The DSpace digital repository system captures, stores, indexes, preserves, and distributes digital research material. http://dissertations.umu.ac.ug:80 2026-10-08T19:56:34Z 2026-10-08T19:56:34Z Martha, Nanyonjo http://dissertations.umu.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/1886 2026-09-28T16:43:52Z 2024-09-01T00:00:00Z

Assessing determinants of health management information System (HMIS) among Health Workers: Kiswa Health Centre III and Kisenyi Health Centre IV Martha, Nanyonjo Health management information system (HMIS) data are important for guiding the attainment of health targets in low- and middle-income countries. However, the rate of use for the HMIS is often poor. This paper assessed determinants of health management information system (HMIS) data among health workers in Kiswa Health Centre III and Kisenyi Health Centre IV. The study which was conducted from2021 to 2023. A cross-sectional conducted to assess the skills and knowledge of health workers involved in HMIS data management and the challenges in the technological infrastructure that hindered the effective utilization of HMIS in Kiswa Health Centre III and Kisenyi Health Centre IV of Kampala district. It was observed from the study that most of the clients were familiar with the functionalities of the HMIS, confident with the ability to use the HMIS effectively and had received training on how to use the HMIS. Majority of the respondents agreed that using the HMIS improved their work efficiency and are very likely to recommend the use of the HMIS to a colleague in the healthcare industry. The power supply and internet connectivity at the two health centres was generally reliable to support HMIS use. Respondents found the HMIS software to be moderately user-friendly and rarely did hardware malfunctions occur when using the HMIS as mentioned by most of the respondents. In regards to the security and privacy measures in place for organization's HMIS most respondents were confident about it followed by those that were neutral about the subject in question. Most Respondents were of the view that increased funding for HMIS in their organization improved patient follow up and turn up and storage of patients‟ information/data recording. Respondents mainly received training or guidance on ethical considerations related to HMIS mostly on quarterly, monthly and annual basis. The study went ahead to establish the relationship between the level of education and HMIS use by the respondent by cross tabulation of level of education and use of HMIS to support decision making which revealed that there was a likelihood of a relationship between the two variables a likelihood value of (21.8) and was statistically significant at p-value= (0.039). Additionally, there was a likelihood of a relationship between professional training and use of HMIS to support decision making at a likelihood value of (35.6) and was statistically significant at p-value= (0.024) Byabasaija Sliver; Byabasaija Sliver

2024-09-01T00:00:00Z Bukirwa, Khadijah http://dissertations.umu.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/1885 2026-09-28T16:43:04Z 2015-04-01T00:00:00Z

Entrepreneurship skills and performance of SMES: A case study of Aggrey zone in Rubaga Division-Kampala district Bukirwa, Khadijah The study examined the effect of internal control on financial performance in the Agribusiness: A Case of Aponye Uganda Limited (AUL)’s Agro processing. Specifically intended to examine the effect of internal control environment on financial performance at AUL, examine the effect of internal control activities on financial performance at AUL and establishing the effect of internal control monitoring on financial performance at AUL. A cross-sectional survey design was used to capture in-depth data. A sample of 73 elements from a population of 82 participants included top management, middle level management, lower-level management and External Auditors of AUL were obtained using simple random and census sampling techniques. Data was collected through key informant interviews, questionnaires, and document review, with a triangulation approach applied to capture both primary and secondary data. The study yielded a response rate of 91.5%. Regression results show that internal control activities emerged as the strongest predictor of financial performance (B = 0.687, p = 0.000), indicating that effective control mechanisms significantly enhance financial outcomes. Then internal control environment exhibited a significant influence on financial performance (B = 0.387, p = 0.000). And internal control monitoring showed an insignificant effect on financial performance (B = 0.075, p = 0.536). The study recommended that the internal control oversight should be strengthened, improve asset management, enhance internal audit independence, increase leadership commitment, and optimize debt recovery strategies while improving corporate governance structures. Similarly, strengthen adherence to standard operating procedures, address procurement and supplier oversight issues, strengthen working capital management, strengthen Management’s responsiveness to audit findings, improve external audit execution, robust stock monitoring systems and integrate audit findings into strategic planning. The study invited investigation on the impact of timely implementation of audit findings on financial stability and efficiency, evaluate how the establishment of a fully functional internal audit unit can improve financial oversight and reduce fraud and investigate strategies to enhance management vigilance in monitoring internal controls to reduce inefficiencies and financial mismanagement in agro processing units Josephine Namuli

