Browsing by Author "Solomon Eshetu"

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    Practices and Challenges of Business Model Innovation: a case of Hibret Manufacturing and Machine Building Industry
    (Addis Ababa University, 2019-06) Solomon Eshetu; Mohammed Seid
    Nowadays, the market become complex and the business environment also highly changing. The business organizations operate in these complex and changing environments that has great influence in their growth and expansions. organizations must continue offering the value that is relevant to the customers to be profitable. Not only that, implementing business model innovation very crucial for the success of the company to exist in the market where there are the changing behaviors of the customers and business environment. For this reason, the main objectives of this study were to investigate the practice and challenge of business model innovation in the Hibret Manufacturing and Machine Building Industry. The Research method was qualitative method and the descriptive survey research design was employed in this study. Because this method can describe the current situation of the HMMBI more clearly and precisely than other survey methods. In order to achieve the objective of the study the researcher used purposive sampling techniques and the sample size for the research Comprise 35 management members of the company. And both primary and secondary data sources were used. The primary data was collected through intensive interview, focus group discussion and observation. While, the secondary data was collected from different documents. From this data analysis, the findings of the study showed that the practice of the intended business model innovation was not implemented in the organization. The findings also indicate the major challenges of the business model innovation are lack of strategic thinking, change resistance, absence of profit-oriented mentality, inability of maximum usage of resources, lack of innovative culture, lack of business knowledge. Lastly the profitability potential of the existing business model of the company was investigated through major measurements such as customer perceived value offering, cost effective and easy configurable, the sole offeror of the value, difficult to imitate, pricing strategy and cost was used as measurement whether the existing business model of the company profitability potential or not and as the research found the company is unprofitable. Consequently, the researcher suggests a series of measure which would be taken by the company to address various challenges identified that an aggressive business model innovation to make the company competitive and relevant for its customers in satisfying their needs and solve the problem. The company need to implement the business model innovation that become compatible with the current business environment. To tackle the aforesaid challenges the company needs effective leadership who have vision, strategic thinking and knowledge. In addition, the organization should focus on competitive and potentially profitable business model to be exercised in order to increase the effectiveness of the business operation and provide necessary technical and leadership support to make the business model innovation process more sustainable.
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    The Effect of Principals’ Leadership Styles on Students’ Academic Achievement in Government Secondary Schools of Kolfe Keranio Sub City
    (Addis Ababa University, 2025-05-01) Solomon Eshetu; Dejene Nigusse
    This study sought to imply the principals leadership styles for students’ academic achievement of kolfe kolfe keraniyo sub city yeman birihan cluster secondary schools. A descriptive survey research design was adopted. A combination of stratified random sampling, simple random were utilized to draw 83 teachers and 170 students and 9 school principals, to participate in the study. Mixed method was used to collect quantitative data from teachers and school principals using questionnaires and qualitative data from secondary school principals using interviews and questionnaires were utilized for teachers and students. Document analysis was also part of data collection for the study. Quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentage, and mean, while the qualitative data were analyzed using content analysis approach. Finding of the study revealed that the extent of leadership styles approach were not properly employed in those secondary schools of Yeman birihan cluster schools in relation to improving students’ academic achievement. Inability to recognize teachers and students individual difference and accordingly inappropriate use of those leadership styles that suits those differences were among the major findings. Based on these findings, the school principals should give special attention for individual differences among the staff members and create clear communication and follow up on its implementation, training should be offered to school principals. since most of them were not graduated in school leadership programs rather they specialize on subject matter only. So awareness on how to lead should be given by in service training programs which helps to enhance the academic improvement of students were some of the major recommendations forwarded