Organizations In Uganda Research Articles

Sustainability of farmer organizations in Uganda: the role of organizational and institutional factors

In Uganda, despite government support, many farmer organizations are short-lived or exist solely to receive subsidies. Existing literature evaluates the sustainability of farming systems, technology impacts, and non-certified markets, yet a gap remains regarding the sustainability of farmer organizations. This study addresses this gap by determining a sustainability index and the effect of organizational and institutional factors on the sustainability of farmer organizations in central and northern Uganda. It highlights how regional disparities impact organizational sustainability. Using cross-sectional data from 272 farmer organizations across 12 randomly selected districts, a multilevel mixed-effects linear regression in Stata13 was employed. Results indicate that Ugandan farmer organizations have a low sustainability index of 36%, with central organizations slightly outperforming northern counterparts by 2%. Significant differences exist between northern and central organizations in terms of finances, resources, value addition, training, and leadership. Additionally, internal financial dependence, leadership committee size, farm management, and value addition training greatly enhance sustainability. Specifically, regional level variables contribute 21% to changes in the sustainability of farmer organizations in Uganda. To enhance sustainability, farmer organizations should engage in income-generating activities aligned with their economic, environmental, and social welfare objectives. The government should also intensify leadership, farm management, and value addition training.

Cost Accounting System and Performance of Business Organizations in Uganda; A Case Study of Lyantonde Uganda

Cost Accounting System and Performance of Business Organizations in Uganda; A Case Study of Lyantonde Uganda

THE IMPACT OF MODERN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY ON UGANDAN RADIO BROADCASTING: A CASE STUDY OF CAPITAL RADIO

Media organizations in Uganda are not exempt from the media industry’s ongoing efforts to digitize its operations, particularly in developing nations. Global change is effectively sparked by the advancements in new media technologies. The method, precision, and speed of message generation and transport have all been greatly enhanced by these technologies, and they have also completely changed the definition of broadcasting. Still, in an information-overloaded world, figuring out where broadcasting fits in is getting harder and harder. The survey research approach was employed to gather pertinent data for the study in order to develop data for it. The results of the data analysis showed that the production of the station under investigation has been significantly impacted by new media technologies. Lack of technical expertise and the expense of purchasing necessary equipment continue to be major obstacles to their efficacy. According to the study’s conclusions, the government should lower the value-added tax on new media equipment as doing so will lower the equipment’s overall cost and ease the financial strain on the station. The use of new media technologies can expand the broadcasting industry’s reach and elevate Uganda’s broadcast sector to a global player. This is only possible if there are no barriers preventing the broadcast media sector from effectively acquiring new and improved infrastructure. Workshops, symposia, seminars, and training courses should all be used to try and educate current and future broadcasters. Keywords: Media, Information Communication Technology (ICT), Radio Broadcasting

Copyright Content User Licensing Model for Collective Management Organizations in Uganda

Collective Management Organizations (CMOs) negotiate and collect royalties for intellectual works on behalf of its owners. These royalties fund Collective Management Organizations (CMO) activities, with portions going to copyright holders and the government (VAT). Higher education institutions make substantial contributions to copyright as makers and users of copyrighted works. CMOs attempt to collect royalties from these creators in order to preserve their confidence. Throughout the royalty collection process, Collective Management Organizations (CMO) engage with and gather a large amount of user data. This paper suggests a copyright user licensing approach to help Ugandan CMOs manage their licensing operations. The model includes gathering user information, determining requirements, and granting licenses. Data security in the central database is a major concern. Object-oriented programming (OOAD) is used to develop a trial system for user evaluation. The project involved collaboration with CMO staff, copyright users, and IP practitioners across several African countries. Feedback was gathered through interviews, focus groups, and user testing of a system prototype. The tested prototype was assessed for user-friendliness, navigation ease, consistency, usability, task completion time, and information access speed. The study concludes that a copyright user licensing model can improve licensing processes for CMOs and reduce copyright infringement. It further suggests that this model can be adapted for use by other licensing firms and organizations. Keywords: Collective Management Organization (CMO), Copyright user licensing, Copyright royalties, Higher education institutions, IP, Data security, OOAD, Copyright infringement Journal Reference Format: Lyada E , Egho-Promise E. I.,John,K.A. & Mustapha, A.B. (2024): Copyright Content User Licensing Model for Collective management Organizations in Uganda. Advances in Multidisciplinary Research Journal. Vol. 2.No. 4, Pp1-16. Vol. 10. No. 1. Pp 17-40 www.isteams.net/aimsjournal. dx.doi.org/10.22624/AIMS/BHI/V10N1P2

