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
Abstract
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