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Budget Planning And The Quality Of Educational Services In Uganda Public Universities: A Case Study Of Kyambogo University
(Educational Research and Reviews, 2013) Basheka, Benon C.; Nabwire, Addah
This paper examines the relationship between budget planning and the quality of educational services at Kyambogo University in Uganda. We argue that the manner in which the university’s budget planning activities are conducted determines in a significant way (by 76.8%) the quality of the services offered by public universities in Uganda. The findings are original and contribute to the body of education quality in developing countries. The results are compared with both local and international findings to suggest policy and managerial implications.
Community Capacity Building Approaches And Sustainability Of Health Care Projects: Implications From Palliative Care Projects In Mayuge District In Uganda
(African Journal of Business Management, 2013) Komujuni, Barbara; Basheka, Benon C.; Oluka, Pross N.
The purpose of the study was to establish the extent to which community capacity building influenced sustainability of palliative care projects in Mayuge district. Specifically, the study strived to establish the extent to which top down, bottom up and community organizational approaches of capacity building could influence the sustainability of palliative care projects. We used a cross-sectional survey design to cover a population of 150 respondents comprising of NGO officials, Health centre IV and Health centre III palliative care personnel, district health team officials and patients on palliative care. Using a self administered questionnaire and in-depth interviews emerging data was analyzed using simple descriptive statistics like mean and standard deviations, Pearson’s correlation and regression analyses. We report that top down organizational capacity building approach had a high positive significant relationship with project sustainability and it predicted 23.4% of the variance in project sustainability. Bottom up organisational capacity building approach had a high positive significant relationship and it predicted 25.7% of the variance in project sustainability. Finally, community organizing approaches had a very high positive significant relationship with project sustainability and it predicted 57.2% of the variance. We conclude that the financial, technical and managerial self reliance aspects of project sustainability are significantly dependant on the kind of efforts by the management teams of the NGO. By building capacity through top down, bottom up and community organizing approaches, there is a high possibility of ensuring sustainability. We therefore draw a number of managerial and theoretical implications whose scope appeals to a wide range of audiences.
Decision Making Practices In The Pharmaceutical Sector: Implications For Uganda
(African Journal of Business Management, 2015) Ohairwe, Gilbert; Basheka, Benon C.; Zikusooka, Charlotte M.
This paper is a preliminary analysis of decision making principles and practices with in the pharmaceutical industry. The subject of managerial decision making in the sector forms an important area of research and policy debate and it has of recent become a much prominent sector for obvious reasons. First, the pharmaceutical industry contributes to improving the citizen’s health outcomes and productivity. Second, effective decision making is at the heart of what managers and administrators sector do. Third, there are glaring inefficiencies in the sector which blames the decisions made by those who run the sector. While organizations generate information at a much faster rate, the utilization of such information in decision making remains a matter of concern given the ineffectiveness in which some decisions continue to be made. This dilemma has generated a new and exciting interest for scholars. Moreover, the existence of noticeable historical practices that traditionally informed decision making over the long history of civilization makes it imperative to assess the interparty of these factors within the current decision making environments. This paper therefore traces how decisions have been made over time as specifically as applied to the pharmaceutical sector. The purpose of this study is to draw important insights for contemporary decision making challenges of the pharmaceutical sector within Uganda and the rest of the world. Research may also be carried out on how the buying of reliable information can influence judgment and the optimization of decision outcomes leading to better decision making in the regulation, management and administration of the pharmaceutical sector.
Determinants Of Public Procurement Corruption In Uganda: A Conceptual Framework
(Journal of Public Procurement, 2011) Basheka, Benon C.; Tumutegyereize, Milton
This paper examines the determinants of public procurement corruption in Uganda using factor analysis and multiple correlation analysis. In this study, the economic, political, organizational and social determinants were found to have a statistically significant relationship with public procurement corruption. However, the paper concludes that organizational determinants are the major factors, which account for the increasing trends of procurement corruption. Efforts at minimizing public procurement corruption must therefore target the identified organizational opportunities at both central and local government levels, which perpetuate the problem of corruption.
