of factors, the management would decide to minimize problems to ensure the project objectives. Further study should be conducted in the factors affecting project performance in the construction both in private and public construction sectors using inferential statistics in order to enhance generalizability in the sector. Key Words:
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    Assessment Factors Affecting Project Performance: A Case Study Of Bishoftu Town Cobblestones Constructionprojects
    (Addis Ababa University, 2020-06) Endale, Akawak; Mohammed, Abdurezak (PhD)
    The success and failure of any projects depends on its performance .the road construction sector is one of the key sectors of Ethiopian national economy. Nevertheless, it undergoes through several problems that affect project performance in terms of project performance parameters like time, cost and quality. This study was conducted to identify factors affect project performance in the case of Bishoftu town cobblestone road construction. lThe lmain lobjective lof lthislstudy lislto lidentify lthe lfactorlaffecting lthe lproject lperformance lin lthe lBishoftu ltown lcobble lstone lconstructionlprojects. The methodology applied is descriptive design along cross sectional method as the study focuses on identifying and describing those factors that affecting the project performance. The sources of the data for the study are primary data and review of the documents. Questionnaires were the main instruments used in this study. The target population size of the study was 89 respondents. This study was undertaken in Bishoftu Town cobblestone road construction projects. The questionnaires were distributed to all target respondents from which 64 filled in and returned. The data used for this study comprises the cobblestone projects started in the last two years from 2010 E.C. the projects reviewed were 10 from the 51 projects that were selected using purposive method. The respondents for this study were contractors, consultant, client and regulators auditors. From both analysis of the primary data and secondary, it was found that there were problems of project performance in the town. lTheltoplten lmostlinfluentiallfactorslthatlwere laffectinglcobblestone lprojectslperformance lare lawarding lof lthe lcontractltolthe llowestlbidders, lescalationloflmateriallprice, lpoorlplanninglandlscheduling, lclients lemphasis lon llow lconstruction lcost, llow lparticipation lof llocal lcommunity lin lthe lproject limplementation, ldifficulty lin lweather lcondition, lexcessive lbureaucratic lcondition, lpoor luse lof lproject lsoftware, lclientslemphasislon lquick lconstruction linstead lof lquality. Having such kinds of factors, the management would decide to minimize problems to ensure the project objectives. Further study should be conducted in the factors affecting project performance in the construction both in private and public construction sectors using inferential statistics in order to enhance generalizability in the sector.
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    Assessment of Biomedical Engineering Project Monitoring and Evaluation (in the case of Tikur Anbessa Specialized hospital)
    (Addis Ababa University, 2020-11) Mikre, Nebiyou; Mohammed, Abdurezak (PhD)
    The research sought to investigate the factors affecting the effectiveness of monitoring and evaluation system for biomedical engineering projects at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital. The research implemented a descriptive research design in pinpointing the research problem. The research targeted 32 employees of Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital that are directly involved in the biomedical engineering projects, in which the researcher conducted a consecutive sampling method. Due to the current pandemic most of the institution physicians were involved in providing health care services for Corona Virus (COVID-19) victims, in which the response rate was 68.75%, where most of the data collection was performed through online survey. The research utilized a questionnaire and interview to collect primary data. The collected data from the questionnaires were analyzed through SPSS statistical package version 26. The findings were analyzed using means, standard deviation, percentages and frequencies then presented in a table format, in which the interview questions were used to discuss the findings. The main findings of the research are; the stakeholder management and participation, as well as the biomedical engineers and radiology technologist, are not involved in the project from planning to closure, there is no service agreement for most of the machines that have been installed, the institution doesn’t have a higher involvement in the procurement procedure, skilled professionals are not properly chosen, team organization and teamwork are not properly managed, communication plan being vague. The research suggests most of the knowledge areas in the project management field investigated in regards to the factors influencing the effectiveness of monitoring and evaluation in biomedical engineering projects.as well as the replicating this study in other public health institutions, to enable generalization.