Factors Determining Quality of Work Life for Employees in Private Security Business Organizations in Uganda

Factors Determining Quality of Work Life for Employees in Private Security Business Organizations in Uganda

Implementing a Digital Child Behavioral Health Prevention Program in Faith-Based Settings in Uganda: A Feasibility Study

Background: The burden of pediatric mental disorders in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) is tremendous, but solutions for addressing the burden remain limited. Although digital solutions have potential to improve prevention services, such solutions have not been systematically tested in these countries. Objective: This study explores the use of a digital parenting intervention tool designed for pediatric behavioral health, known as the Pediatric-Behavioral Health Digital Tool, in a preventive service model for low resource communities. We study the feasibility of implementing this new digital health service model and preliminary estimate the potential impacts on parenting and child social emotional outcomes when the program is implemented in faith-based organizations in Uganda. The Pediatric-Behavioral Health Digital Tool is a preventive intervention designed to be implemented by trained community-health-workers to facilitate caregivers’ access to the preventive mental health service in community for their young children. The tool is based on the screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment prevention service model for promoting pediatric behavioral and mental health. Methods: The evaluation study was designed using a pre-post assessment design. The content in Pediatric-Behavioral Health Digital Tool was co-designed with local expert and iteratively adapted based on parents and caregivers as well as community-health-workers and experts who were invited to provide their feedback and suggestions for improvements in content, functions, and delivery model through a series of focus groups and workshops. This pilot evaluation focuses on the pre-post changes of the intervention families (91 families) and 10 community-health-workers. Results: We found high acceptability, appropriateness, and usefulness of the program based on the intervention families’ community-health-workers’ report. Intervention parents felt safe in using the digital toolkit. Parents felt comfortable for the CHWs asked them personal questions. In estimating the impacts, we found some expected findings on parenting and child social emotional health. Specifically, we found intervention parents become more mindful in their parenting (d=1.61, p=.049), and felt more effective in discipline their child’s misbehavior (d=1.29, p=.003) after they receive the intervention. For children, we found improvement on children’s social emotional outcomes, measured by decreased parent-child conflict (d=-1.08, p=.002) and increased child emotional regulation skills (d=1.0, p=.049) after their parents receive the intervention. Conclusions: Our Pediatric-Behavioral Health Digital Tool has potential to provide a cost-effective service solution to provide preventive mental health care in communities to promote child social-emotional and mental wellbeing in low-resource settings.

The meaning and practice of inclusion AMIDST gender diversity on boards of public sector organizations in Uganda