Economic And Political Determinants Of Public Procurement Corruption In Developing Countries: An Empirical Study From Uganda
(Journal of Public Procurement., 2011) Basheka, Benon C.
This paper examines the economic and political determinants of public procurement corruption in Uganda. Using data from 548 respondents in the public, private and NGO sectors of Uganda, the paper identifies critical economic and political determinants of public procurement corruption in Uganda. All over the world, the attention of policy makers, academics, development partners, the general public, civil society organizations and politicians has been drawn to the negative effects of corruption on development and the delivery of effective services. Corruption; a phenomenon as old as man himself (Shabbir & Anwar, 2007) has recently risen to the top of the development agenda, particularly in the developing economies. It is this recognition that leads to investigation of why corruption exists and what makes it so differently widespread among countries (Serra, 2004). Unlike in the past where corruption research was the preserve of economists and political scientists, today other disciplines like public procurement have significant interest. This paper compares the emergent results with local and international literature. It presents a number of theoretical and managerial implications for addressing the “disastrous monster” of procurement corruption in the context of the developing world.
Indigenous Human Resource Management Practices in Africa: Empirical Lessons from Four Sub-regions
(Emerald Publishing Limited., 2018) Kiiza, Mark; Basheka, Benon C.
Over decades, indigenous management practices and their values in Africa have changed from time to time. However, it continued to remain relevant in most business organisations in developing countries. Today in Africa and across the globe, there is a paradigm shift and stiff competition in human resource management practices as a basic element for effective and efficient business organisations’ performance. Effective human resource management practices and performance of organisations rely on the integration of indigenous management practices and sound strategies aligned to cultural values and cores business objectives. The study covers four regions of Africa as a continent. Empirical teachings of the study form a basis for active reforms and innovations, so as to revamp the use of indigenous knowledge, which was deliberately destroyed by colonial masters. Over the years, human resource management practice has evolved in favour of Western strategies and ideologies. Advocates for curriculum reforms in all African countries so as to incorporate indigenous knowledge content, since it is believed to be the future of Africa. An appropriate employees management practice in Africa is a necessary move in today’s business community as it enhances service delivery and performance. The application of indigenous management practices is believed to play a vital role and invokes effective decision-making practices in the business organisation. Therefore, the chapter traces the origin of indigenous wisdom and its fundamental structure in management practices. This chapter attempts to throw light on indigenous management practices and their values in business organisations in Africa.
Institutional Arrangements for Rural Poverty Reduction and Hunger Eradication in Uganda: An Empirical Analysis
(International Journal of Policy Studies, 2012) Namara, Rose B.; Basheka, Benon C.
Poverty reduction has been an overarching and universal goal for global and local development agendas. Global leaders chose to combine eradicating extreme poverty and hunger in the first Millennium Development Goal under the assumption that institutional arrangements to reduce poverty would automatically reduce hunger. Further assumptions suggested that all governments would design poverty reduction policies consistent with food security outcomes. We argue that concurrent hunger and poverty eradication in the rural settings of Uganda need direct institutional arrangements and action to reduce hunger as well as mechanisms that address other contextual factors. We empirically confirm that there are diverse determinants of hunger in Uganda with an associated socio-economic and political context. There is a relationship between poverty and hunger; therefore, government policies intended to address poverty need to embark on a synergy that coordinates interventions to address the interrelated societal problems of poverty and hunger.
Measuring Professionalism Variables And Their Implication To Procurement Outcomes In Uganda
(The 3rd International Public Procurement Conference Proceedings, 2008) Basheka, Benon C.; Mugabira, Michael .I.