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    An Assessment Of Customers’ Perception Towards Ethio Telecom Broadband Service Delivery Practices; The Case Of Ethio Telecom Financial Enterprise Customers
    (Addis Ababa University, 2017-06) Ambaw, Abebe; Mohammed, Abdurezak (PhD)
    This study is aimed to assess the level of customers’ perception towards ethio telecom broadband service delivery practices by focusing on financial institutions in Addis Ababa as target population. The study adapted the framework developed by Muhammad, Mahmudul & Abdul (2012) which focuses on broadband customers’ perception and buying intention against existing practice of broadband providers considering different dimensions like: service quality, technical and functional qualities and experience economy. Both descriptive and explanatory methods are applied to study the level of exiting service delivery practice of ethio telecom and the level of customers’ perception. The result from the descriptive analysis shows that ethio telecom has good practices in communication level, competency and courtesy of its central broadband staffs and accessibility of its broadband support at shops and contact center. The result, on the other hand shows that, there is relatively poor practices in accessibility of broadband price and technology, maintenance delay, competency of field maintenance staffs, security level of broadband service, broadband speed, performance of access modems and broadband link outage. The result from correlation study shows that there is significant correlation between some of the ethio telecom service delivery practices and customers’ perception. According to the result from multinomial regression analysis, there is no association or prediction between variables representing ethio telecom service delivery practices and overall perception of broadband customers towards ethio telecom service delivery practices. This study recommended conducting competency assessment and skill development for broadband field intervention staffs and to remove old DSL models from the broadband service delivery system. Further, to adopt new technologies and service models and work on customer experience and perception improvement than network oriented operations are also recommended by the study. More improvements required in the area of broadband outage and long-lasting maintenance delays.
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    Assessment of Monitoring and Evaluation Practices of Ethio-Telecom Expansion Project
    (Addis Ababa University, 2020-10) Yibeltal, Bekalu; Mohammed, Abdurezak (PhD)
    Assessment of monitor and evaluation practices used to extract relevant information from past and ongoing activities for programmatic and future planning. This project was asses monitoring and evaluation practices in ethio-telecom expansion project and determine the factors that affect its effectiveness. A descriptive type of study with purposive sampling technique; based on the criteria of their prior knowledge, capacity and experience of monitoring and evaluation was used to assess monitoring and evaluation practices. Both quantitative and qualitative research design used to collect data. According to the survey, the project has well planned and scheduled but has no wellestablished monitor and evaluation system. Individuals task roles and responsibilities of staff are not clearly indicated in the plan and have not a complete monitor and evaluation plan document. The study also indicated that most of the time monitor and evaluation is undertaken weekly. It was also found out monitor and evaluation results mainly used for managing project change requests, project improvement, decision making and budget allocation. The effectiveness of the project due to monitor and evaluation practices were affected by lack of skilled human resource, poor management support, lack of stakeholder engagement and inadequacy of budget allocated. The company has its own limitation in completing the expansion projects within planned budget, scope, time and quality. Therefore, based on the findings, it is suggested that ethio-telecom should develop a well-established monitor and evaluation system and it should produce project monitor and evaluation plan document to guide M&E activity.
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    Assessment Of Organizational Culture Of TechnoServe
    (Addis Ababa University, 2018-06-09) Andachew, Natnael; Mohammed, Abdurezak (PhD)
    TechnoServe implemented a change initiative called “Lewet” to address employee concerns mainly professional development, organizational care and employee participation through the support of engaging leadership. After the change initiative was implemented, no assessment was carried out to see the “Lewet” initiative brought about the intended result. This study tried to identify the current dominant culture of TechnoServe as perceived by employees as well the congruence of the dominant culture with the six aspects of OCAI after the change initiative was implemented. The study employed quantitative research design, descriptive in nature, to answer the research questions. Second category of managers were involved in the survey. All of the questionnaires (22) distributed managers were completed and retuned back. OCAI standard questionnaire were utilized to collect data on current and preferred culture. The data obtained through the instrument were analyzed using graphs, charts and tables. According to the result, the current dominant TechnoServe culture was clan culture followed by hierarchy culture. The Clan Culture is a very friendly place to work where people share a lot of themselves. The dominant culture in the preferred situation was clan followed by adhocracy. It is also evident from the result that employees wanted to decrease the hierarchy culture and to increase the adhocracy culture. Before the change initiative was implemented, TechnoServe used to be a market culture as evidenced from the strategic document. It is evident form this study that the change initiative was successful as the culture transformed from market culture where the focus was external adaption to clan culture that emphasize internal integration, employee development and participation. Even if TechnoServe achieve its goal there is still cultural incongruence among the current dominant culture and the six aspects of OCAI that has to be addressed wisely. In effect, there is a mismatch between TechnoServe strategic orientation and the current culture. Therefore, there is a strong urgency from the management side to balance the strategic demand of the organization with the development needs of employees.
