Theses and Dissertation
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2024-03-28T11:45:28ZImplementation and use finance information systems
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Implementation and use finance information systems
Kiwana, David
Benefits arising from the use of finance information systems that include among
others capability to offer improved timely and reliable accounts reports have been
mentioned by many different scholars. The issue of successfully implementing and
using the systems is however still a challenging problem especially in developing
countries.
A lot of critical success factors for implementation have been suggested, by
different scholars but various organizations still fail to attain successful usage of their
systems. This study therefore aimed at determining the factors that influence
implementation of the finance information systems in the context of a developing
country and how these factors impact usage of the systems. The study focused on
Ugandan universities because at the time of the study, Ugandan government was in
the process of embarking on a project of implementing a common finance information
systems platform for all public universities in the country. This was after government’s realization of a problem of non presentation of budgets to parliament for appropriation
by various public universities, insufficient disclosure of internally generated funds, poor book keeping, and lack of standardisation in accounting policies, financial reporting and the classification of accounts. The study was conducted in three phases using a mixed methods approach. The first phase was exploratory in its setting and it was done to purposely find out factors that probably influence the implementation of finance information systems in a university setup. The study was carried out on a finance information system implementation that was done in Makerere University in Uganda between 2004 and 2007. Data was collected through interviews from people identified as key informants in relation to the implementation. Abreast with results from this study, the investigation was extended to a wider population that included seven universities in order to first of all establish whether the findings in the exploratory study could be galvanized, and secondly to find out the impact of the found factors on us
age of the systems. Data was collected through a quantitative survey and the respondents comprised of accountants in the seven universities investigated. Finally, a third phase of the study was conducted to essentially find out circumstances in which the identified factors impact FIS usage. Nine factors were found to have influence on the finance information systems implementation in the Ugandan universities. These nine factors were merged into four broad factors and out of these four, three were found to have significant impact on usage of the systems
DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
2018-01-01T00:00:00ZWork Environment, Performance Appraisal Management, and Job
Satisfaction among Support Staff at a Public University in Uganda
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Work Environment, Performance Appraisal Management, and Job
Satisfaction among Support Staff at a Public University in Uganda
Namwagwe, Justine
The working conditions are important for effective management of job satisfaction of the
employees within an organization. Organizations which have suitable work environments,
including effective management of the performance appraisals have happier employees,
experience greater productivity, and also achieve organizational goals. This study examined the
relationships on work environment, performance appraisal management, and job satisfaction
among support at a public university in Uganda. In a cross-sectional survey study, a
questionnaire was conducted among 175 support staff of the university. The results suggest that
there is a relationship between work environment and job satisfaction at the university. However,
this relation was found to be mediated by the results further that revealed that the effectiveness of
performance appraisal management, suitability of work environment and job satisfaction at the
university was moderate. The study concludes that to achieve high job satisfaction among the
support staff, the work environment of the university should be enhanced to heighten job
satisfaction of employees. There should be deliberate effort to have Performance Appraisal
Management by encouraging employees to participate in the discussions during the process of
performance appraisal. In addition, the process should be conducted in such a way that
encourages feedback by the managers. It is recommended that workshops on effective
performance appraisal management, fair working conditions and workload allocation to both
support staff and administrative staff should be provided. The limitations and implications of the
study are also discussed.
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