In recent years, public sector performance and its capacity to delivery services has received a renewed focus given the declining morals and increasing levels of corruption. There is hardly any country in the world that has escaped the incidence of corruption in Public procurement (Arrowsmith, Linarelli & Wallace (2000); a reality that generated a wave of reforms driven by the imperative to improve the performance and cost effectiveness of the public sector (Self, 1993). Public procurement plays a central role in governance and anti-corruption efforts because of its sheer impact on society considering that, public procurement officials around the globe control spending that is equivalent to 10-30% percent of GNP in any given year (Callender and Mathews, 2000). Wittig, (1999) observed that public procurement remained a big part of the economy of developing countries, accounting for an estimated 9-13% of their gross domestic product. Nevertheless, it is an area in need of attention since resources are not being properly managed in many countries’. This calls for a high degree of professionalism in the conduct of this important function of public significance.This paper presents a descriptive analysis of the implications of professionalism on procurement outcomes in Uganda.
Organizational Culture and Performance of SMEs in Uganda: A Case study of Hotel Sector
(International Journal of Technology and Management, 2017) Aketch, Everline; Basheka, Benon C.; Bagire, V.
The purpose of the study was to establish the effect of organizational culture on the performance of SMEs in Uganda. A cross-sectional survey design was used to collect data from 112 hotels in Eastern part of Uganda. Out of which Ninety-six (96) hotels were retain for analysis. This study unlike majority of other studies included both managers and employees as participants. Denison cultural dimensions of involvement, consistency, adaptability and mission were used. Reliability of all the variables was tested using Cronbach’s alpha(α) for inter-item consistency reliability and specifically for organizational culture was established to be at α=0.92 The analysis of results confirmed that organizational culture positively influenced performance of SMEs by 12.4%. The organizational culture aspects that had significant effect on performance were found to be mission (β=0.329, sig=0.006) and involvement (β= 0.208, sig=0.042) traits. Consistency (β=0.120, sig=0.467) and adaptability (β=0.120, sig=0.181) traits were found to insignificant contributors to performance of SMEs. The study recommends that management encourages proactive involvement of employees in the decision making process and in addition particular attention should be paid to the process of strategic planning. The research was limited to one sector therefore future studies should consider studies in other sectors.
Participation of Workers’ and Employers’ Organizations in Poverty Reduction Strategies in Uganda
(Asian Social Science, 2012) Kagambirwe Karyeija, Gerald; Basheka, Benon C.
It is now over a decade since poverty reduction strategies were embraced by Uganda as a one of the preconditions to reach the debt relief completion point associated with Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative. Between 1997 and 2008, the Poverty Eradication Action Plan (PEAP) was the overarching planning framework for the country. The PEAP has been Uganda’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP), guiding policy formulation and program implementation. In 2007, a review of the PEAP was done culminating into the National Development Plan (NDP), 2010/11 - 2014/15. It has been observed that while the PEAP was being formulated and implemented, the participation of the civil society (including workers and employers organisations) was limited to very few organizations, with no full-time engagement. This was founded on the premise that policy formulation was a preserve of government and the social partners had no business in the process of national planning. The engagement and participation of workers and employers began in 2002, when PEAP was being reviewed. However, the engagement was weak because it had no clear institutional framework. There was commendable participation during the recently concluded National Development Plan. In this article, we used a qualitative case study mainly involving key in depth interviews and documentary analysis. The participation of workers and employers’ organisations’ (Note 1) involvement in the poverty reduction strategies since 1999 is presented in four parts. First, an overview of the socio economic development trends in Uganda is outlined. Second, the concept of social dialogue is outlined. Third, the state of social dialogue in the country is highlighted. Fourth, we analyse the social partners’ participation in the country’s national development planning process.
Procurement Planning And Accountability Of Local Government Procurement Systems In Developing Countries: Evidence From Uganda
(Journal of public procurement., 2008) Basheka, Benon C.
The contribution of planning in facilitating an efficient and effective performance of public sector organizations is generally undisputed in both developed and developing countries. Its contribution can be at both central and local government levels of public sector management. This article examines the relationship between procurement planning and accountability of local government procurement systems in Uganda. The findings arose from a study that was conducted among 99 local government stakeholders selected from 11 Districts of Uganda, using a correlation research design. The data was analyzed using principal component factor analysis that aimed at identifying the critical components of procurement planning and accountable local governments systems in Uganda. Consequently, correlation analysis to establish the direction and magnitude to which the two variables were related was conducted and results are presented. The findings revealed a significant positive relationship between procurement planning and accountable local government procurement systems in Uganda. These results are compared to international research findings, and suggestions are offered for management, policy making, future research and efficient accountable local government operations.