Purpose- Despite progress in achieving gender diversity on corporate boards, there is a growing recognition that mere representation of women does not guarantee their inclusion in terms of active participation and influencing board decisions. This research paper aimed at generating a substantive grounded theory that gives the meaning of inclusion in the boardroom and what should be the ideal practice of inclusion on boards of public sector organizations in Uganda Methodology- A qualitative study was carried out applying a constructivist grounded theory approach. This approach acknowledges the researchers' introspection and involves interpretation of data. A purposive sampling method and snowball technique were used to obtain a sample of 16 female directors serving on boards of public sector organizations in Uganda. Semi-structured interviews were used to obtain data. The collection of data and analysis were done concurrently using the coding method to analyze data and to enable a thematic analysis of the themes that define inclusion and the ideal practice of inclusion within boards. Findings- Findings indicate that inclusion means diversity, gender sensitivity, equal opportunity, exploiting potential, and adopting a board charter. On the other hand, the developed ideal practice of inclusion model had some themes similar to the meaning of inclusion. The themes included; Gender Sensitivity, Diverse competencies, Necessary skills, Inclusive behavior, Exploiting potential, and board charter. Conclusion- The original value of this paper lies in its exploration of the complementary relationship between gender diversity and inclusion on boards. Highlighting the importance of inclusion efforts to reap the benefits of gender diversity on boards. Additionally, by applying the constructivist grounded theory approach this paper provides practical guidance for organizations that strive to achieve gender diversity and inclusion on boards Keywords: Female directors, board of directors, ınclusion, gender diversity, public sector organizations. JEL Codes: J16, G34, M14

Building Blocks for a Model for using EDI and ERP to Improve Supply Chain Performance in Ugandan PDEs

The study's overarching goal is to provide a theoretical foundation for the integration of EDI and ERP systems into Ugandan procurement and disposal entities' supply chains to optimize their performance. A design science approach was used as a research strategy and for data collection; a cross-sectional survey using qualitative techniques, including in-depth interviews was employed. From the findings, a model was developed for data visualization, report production, analytics, and transformation. This study therefore provides an in-depth evaluation of the effectiveness of procurement and disposal organizations in Uganda with the help of EDI and ERP technologies to enhance supply chain management.

A perspective on the relationship between partnership and sustainability of child-care organisations in Uganda

Purpose: This study aimed to discuss the relationship between partnership and sustainability of child care organisations in Uganda. This was largely so because it has become clearer that modern day child-care organisations lack ability to continue operating beyond the donor or sponsorship yet sustainability is a key ingredient in child-care organisational initiation. This limitation has placed cumulative burden on child-care organisations wishing to enhance their sustainability by ensuring that they put greater emphasis on partnerships in terms of coordination, networks and collaboration both from within and without. And bearing in mind the countless trials and the signal of dearth of partnership through networks, coordination and collaboration in not-for-profit child-care organisations in Uganda, the motivation of this study is on how Ugandan child-care organisations can achieve sustainability in the competitive 21st century. 
 Methodology: The study adopted a desk review method, some earlier theories on child-care as well as various literatures on each of the three constructs of networks, coordination and collaboration are debated as a base for drawing recommendations to different stakeholders.
 Results: It can be noted that for sustainability to be achieved in a child-care organisation, emphasis needs to be put to the three issues of networks, coordination, and collaboration.
 Unique contribution to theory, policy and practice: The outcomes of this analysis are helpful to the different theories and policies on child care organisations in northern Uganda and the country in general.

Testing the interaction effect of knowledge management and creative climate towards organizational innovation: Evidence from parastatal organizations in Uganda

Extant literature shows that knowledge management needs the support of creative climate towards organizational innovation. However, existing studies have paid less attention regarding the interaction effect of knowledge management and creative climate on organizational innovation. This paper aims to clarify this relationship by examining the interaction effect of knowledge management and creative climate on organizational innovation in parastatal organizations in Uganda. This paper seeks to broaden the knowledge based innovation system domain by including the creative climate. This paper used an explanatory cross-sectional design where quantitative data were collected from 235 managers of 51 parastatals using a survey instrument. Data were aggregated to a parastatal level. Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) was used to test the interaction effect. This paper clarifies the interaction effect of knowledge management and creative climate towards organizational innovation. Knowledge management and creative climate independently rather than interactively enhance organizational innovation. The findings suggest that effective knowledge management practices and favorable creative climate are essential for organizational innovation. This paper suggests the adoption of an effective knowledge management system and a favorable creative climate as antecedents for organizational innovation. This paper makes a contribution on the question whether knowledge management interacts with creative climate to build organizational innovation, which seems to have been less studied.