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    Assessment Of Project Distress Prevention And Intervention Strategies In Construction Projects A Case Of Projects Contracted By Sunshine Construction Plc
    (Addis Ababa University, 2020-06) Tekalign, Yohannis; Mohammed, Abdurezak (PhD)
    The purpose of the study is to identify factors causing project distress and assess project distress prevention and intervention strategies in sunshine construction plc. A comprehensive literature investigation of academic articles was carried out to determine 14 critical factors causing project distress in the Ethiopian construction industry. Then, a quantitative study was carried out using a questionnaire survey as a method to obtain the data. 15 respondents (project managers, Team Leaders and Engineers) from 3 Projects (Bole Marriot international hotel project, Bole Beshale sunshine real estate Project, and CMC-2 sunshine real estate Project) were selected using purposive sampling as their education level and experience is highly important for the study. Collected data from the survey were analyzed using SPSS (version 27) software by using mean and standard deviations for ranking purposes. The study found that the top three ranking factors causing distress at sunshine construction plc are poor project implementation strategies, project environment, and lack of integrated Planning. The study also assessed project distress prevention and intervention strategies and found that sunshine construction plc focuses on mostly on designing, preparing work breakdown, and then rush to construction, instead of giving all the 10 project management knowledge areas equal emphasis as they all contribute towards the successful completion of a project. The study also found specific issues in areas of dynamic risk management, scope management, and stakeholder management. And recommended several management tools to address these issues.
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    Assessment of Project Management Maturity Level of Commercial Bank of Ethiopia
    (Addis Ababa University, 2017-06) Ejigu, Abraham; Mohammed, Abdurezak (PhD)
    In today’s dynamic and complex business environment, organizations find themselves in a need to manage projects whether they are project driven or non-project driven organizations. However the practice of project management has to be improved to realize its benefits. The main purpose of this research project was to assess the project management maturity level of PMO of Commercial Bank of Ethiopia. The maturity assessment was based on a five level project management maturity model devised by PM Solutions. To assess the project management practice of the projects, nine knowledge areas were selected from the project management body of knowledge guide. The research employed both qualitative and quantitative research methods to realize the purpose of the study. Hence, a questionnaire was devised based on reviewed literature to assess the practice of the knowledge areas. The collected data was triangulated with data obtained from other secondary sources and analyzed. Based on the analysis, the researcher concluded that most of the knowledge areas were being practiced informally. The knowledge areas also have lower maturity levels. Relatively some of the knowledge areas have higher maturity as compared to the others. This difference was traced back to already established processes and practices the bank uses in its operations. But lack of proper integration of these practices with project management practice has lowered the maturity level of the project management practice at the bank. Developing and practicing project management knowledge areas; devising procedures; carefully collecting, compiling and disseminating lessons learned from past project implementation; creating project management standards; and creating awareness among all stakeholders towards projects; strengthening the PMO’s human and other resources; and providing trainings have been recommended as a means of improving project management practice and attaining higher maturity
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    An Assessment Of Project Manegment Office Role And Type In Ethio Telecom
    (Addis Ababa University, 2017-06) Birhane, Alem; Mohammed, Abdurezak (PhD)
    The Project Management Office (PMO) has recently become a vital business unit in many organizations worldwide and is critical to the success of project management functions in many organizations. It also the new phenomena to our country project management culture. This research project has been developed with the aim of studying the project management office role and type in ethio telecom. The study conducts in-depth literature review on Project Management Office. The PMO has different roles and responsibilities, type, structure, staff numbers, and maturity level and these factors often vary between organizations depending on the needs of organization itself. The accurate identification of the PMO roles and type is important as some organizations might spend money and resources on establishing PMOs that don’t satisfy their needs and requirements. To achieve the objectives of this research, a mixed research methodology that involved mixed approaches have been used studying the existing ethio telecom PMO roles, type, structure and maturity. The data collection uses semi-structured interview questions and questionnaires as a primary data gathering sources and organizational documents and reports as secondary data sources. The outcomes of this research show that ethio telecom needs significant modifications and designs to its project management office and its roles and type were contradicted with the concept of program/project management office. The research recommended some recommendations that might help to modifying its roles and responsibilities, staffing appropriate employees and empowering this PMO in the company and helping to achieve more projects performance enhancement