Procurement planning and organisational conflicts in Kampala capital city authority-Uganda: implications for service delivery using a case of central division
(International Journal of Procurement Management, 2012) Hakiza, Joseph Buhi-Riba; Basheka, Benon C.
This paper examines the extent to which the prevalence of organisational conflicts in the Central Division of Kampala Capital City Authority in Uganda is a function of procurement planning variables. The results were obtained from a triangulated case-study design, which used both quantitative and qualitative approaches. The sample size of 186 respondents used in this study comprised the technical staff, councillors, private construction contractors, and service providers within Kampala City. The survey instrument had an overall coefficient of reliability (Cronbach alpha) of 0.883, which was an indicator of high reliability. We analysed the quantitative data using descriptive statistics, principal component factor analysis, correlation and multiple regression statistical techniques; while the qualitative data was analysed using thematic and content analysis. The results obtained confirm our hypothesis that procurement planning is a significant predictor of organisational conflicts in the Central Division of Kampala Capital City Authority. The study recommends policy and managerial improvements in sector planning and needs-identification, as well as the prevailing staff deficiencies that are responsible for the prevailing poor procurement planning practises.
Programme Delivery Quality Benchmarks And Outcomes Based Education At Uganda Management Institute: A Correlational Approach
(NCHE, Kampala, 2009) Basheka, Benon C.; Muhenda, Mary Basaasa; Kittobe, John
Quality assurance has been identified as a proactive way to help improve the relevance, efficiency and effectiveness of an institution [Knight, 2001) and the kind of graduates that a university produces depends on the content of the education and also the structure of the degrees (Ajayi, et al, 1996). What institutions do to ascertain quality turns out to be the most important and effective of all the quality efforts and initiatives; suggesting that institutions with high quality are likely to survive in a market environment where market forces adjudicate on matters of quality and those institutions with poor quality are threatened with extinction (Michael, 2004). While quality assurance can be measured from a number of perspectives, this paper only looks at programme delivery benchmarks from the perspective of students. The paper derives its results from a correlation study conducted at Uganda Management Institute. From the sample size of 1111 students at Uganda Management institute for the period covered, a sample size of 294 and of these 279 students returned the survey instrument, (a response rate of 94.5%).Using a 5-likert-scale survey instrument, which had a reliability coefficient of 0.974, the study found a very statistically significant relationship between programme delivery benchmarks and outcomes-based education. Suggestions for policy and practice are presented. The results compare well with existing literature.
Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) and Enhanced Service Delivery in Uganda: Implications from the Energy Sector
(International Journal of Business Administration, 2013) Nsasira, Rachael; Basheka, Benon C.; Oluka, Pross. N.
This paper focuses on the use of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) as a strategy to address deficiencies in the energy sector of Uganda in order to remedy the power generation shortage in the country. Public Private Partnerships have become popular and gained wide adoption in public sector management though with varying degrees of success especially in Africa. This paper borrows from the transactional theory to help examine the contractual structure, assets specificity, and comparative costs of buying decision making in the Public Private Partnership in the energy sector. The paper also borrows from the stakeholders’ theory as it highlights the need to identify and establish the different stakeholders in the Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) in the energy sector. It highlights the common concepts and forms of Public Private Partnerships in utilities; presents two case experiences of PPP in the energy generation of Uganda and lessons learnt. A review of the two case studies suggests a number of learning points related to involvement of stakeholders, need for government monitoring of the Public Private Partnership contracts and fostering of a win-win outcome. The paper highlights that successful implementation of a PPP depends to a large extent, on the development of capacity, sound legal procedures, agreements, and contracts that clearly define the relationship between government agencies and private firms.
Public Procurement Skills Requirement Framework For Local Government Systems In Uganda: Perceptions From Professionals
(IPPU, 2010) Basheka, Benon C.