Research on the Impact of Inventory Management Practice on Organizational Performance in Telecommunication Companies

Abstract: This research study examined the impact of inventory management on organizational performance in telecom companies. The study used a descriptive study design, and SPSS was used to conduct statistical analysis. In order to choose the samples, the researcher used both purposive and simplerandom sampling methods. Data for the study was collected from 130 respondents out of which 92 responded making the research valid. The relationships and hypothesis proposed in theconceptual framework were tested using multi-linear regression equation model. The research results indicate that higher levels of inventory management practice can lead to an enhanced competitive advantage and improved organizational performance. The study also accepted the hypothesis that was tested that inventory management and organizational performance have a significant positive relationship. Therefore, it is recommended that telecom organizations in Uganda should adopt Vendor management inventory, maintain good communication with the suppliers as this helps to eventually transfer inventory management responsibilities from the company’s procurement function to the vendors thus revamping organizational performance and increasing their competitiveness. They should also update their inventory management system in order to improve effectiveness by investing more money in the latest IT systems and utilizing sophisticated technologies such as purchasing fuel sensors for inventory monitoring and management so as to minimize on downtime and as well as cost reduction. The research study alsosuggests that management should take a more proactive approach to the problem of inappropriate inventory management strategies being used by constantly exposing its employees to training ona regular basis in order to strengthen their inventory management skills and allow them to understand current inventory management systems thus if implemented it can enable the companyin lowering costs by ensuring that stock records are maintained accurately and kept in order to prevent the risk of overstocking or understocking. Key words: Inventory management, Organizational Performance, Telecommunication companies

Sustainability of Farmer Organizations in Uganda: The Role of Organizational and Institutional Factors

Sustainability of Farmer Organizations in Uganda: The Role of Organizational and Institutional Factors

Employee Perceptions of Organisational Emotional Intelligence and Psychological Capital Amongst Public Servants in Uganda

We developed and tested a model examining the association between organisational emotional intelligence and psychological capital in the workplace. Employing the organisational positivity argument, we proposed that organisational emotional intelligence be associated with higher order psychological capital. We tested our hypothesis using cross sectional data from employees from public organisations in Uganda. The study established that employee perceptions emotional intelligence organization organisations could be associated with employee psychological capital. organisational managers should develop organisational emotional intelligence which is manifested through job happiness, compensation satisfaction, supervisory leadership, organisational cohesiveness, responsiveness, work life stress management, diversity and anger management, and positive impression management creating a positive emotionally intelligent organisatiion to develop psychological capital for positive outcomes.

Public service delivery in Uganda: a reconsideration of grand corruption

Abstract Purpose: This review intends to ascertain and analyse available literature for the degree of corruption in the Ugandan public organisations and how they can be enhanced to get rid of corruption. Research methodology: Focussed Mapping Review and Synthesis approach were adopted to unpack corruption in public organisations. We examine obtainable literature using thematic approach. Results: The review exposes potential influence of both predisposing factors and precipitating factors in terms of socio-economic and political dimensions. Nonetheless, Public organisations in Uganda can be enhanced to get rid of corruption by enforcing a robust blend of all the three clusters of instruments of accountability; internal, legal and external. Limitations: Since the study was largely based on Uganda, its outcomes may not be generalized. Contribution: This explanatory review underscores the apathy of government machinery to rid public organisations of corruption. There is a need for politicians and policy experts to conduct additional analysis of corruption within the public sector. Keywords: Corruption, Predisposing factors, Precipitating factors, Accountability

Sport as a Tool for International Relations: Case Study of Ugandan Sport Leaders

While Uganda’s participation in sports at international level is growing, the country’s relation with other countries is not improving accordingly). The purpose of this study was to investigate whether Uganda sport leaders believe that sport could be used as a tool for the development of international relations of the country. Purposive sampling was used to identify elected and paid sport leaders at all levels in sport organizations in Uganda and invite them to participate in the study. The semi-structured interview method was employed. The results revealed that Ugandan sport leaders believe that sports: a) play a key role in promoting relations with other countries, b) contribute in creating opportunities for Ugandans to conduct businesses with other countries, c) increase the awareness about the country and d) attract tourists, improving the country’s foreign exchange.

