Browsing by Author "Zeleke, Yoseph"

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    Influence of occupational safety and health on organizational performance in the selected star rated hotels in Addis Ababa
    (Addis Ababa University, 2020-06) Zeleke, Yoseph; Markos, Solomon (PhD)
    Implementing occupational safety and health program in the organization has a great benefit for the organization therefore the organization promoting safer work environment and it results to improved employee’s performance and the organization enhancing productivity. The objective this study was to assess the influence of occupational health and safety program on the organizational performance in the selected local star rated hotels in Addis Ababa Ethiopian. The study was considered total populations of size 1,737 and 325 participants were selected as a sample size. The sample was selected using stratified sampling technique. Among the selected 325 participants 82% of respondents respond the questionnaire. Qualitative data was analyzed by using a descriptive statistics tools using SPSS version 24 and a correlations and regression analysis were applied to determine the strength of relationship between variables and how they related to organization performance. The result of this study was revealed that strong positive and significant relationship between the dependent variable (organization performance) and the independent variable OHS training, OHS audit, OHS policy and leadership in OHS. The study concludes that local hotels doesn’t have occupational health and safety policy ,lack of OHS leadership , inadequate resource allocation for OHS program, and also the study recommends the following, hotels should have occupational health and safety policy, allocate adequate resource to implement OHS program ,provide periodically OHS training to their staffs and should conduct proper OHS audit periodically
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    Influence of occupational safety and health on organizational performance in the selected star rated hotels in Addis Ababa.
    (Addis Ababa University, 2020-06) Zeleke, Yoseph; Markos, Solomon(PhD)
    Implementing occupational safety and health program in the organization has a great benefit for the organization therefore the organization promoting safer work environment and it results to improved employee’s performance and the organization enhancing productivity. The objective this study was to assess the influence of occupational health and safety program on the organizational performance in the selected local star rated hotels in Addis Ababa Ethiopian. The study was considered total populations of size 1,737 and 325 participants were selected as a sample size. The sample was selected using stratified sampling technique. Among the selected 325 participants 82% of respondents respond the questionnaire. Qualitative data was analyzed by using a descriptive statistics tools using SPSS version 24 and a correlations and regression analysis were applied to determine the strength of relationship between variables and how they related to organization performance. The result of this study was revealed that strong positive and significant relationship between the dependent variable (organization performance) and the independent variable OHS training, OHS audit, OHS policy and leadership in OHS. The study concludes that local hotels doesn’t have occupational health and safety policy ,lack of OHS leadership , inadequate resource allocation for OHS program, and also the study recommends the following, hotels should have occupational health and safety policy, allocate adequate resource to implement OHS program ,provide periodically OHS training to their staffs and should conduct proper OHS audit periodically.
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    Usability And Accessibility Model For E-Government Websites In Ethiopia
    (Addis Ababa University, 2018-06-04) Zeleke, Yoseph; Bekele (PhD), Rahel
    E-Governance is the public sector’s use of information and communication technologies with the aim of improving information and service delivery, and making government more accountable, transparent and effective. Based on this, the development of E-Government websites and portals are main components of the e-Government strategy implementations for the last nine years in Ethiopia. However, services optimizations with usability and accessibility are key issues of Ethiopia e-Government services development.Therefore, the ultimate goal of this study is creation of usable, accessible and sustainable Ethiopian e-Government websites with four stage of research analysis, through proposed model. The investigations results are used to provide a clear picture of what needs to be improves from management and user point of views and also from other stakeholders of e-Government services. This study applies mixed methods of data collection and analysis, that integrating quantitative and qualitative data, using questionnaires’ and interviews to identify the key usability and accessibility issues of Ethiopia e-Government websites services. The data collection and analysis are primarily from management and users’ point of views are analyzed and discussed and also interpretations of the data are presented using factor analysis and other analytical techniques. Afterward, expert based e-Government website evaluations are presented and discussed using heuristics evaluation principles’. Finally, automatics accessibility evaluation based on WCAG 2.1 guidelines using online WAVE Accessibility Tool assessment results are analyzed, presented and discussed.The findings of the study confirm that, Ethiopia e-Government websites have many usability and accessibility gaps. In general, the current status of e-Government websites not fulfill most of usability features of Heuristics rules and did not conform to W3C, WCAG 2.1. Therefore, it is recommended that pay attention to users’ requirements, improves websites design, functionality, language and services capability; get better websites content and documentations, increase the capacity and awareness levels of managements and employees, and implement planed e-Government websites development and assessment activities.The proposed model was adapted based on the study outcomes and Ethiopian context. It has five components: Manager and Web Administrators; End-Users; Usability & Accessibility Evaluator Committee, Public Relation and Communication Affairs Bureau and Development ProcessFinally, the aim of the study was achieved by conducting mixed and different sides’ studies, and adapted usability and accessibility model. Moreover, the findings reported by the researcher may alert organization managements, IT experts, web developers and other stakeholder to give more emphasis on specific usability and accessibility features which are often being neglected