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    Assessment of Prospects and Challenges of Employee Performance Management System: A case of Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (Addis Ababa area)
    (Addis Ababa University, 2016-05) Bishaw, Mulu; Mohammed, Abdurezak (PhD)
    The purpose of this study was to assess the challenges and prospects of employee performance management system implemented in commercial Bank of Ethiopia. The study used descriptive method of study with cross sectional survey and used mixed research approach. This study has used stratified random sampling to select questionnaire respondents and purposive sampling to select interviewees. The research objectives were to assess the prospects and challenges of employee performance management system, to identify benefits gained from and challenges faced in implementing the system, to assess employees’ perception towards employee performance management system and to evaluate performance management processes in the bank. Primary and secondary data were used. The analysis was done by the help of SPSS and presented using descriptive statistics; frequency tables, percentages, bar and pie charts. The scope of the study was limited to branches and head office within Addis Ababa area. The findings of the research indicated that employee performance management system has numerous benefits. Among them; it has created role clarity among employees, enables to differentiate good and poor performers, created a constructive competition among staffs. The system has also helps to motivate employees and encourage development through creating communications between the employees and their supervisor or managers. It improves both individual and the bank’s overall performance. However the researcher has found that there were challenges; a tendency giving unbalanced goals for similar positions while they have equal job grades, no fair job rotation among employees, no sufficient resource allocation to execute their job properly, no clear mechanism in the bank to address the issue of underperformance, a tendency of giving 1 and 4 only for non financial targets. Furthermore, the result of evaluation did not attach with reward and recognition schemes. On the basis of the findings, the researcher recommended that the bank has to be making sure that equal jobs are assigned for equal positions, prevailing fair job rotation, attaching performance evaluation results with reward and recognition programs so that the issue of underperformance will be solved. The bank has also work with training of supervisors on assessment to make rating standard/uniform across assessors and branches/process Key words: Employee Performance Management system, commercial bank of Ethiopia, challenges and prospects.
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    An assessment of the project planning on project performance in SNNPR roads authority of Hossana district roads authority construction projects.
    (Addis Ababa University, 2018-10-02) Ataro, Andineh; Mohammed, Abdurezak (PhD)
    Analysis of the completed projects illustrate that a significant number of projects exceed the planned time and costs and consequently reducing the benefits. Among many causes of project failure, it is clearly identified that poor planning has an impact on project performance. The main objective of the project work report presented in this paper was to assess the role of project planning on project performance in SNNPR of Hossana district roads authority roads and bridge construction projects. In order to achieve the objectives, information of past projects was collected from 20 employees from different departments the district. A questionnaire survey conducted to collect datd from the respondents that consisted of project manager, regional supervisors, and other related respondents. The study used SPSS version 16 for descriptive statistics and correlation analysis, and hypotheses to test and to know the relationship of among planning processes, factors and planning knowledge areas. The findings of this project work report indicate that the main planning input factors that affect the performance of planning processes are: - human, management, technical and organizational factors. And also the finding identifies the main problem areas in planning processes as risk, communication, and quality of human resource knowledge areas were inadequately performed in the studied project. The result of the finding also identifies 15 influential planning activities that affect the performance of project out come. This report recommends an organization that conducts any project should improve the poor planning performance of the identified planning knowledge areas. It should be also important for the organization to spend more efforts in the identified planning activities to improve the performance of their project outcome.
