Practice and Challenges of Management Development Program in Education Sector in Addis Ababa City. The Case of Government’s Polytechnic Colleges
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2019-07
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The general objective of this research was to assess the practices and challenge of Management
Development in government of polytechnic colleges in Addis Ababa. Descriptive survey research
design was employed. The research both quantitative and qualitative research approach was
used. Also, take as a study population all the colleges’ managers that worked in different
managerial position levels. Data gathering instruments were employed mainly, closed and open
ended questionnaire interview. In this effect, mean, standard deviation and frequency percentage
was employed to data analysis. The findings clearly show there was a limited attention to MD
programs intervention in government colleges..Therefore, according to the findings that
gathered from the data there were less support and less follow up practice of MD programs in
the colleges as compared to its importance. Key recommendations include for different groups
that was for the government and top responsible bodies that establishing effective and
institutionalized MD system in the colleges, develop MD policy, strengthen and empower the
responsible department to properly manage the separate MD practices of individual
departments, undertaking the whole MD cycle very carefully and in a continuous base also for
individual managers motivated to do self development by using different mechanisms.
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A thesis submitted to the Department of Public Administration and Development Management of Addis Ababa University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Masters in Public Management and Policy (MPMP)
Keywords
Management development program, Polytechnic college