2015-04-01T00:00:00Z Idwat, Joanita Okedi http://dissertations.umu.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/1878 2026-08-07T06:47:23Z 2007-10-01T00:00:00Z

The importance of project management on attainment of project outputs and deliverables; a case study of Amol Fish Farmers’ Project. Idwat, Joanita Okedi Project management is all about success. Successful projects deliver value on time and within budget. Value is anything that benefits a person(s). Project management is important today because of tighter budgets, diminishing resources and time constraints. With project management, it is possible to focus on priorities, track and measure performance, overcome challenges and problems, become flexible enough to adapt to change and achieve higher performance and a higher probability of success in each project. In addition project management brings together and optimizes the resources necessary to successfully complete the project. The study was carried out to determine the importance of project management in the attainment of project outputs and deliverables and aimed at determining the relationship between the two variables that is project management and the attainment of project outputs and deliverables. Management was the independent variable and the attainment project outputs and deliverables the dependent variable. Based on empirical data drawn from the AMOL Fish Farmers’ Project qualitative analysis was used to present the findings of the study. The study establishes that project management is of paramount importance for a project to attain its outputs and deliverables. The study found out that Project management is important because of tighter budgets, diminishing resources and time constraints. With project management, it is possible to focus on priorities, track and measure performance, overcome challenges and problems, become flexible enough to adapt to change and achieve higher performance and a higher probability of success in each project. In addition project management brings together and optimizes the resources necessary to successfully complete the project. These resources include the skills, talents and cooperative efforts of a team of people; facilities, tools and equipment; information, systems and techniques; and money. The findings of the study suggest that the policy makers should also turn their attention to mechanisms for developing the competence in project management through training seminars and workshops. There is also a need to find multiple ways to engage the community in project work and project management. Frequent and thoughtful communication is one way, establishing support systems to train project management practitioners and overcome the large array of internal and external challenges between project implementers and community stakeholders is the other way. Dissemination of information is key to making projects socially acceptable by the different stakeholders. Institutions like Government, Non-Government Organizations and Community Based Organizations should take up project management as it is precisely what the name implies: it is a tactic for managing projects by combining strategy, goals and nuts and bolts processes into a cohesive whole. Project management is largely required during the implementation stage of projects and involves planning, organizing, decision making, directing, coordinating, controlling and monitoring and evaluating. As projects are new endeavors, they are often carried out in unfamiliar or even hostile environments and so require the use of untried designs and work processes. The purpose of project management is thus to achieve all the set out objectives in spite of the risks. Ijjo Alex; Ijjo Alex

2007-10-01T00:00:00Z Asasira, Anitah http://dissertations.umu.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/1877 2026-07-31T06:33:55Z 2014-10-01T00:00:00Z

Computer- based personnel management system Asasira, Anitah Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) is a public university located in Mbarara district. The university has many institutes and faculties with different human resource working in these facilities. MUST uses a traditional manual system to manage personnel business process like records management, overtime processing and leave processing. The manual records management system is not efficient and effective for personnel managers to access, retrieve and update employee information. The Human Resource department is also faced with the challenge of computational errors arising from the manual calculation of overtime hours. This leads to some instances that the university loses money by paying some staff more than they should be paid and in other instances the staff getting less than what they should be paid. In order to handle the personnel business processes better, a software tool was developed and implemented. The data collection methods used, were interview and questionnaires. An evolutionary prototyping method was used for system development. Bottom-up approach was used for system design and actual realization of the Computer Based Personnel Management System was done using PHP, HTML, CSS and MySQL for the database. It is anticipated that the computer based management system will make management of personnel information efficient and effective. Stephen Yiga; Stephen Yiga

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