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    Assessment on Factors for Variance between Project Design and Actual Implementation: A Case of World Vision Ethiopia
    (Addis Ababa University, 2017-06) Yihdego, Aster; Mohammed, Abdurezak (PhD)
    This research investigated the factors for variance between project design and actual implementation in World Vision Ethiopia. The study was done primarily based on the analysis of data found from respondents (primary data) and other relevant information from the organization (secondary data). Descriptive survey was used as a research strategy and a non-probability judgmental sampling as sampling technique. This method helps in avoiding repetition of sample elements, increasing the representativeness of the population and to have non-biased and accurate answers from the volunteer respondents. The main findings of this research showed that World Vision Ethiopia has visible strength in its structure, systems and procedures to successfully manage its numerous projects with a significantly large amount of resource. It also revealed that the organization has a number of internal and external factors that affected its ability to manage its projects within acceptable variance limit. Finally, it is recommended that World Vision needs to develop a staff engagement and recognition policies and procedures and there should be management support throughout the project life cycle. The outcome of this research will serve World Vision Ethiopia to evaluate itself and make improvement on its weaknesses. The research also serves other organizations as a reference tool to check their performance of project management and become a better organization in a competitive environment
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    Assessment On The Causes Of Construction Project Delay: In The Case Of Tl Foundation Specialist
    (Addis Ababa University, 2020-06) Sebsebie, Bezawit; Mohammed, Abdurezak (PhD)
    The objective of this study is to identify the causes of construction project delay on the five ongoing projects of TL foundation specialists that are only located in Addis Ababa. In order to do that dif erent delay causing events have been listed under the five main category groups, to identify which event is more important cause of delay than the other is, RII value have been used . To collect the needed data questionnaire and interview were used, using a census method questionnaire was distributed to all the skilled contractors, clients and consultants that are related to the projects of TL foundation specialist. The Result show that the top ten main causes of delay in the case of TL foundation specialist ongoing projects are : (1)Lack of local construction materials in market;(2) Low quality construction materials;(3) Availability of local materials and sourcing;(4)Machineries distribution problem;(5)Late start & resource mobilization to site;(6) Dif iculty in project financing ( Low financial system);(7) Suspension of works;(8) Lack of availability of imported construction materials and goods on market;(9) Delay in progress payments for completed work;(10) Financing dif iculty .Recommendations depending on the results of the study was also given .Out of this the main suggestions given is, since most of the time delay is caused because of lack of equipment’s, Low quality of machines and not being available in the local market contractors should be able to handle and be ready with martials that have better quality and also should import all the needed machinery to execute the project. Clients should pay depending on the contractual agreements.
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    Challenges and Opportunities of Managing the Telecom Sector:The Case of Ethio Telecom
    (Addis Ababa University, 2016-06) Mengistu, Daniel; Mohammed, Abdurezak (PhD)
    Telecommunication is the transmission of information over significant distances to communicate. The strong development of telecommunication would help to improve efficiency of the economy and the country’s competitiveness which promote economic and social development. Telecom will change the way humans work, play, and live. The International Telecommunications Union (ITU, 2015) reported that there are more in-use cell phones than there are people on the planet already. Continuous technical transformation and information waves of the past century have driven high growth in the telecom industry. However, telecom companies are facing challenges as well as opportunities in their business endeavor. Hence, the purpose of this research is to investigate and examine the challenges and opportunities of managing the telecom sector of Ethiopia, with particular focus on ethio telecom. The method employed in the research is qualitative research method. Data is collected from both primary and secondary sources using the techniques of indepth interview, direct observation, document review and analysis. Accordingly, it is found out that technological advancement, and telecom fraud are among the major challenges and opportunities of Ethiopian Telecom Sector. Moreover, it is found out that WTO accession will create new opportunities and as well will impose new challenges to the telecommunications sector of Ethiopia. Hence, ethio telecom and the Government shall create strategic alliance and partnership with high technology companies around the World, implement a fraud management system that detect frauds before it happen and damage occurs, implement appropriate policies and strategies to avoid the risks and grasp the opportunities of joining WTO, and establish Research and Development Center of Telecom for sustained development of the Telecom Industry of Ethiopia. Key Words: challenges and opportunities of telecom sector
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    Community And Stakeholders’ Participation On Roads Maintenance Projects: The Case Of Oromiya Roads Authority