“People Still Believe a Bicycle Is for a Poor Person”: Features of “Bicycles for Development” Organizations in Uganda and Perspectives of Practitioners

Bicycles have been hailed by the United Nations and nongovernmental organizations for use in social and economic development. However, there is a lacuna of research exploring the value of bicycles for development (BFD) outside of Europe and America. Specifically, there is a lack of research on the structure and perspectives of BFD organizations. This study draws on 19 semistructured interviews with BFD organizations in various regions of Uganda. We found that (a) BFD organizations exist along a spectrum from community-based to international, (b) the meanings ascribed to the bicycle are unstable and context dependent, and (c) that there were a range of ways that bicycles were seen to lead to positive outcomes—although barriers to attaining these outcomes were identified too. The authors conclude by suggesting that while bicycles are considered useful for a range of development purposes, perspectives on their usefulness vary—as inequalities commonly associated with sport for development are evident in the BFD movement too.

Environmental Management by Faith Based Organizations in Uganda: A SWOT Analysis

Faith Based Organizations (FBOs) play a significant role in environmental management in Uganda. Despite this, they have been largely ignored in scholarship leading to a significant gap in understanding activities they carry out and challenges they encounter in environmental management. This study explored the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats associated with environmental management by the FBOs in Uganda. FBOs selected and studied were the Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Church of Uganda, the Muslim Faith, Pentecostal Assemblies of God and the Seventh day Adventist, since they consist over 86% of Uganda’s population. Qualitative and quantitative research strategies with systematic and purposive sampling techniques were used. SWOT analysis using Key Informant Interviews and questionnaires were carried out to obtain information from seven (7) key decision-making staff at the FBOs’ headquarters and 75 from regional centers. Quantitative and qualitative data were analyzed by descriptive statistics and content analysis respectively. Key strengths of FBOs in environmental management include; land ownership, skilled human resources and finances. Existence of good structures from grassroots to national level, knowledge in environmental management and an extensive following countrywide boosts the capacity of FBOs to engage in environmental management activities. Major areas that need improvement are; knowledge and skills in environmental management of leaders and followers; resource mobilisation skills and interest in environmental conservation among most clergy and Imams. Key opportunities were; existence of large number of employees and followers who can be trained in environmental management and the structures from grass-root to national level. Key threats were human population explosion, poverty, land grabbing and unfavourable land tenure and policy changes. FBOs are instrumental in environmental management but are constrained by financial resources, limited knowledge and skills in environmental management and fundraising abilities. This calls for capacity building in these aspects in order to impart the required knowledge and skills to FBOs leaders and followers. Government and other able stakeholders should support FBOs in their endeavor to conduct environmental management activities in Uganda.

Social media for communicating health information in Uganda: constraints and practical suggestions

<i>African countries are experiencing an upsurge in the use of new information communication technologies, particularly the mobile phone. Such technologies have accelerated the use of social media platforms, such as Facebook, as tools for information dissemination on all aspects of life. Despite their widely acknowledged role in accelerating access to information, the health sector in developing countries has been reluctant to adopt social media platforms to communicate health. Through in-depth interviews, this paper explores experiences of selected health promoting organisations in Uganda of using Facebook to connect people to health. Understanding opportunities and constraints to using social media platforms in communicating health as argued from the communicative affordances approach can potentially improve health outcomes through augmenting not just access to health information but care as well. Our findings show that among others, Facebook provides opportunity for multimedia communication and specific targeting for health messages. Its potential for health communication is however constrained by financial, structural and technological limitations prevailing in organizations. We recommend that instead of overlooking social media as tools for health information dissemination, focus should be directed to addressing barriers to their effective utilisation.</i>