This paper examines the skills required by public procurement professionals in a local government context in Uganda. The changing local government context has significant implications on the ideal skills required by procurement professionals. The objectives of the study were to assess the strategic, tactical, and operational skills required by procurement professionals in Uganda’s Local Governments. At the time of the survey, Uganda had 92 local governments and a sample of 80 procurement officers was selected for the study. Of the sampled professionals, 59 of them filled a 50- item survey instrument (a response rate of 73.4%).Using factor analysis to confirm construct and content validity, this paper identifies a set of key skills that local government procurement staff in Uganda need to have if they are to efficiently and effectively manage the procurement function. The paper presents a skills requirements framework (SRF) for procurement practitioners in local government systems of Uganda. The results are original and contribute to the increasing body of public procurement in developing countries.
The Science Of Public Procurement Management And Administration
(Charting a Course in Public Procurement Innovation and Knowledge Sharing, 2013) Basheka, Benon C.
That public procurement as a field of academic research and a “lucrative” field of practice has increased over the last 10 years or so is now a matter beyond contention among policy makers and academics in both developed and developing nations. However, there are, in my view, unresolved issues that ought to form a nucleus of intellectual discourse among procurement practitioners if any hope of having a well-founded academic scientific discipline of public procurement management and administration is to have a firm foundation. Academics in both developed and developing countries may have “conceived the discipline but the baby is yet to be born.” We have serious paradigmatic challenges –disagreements on very fundamental issues related to the scientific foundation of a body of knowledge. Lack of an agreed upon locus and focus of public procurement research among the practitioners is too huge a gap to remain unattended to. Collectively, scholars need to move away from the “art” to the “science” of public procurement. Public procurement cannot claim to be a science without firm theoretical knowledge to guide researchers on the appropriate “focus and locus” of its subject matter. Adopting an interdisciplinary and comparative approach in analyzing public procurement systems, the discipline should identify the similarities and differences in procurement policies and practices.
Towards a Framework for Anti-corruption and Improved Procurement Governance in Uganda The Role of Administrative Efficiency
(Administratio Publica, 2021) Basheka, Benon C.; Auriacombe, C.J.
Public procurement has been and remains a core function of the public sector. When it is managed effectively and efficiently, it can contribute immensely towards attaining good governance within the now-complex public sector systems. This is due to a number of reasons. First, public procurement is a large contributor to government resource expenditure. When such resources are put to good use, it is expected to render a positive impact. Second, public procurement facilitates the attainment of broader government goals through its acquisition functions. Third, in most countries, public procurement as a key of corruption has been perpetuated, which has led to a leakage of public resources that would otherwise be devoted to service delivery. This article argues that promoting administrative efficiency, which will be a function of implemented governance structures, processes, values and mechanisms, is a likely panacea to procurement governance challenges. To this end, the article developsa framework to address public procurement-related corruption through improved governance. The framework is based on the underlying philosophy that the challenges relating to corruption in public procurement are built on a broader system of corruption within the entire administrative system of government.As such, any efforts to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the public procurement function ultimately needs to be anchored on a broader government wide administrative systems improvement strategy.
Using Herzberg’s two Factor Theory to Develop a Construct Validity for Motivation of Employees in Uganda’s National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO): A Preliminary Analysis
(Global Institute of Research & Education, 2014) Lukwago, George; Basheka, Benon C.; Odubuker, Epiphany P.
This paper attempts to explore how Herzberg’s two factor theory can be used to validate what motivates employees in an agricultural research organization within the context of a developing country; Uganda. This is a preliminary analysis; based on the existing literature and information before the empirical findings are concluded. Agricultural Research Institutions, by their nature, present a unique context whose attempt to adopt traditional approaches or theories may post different results altogether. Our variables are constructs contained in Herzberg’s theory and their variances, mean values, correlations, and factor analysis will be measured to validate the theory. We have conceived employee motivation as the dependent variable while hygiene and motivational factors constitute the independent variables. Employee characteristics will be tested as a moderator variable. A detailed methodological stance that the empirical study will adopt is presented.

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