    (Addis Ababa University, 2017-06) Denboba, Alemayehu; Mohammed, Abdurezak (PhD)
    Roads are clearly a critical enabling condition for improving living conditions in rural areas. Maintenance of rural roads have only relatively recently received attention in development research. Production costs, employment creation, access to markets, and investment depend on sustainable quality of infrastructure, especially transport. The purpose of the study was to examine community and stakeholders’ participation on maintenance of URRAP roads projects of Oromiya Roads Authority. The design that used in the research was descriptive survey. The target populations of the study were 40 respondents from Oromiya Roads Authority. The study used the census approach where all the members of the target population were included into the study sample. The study used both primary and secondary data collection methods. The primary data was collected using questionnaires and interviews. Secondary data was derived from the organization’s records. The data from the completed questionnaires was studied, re-coded and entered into the computer using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22. Descriptive statistics were employed to analyze quantitative data. The descriptive statistics included frequency counts, means and percentages. Qualitative data was analyzed qualitatively using content analysis based on analysis of meanings and implications emanating from respondents information and documented data. The results of the study showed that CSP on the success of URRAP roads construction in GTP I was high and they had participated more in cash and free labor contribution and their participation was decreasing. It was also evident that communities and stakeholders were not participated on maintenance of URRAP roads projects in GTP I and was monitored and followed up rarely. The recommendations include providing grass root capacity building and training for woredas and developing the management system of CSP, the improvement of the work integration and cooperation between ORA and other pertinent organizations and the support given to ORA by the administrative bodies in realizing the community and different stakeholders’ participation on URRAP roads maintenance projects
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    A Comparative Study of Government and Private Banks- Training and Development of Bank Employees:The Case of Commercial Bank of Ethiopia and Awash International Bank
    (Addis Ababa University, 2016-05) Alye, Anasimos; Mohammed, Abdurezak (PhD)
    Training and development is an Investment rather than a cost to the organization. The utilization of all other resources directly depends on efficient utilization of human resources. Every organization needs to have well-trained and experienced people to perform the activities that have to be done. As jobs have become more complex in the banking sector, the importance of employee training and development has increased. A key for obtaining consistent success with training programs is to have a systematic approach to Training and development practices. Recognition of the Training and development of employees are crucial for the organization’s success. This study deles with training and development of bank employees of CBE and AIB. It was carried out with a total sample of 160 employees drown from 16 branches of both CBE and AIB in Addis Ababa. A structured questionnaire is administered to all the respondents under the sample. certain aspects of training and development practices - Training policies and objectives, methods and Effects and benefits of the training of the banks. The finding of the study shows that there is no statistically significant difference and there is also a gap between the ideal training and development practice and the actual practices employed by the banks studied. Based on the finding the recommendation was put forward
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    Corporate Social Responsibility Practices in Tannery Industry The case of Selected Firms at Akaki Kality Sub –City
    (Addis Ababa University, 2018-06-07) Takele, Abdeta; Mohammed, Abdurezak (PhD)
    The study aimed to serve as a guide line for investors who are involved and going to involve in the industry and as awareness creation document by out lining the right of the general public from the industry by studying the levels of Corporate Social Responsibility, factors that motivates and its challenges of practices different dimensions of Corporate Social Responsibility in Ethiopian tannery industry by taking Ethio leather industries, Batu, and Newwing tanneries as case studies corresponding to the determinants namely economic, legal, and ethical and philanthropy responsibilities of the firm. In relation to the methodology it was mixed approach (both quantitative and qualitative) simple random sampling technique was used in selecting respondents. The study has been conducted on the basis of the quantitative and qualitative research techniques to assess the levels, factor motivate and challenges of Corporate Social Responsibility practice and its determinants in the selected three tanneries. 