The Effect of Decision Making Autonomy of Employee on Cadet Training Effectiveness
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2020-07
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Addis Ababa University
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The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of Decision-making autonomy of employees on cadet training effectiveness in the case of Major General Hayelom Araya Military Academy. Decision-making autonomy is referred to on employee involvement in decision-making at various levels of the Military Academy. The study was employed descriptive and explanatory research designs to conduct this research. The sampling technique of the study was a stratified sampling technique. The target population was 214 employees of the Major General Hayelom Araya Military Academy Department. The sample taken was 139 employees which was 65% of the total population and selected proportionally from each stratum. Five departments (supportive staff, commandant, military instructor; Guna course and civil instructors of the Military Academy) and five commandant and departments head were selected for an interview and the remaining 134 members for the questionnaire. The study emphasized on the three factors of decision making Autonomy. These are Control, Choice, and Empowerment. All of them were tested individually on the analysis. After the required data are collected descriptive and inferential (i.e. frequency, percentage; mean standard deviation, correlation, and regression) analysis were used to analyze the data using SPSS version 20. The findings of the research were that employee autonomy in decision-making did not give to effective training putting into practice. And also did not make an allowing environment for inspiration and growth as employees see themselves as participants and owners of a decision-making implementation. And employees of the Military Academy did not see themselves as being part of a decision-making process. Then they become negligent, undisciplined behavior, emotional feeling, missing military value and culture, desertion; dissatisfied and less apathetic, which is likely to adverse effect training effectiveness. It is recommended that employees’ views are needed on matters that affect their lives and work and the military academy empowered to take decisions through which they will have a reason for self-worth and a feeling of belonging that will make them give of their best well in the Military Academy.
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Decision making, Autonomy, Cadet