Ethical Behaviour and Compliance with Donor Reporting Requirements by Non-Governmental Organisations in Uganda: A Proposition

This study seeks to respond to the question of dwindling donor generosity in the face of the UN sponsored sustainable development goals and Uganda’s Vision 2040. Recently, most donors who support poverty alleviating efforts through the medium of Non-Governmental Organisations, have been scaling down on some of their commitments. This seems to persist even as the need for humanitarian and development aid is increasing due to neighborhood immigrations and the resulting resource competitions. Ideally, donor step back should be undesirable at this time, and any cause for the same should be established and checked. Scholars suggest managerial incentives could be at play. This study is set out to examine the relationship that exists between ethical behaviour and NGO compliance with donor reporting requirements in Uganda. The study objectives will identify the various donor reporting requirements and investigate some ethical behaviour that impede NGOs’ compliance with the donors’ reporting requirements. To address the question of why donor fatigue at such a time of need, the researchers propose to engage with donor agencies, national NGO regulators and NGO senior management teams, for their input into the response. The stakeholder views obtained will be available for integration into the national regulatory framework to rejuvenate donor trust and socio-economic participation of the NGO sector in Uganda. Keywords: ethical behaviour, compliance, donor reporting requirements, NGOs, Uganda DOI: 10.7176/RJFA/11-22-07 Publication date: November 30 th 2020

Self-organisation, adaptability, organisational networks and inter-organisational coordination: empirical evidence from humanitarian organisations in Uganda

PurposeTo coordinate humanitarian organisations with different mandates that flock the scenes of disasters to save lives and respond to varied needs arising from the increased number of victims is not easy. Therefore, the level at which organisations self-organise, network and adapt to the dynamic operational environment may be related to inter-organisational coordination. The authors studied self-organisation, organisational networks and adaptability as important and often overlooked organisational factors hypothesised to be related to inter-organisational coordination in the context of humanitarian organisations.Design/methodology/approachThe study’s sample consisted of 101 humanitarian organisations with 315 respondents. To decrease the problem of common method variance, the authors split the samples within each humanitarian organisation into two subsamples: one subsample was used for the measurement of self-organisation, organisational network and adaptability, while the other was for the measurement of inter-organisational coordination.FindingsThe partial least square structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) analysis using SmartPLS 3.2.8 indicated that self-organisation is related to inter-organisational coordination. Organisational network and adaptability were found to be mediators for the relationship between self-organisation and inter-organisational coordination and all combined accounted for 57.8% variance in inter-organisational coordination.Research limitations/implicationsThe study was cross sectional, hence imposing a limitation on changes in perceptions over time. Perhaps, a longitudinal study in future is desirable. Data were collected only from humanitarian organisations that had delivered relief to refugees in the stated camps by 2018. Above all, this study considered self-organisation, adaptability and organisational networks in the explanation of inter-organisational coordination, although there are other factors that could still be explored.Practical implicationsA potential implication is that humanitarian organisations which need to coordinate with others in emergency situations may need to examine their ability to self-organise, network and adapt.Social implicationsSocial transformation is a function of active social entities that cannot work in isolation. Hence, for each to be able to make a contribution to meaningful social change, there is need to develop organisational networks with sister organisations so as to secure rare resources that facilitate change efforts coupled with the ability to reorganise themselves and adapt to changing environmental circumstances.Originality/valueThe paper examines (1) the extent to which self-organisation, adaptability and organisational networks influence inter-organisational coordination; (2) the mediating role of both adaptability and organisational networks between self-organisation and inter-organisational coordination in the context of humanitarian organisations against the backdrop of complex adaptive system (CAS) theory.