80 32 and 50 workers in Ethio leather industries, Batu, and New wing tanneries respectively were selected from the total employees of 560,250 and 300 in each tannery. Data were collected through questionnaire. Moreover semi-structured interview have been also conducted with managers of the companies through open ended questions which are designed to elicit their perception about the nature of Corporate Social Responsibility their respected companies. Finally, the data collected through the questionnaires were coded, entered into computer and analyzed and presented in the form of tables using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 23 Software. Hence, it is through analysis of the direct relationships that insight is developed between the dependent and independent variables. Corporate Social Responsibility (dependent variable) was found to have a strong positive relationship with economic, legal, ethical and philanthropy responsibilities. The result of the study is economic legal and ethical responsibilities practices are at the begging stage whereas firms are not practicing philanthropy responsibilities ,competitive advantage, social & political legitimacy, employees motivation and. reputations, are the most motivating factors of Corporate Social Responsibility ,and challenges to practice corporate social responsibility in the firm lack of specific legislation, lack of institutions assist or low government intervention, poor stake holders integration, lack of clear guidelines & standardized metrics and lack of corporate skill ,And there is lack of awareness about the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility .Thus strengthen legal infrastructures/ enforcement and integrating stakeholders should be critical in the sector in particular for corporate sectors in general
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    Corporate Social Responsibility Practices in Tannery Industry The case of Selected Firms at Akaki Kality Sub –City
    (Addis Ababa University, 2018-06-02) Takele, Abdeta; Mohammed, Abdurezak (PhD)
    The study aimed to serve as a guide line for investors who are involved and going to involve in the industry and as awareness creation document by out lining the right of the general public from the industry by studying the levels of Corporate Social Responsibility, factors that motivates and its challenges of practices different dimensions of Corporate Social Responsibility in Ethiopian tannery industry by taking Ethio leather industries, Batu, and Newwing tanneries as case studies corresponding to the determinants namely economic, legal, and ethical and philanthropy responsibilities of the firm. In relation to the methodology it was mixed approach (both quantitative and qualitative) simple random sampling technique was used in selecting respondents. The study has been conducted on the basis of the quantitative and qualitative research techniques to assess the levels, factor motivate and challenges of Corporate Social Responsibility practice and its determinants in the selected three tanneries. 80 32 and 50 workers in Ethio leather industries, Batu, and New wing tanneries respectively were selected from the total employees of 560,250 and 300 in each tannery. Data were collected through questionnaire. Moreover semi-structured interview have been also conducted with managers of the companies through open ended questions which are designed to elicit their perception about the nature of Corporate Social Responsibility their respected companies. Finally, the data collected through the questionnaires were coded, entered into computer and analyzed and presented in the form of tables using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 23 Software. Hence, it is through analysis of the direct relationships that insight is developed between the dependent and independent variables. Corporate Social Responsibility (dependent variable) was found to have a strong positive relationship with economic, legal, ethical and philanthropy responsibilities. The result of the study is economic legal and ethical responsibilities practices are at the begging stage whereas firms are not practicing philanthropy responsibilities ,competitive advantage, social & political legitimacy, employees motivation and. reputations, are the most motivating factors of Corporate Social Responsibility ,and challenges to practice corporate social responsibility in the firm lack of specific legislation, lack of institutions assist or low government intervention, poor stake holders integration, lack of clear guidelines & standardized metrics and lack of corporate skill ,And there is lack of awareness about the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility .Thus strengthen legal infrastructures/ enforcement and integrating stakeholders should be critical in the sector in particular for corporate sectors in general
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    The Effect of Employee Promotion on Job Satisfaction in the Case of Ethiopian Airline Cargo and logistics Services
    (Addis Ababa University, 2019-06) Adnew, Kaleab; Mohammed, Abdurezak (PhD)
    The main purpose of this study was to identify the Ethiopian Airlines Cargo and logistics service employees’ perception of the effect of promotion on their job satisfaction. The study employed a explanatory survey with a total of 125 Ethiopian Airlines Cargo and logistics Service employee respondents. The respondents were selected using simple random sampling. Document analysis and questionnaire were used as data gathering instruments. The gathered data was analyzed using descriptive statistic and regression. The result showed the existence of strong relationship between the promotion practice and job satisfaction and promotion affect the job satisfaction of employees. Although the employees have positive feeling about the promotion policy of the organization and promotion is perceived as effective in increasing the job satisfaction of the employees the results showed that there are issues regarding the performance appraisal and practical implementation of promotion procedure in the organization. The study recommends that the organization should conduct performances evaluation constantly and give feedback to employees and encourage the worker to acquire new knowledge by giving a chances for external training opportunity, and for the managements to give more proper attention to the employee’s complaints and grievances on promotion practices, and also practicing a fair and equal opportunity on promotion it will help to acquire and retain best and satisfied worker this leads the company to be more productive