Assessment of Project Monitoring and Evaluation Practices of Ethiopian Airport Enterprise and Factors that Affect Its Effectiveness

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2018-06-17

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Addis Ababa University

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The main purpose of the study was to assess project M&E practices of Ethiopian Airport Enterprise and factors that affect its effectiveness. The assessment was basically focused on identifying the enterprise’s project M&E system, project M&E practices and factors that affect effectiveness of the enterprise’s project M&E. A descriptive research method was used in order to achieve the intended purpose of the study. Questionnaire, interview and review of secondary data sources were used for the purpose of collecting required data for the study. The primary data sources were collected from the enterprise’s employees who are directly involved on project M&E practice. The target populations were 30 employees who aretechnique was employed in selecting the samples. Ninety percent of the questionnaires were returned out of 30 questionnaires which were distributed to the respondents. The data were analyzed using frequency distribution, percentage and mean score. Multiple response analysis was used to analyze questionnaire items with multiple responses. The study found out that the enterprise has no separate project M&E plan document and its project M&E lesson learning and documentation practice is poor. The study also indicated that the majority of project M&E process items (monitoring and controlling project work, integrated change control, scope control, schedule control, budget control, quality control and performance reporting) are applied during project M&E practice of the enterprise. It was also found out that most of the time project M&E is undertaken monthly, tools/techniques like observation, document review and checklist were mainly used and project M&E results mainly used for project improvement, decision making and budget allocation. Furthermore, the study revealed that lack of human resource capacity, management support and stakeholder engagement are the major factors that negatively affect the enterprise’s project M&E effectiveness. Therefore, based on the findings, it is suggested that the enterprise should produce project M&E plan document that guides its M&E practice. On the other hand the enterprise’s management should increase its commitment for project M&E; prepared a continuous project M&E related training, motivational scheme and project M&E best practice sharing mechanisms to enhance the enterprise’s project M&E human resource capacity; and devise the mechanism that increases the engagement of stakeholders on project M&E activities in order to improve the enterprise’s project M&E effectiveness.

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practice sharing mechanisms, employed in selecting the samples, aretechnique was employed in selecting the samples, effectiveness of the enterprise’s project

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