Assessment of Leadership Challenges in Leading Organizational Performance in the Public Sectors. The Case of Addis Ababa City Government

Travail de Projet (scientifique-pratique) , 2016 , 70 Pages

Gestion d'entreprise - Direction d'entreprise, Management, Organisation

Leadership is an important task which is concerned with the process of influencing the behavior of subordinates in the direction of goal attainment. Hence, the performance of public sector organizations basically depends, largely on their leadership. However, the performance of public sector organizations of Addis Ababa City Government highlighted sorts of implementation deficiencies in leading organizational performance.

Accordingly, the general objective of this study was to assess challenges of leadership in leading organizational performance in Addis Ababa City Government with 4 specific objectives; those were to identify leadership challenges in leading organizational performance; to describe leadership mindset in leading performance; to assess attitudes of employees towards managing performances and assess to what extent leadership is effective in implementing good governance principles so as to enhance organizational performance. The study employed an explanatory research design with a composite of qualitative and quantitative approaches. Employees and process owners from Micro & Small Enterprise, Education, Health, Construction and Trade bureaus were selected through simple random sampling technique, while bureau heads were selected through availability sampling techniques. The data were gathered through questionnaire, interview and focus group discussion.

Then, 142 sample population were selected as a sample; 136 of them were found to be valid for the analysis, as well 5 bureau heads were incorporated in the interview. Also 10 individuals of FGD were employed with process owners of the selected bureaus of the city government. Mann-Whitney U test was used to compare ordinal data across groups (leaders and employees). The result of the study shows that leaders of the city government are confronting challenges in searching innovative ways of working to improve performance, leaders are also not challenging the employees to try out new ways of doing their task as of the level expected and the leaders’ commitment to good governance is insufficient. This evinces that leaders of the city government are not effective in leading organizational performance whereby, they dearth leadership skills and awareness about the pillars of good governance and its ways of implementation.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION.
• 1.1 Background of the Study.
• 1.2 Statement of the Problem….......
• 1.3 Purpose of the Study..
• 1.4 Objectives of the Study.
• 1.4.1 General Objective.....
• 1.4.2 Specific Objectives.
• 1.5 Research Questions
• 1.6 Scope of the Study..
• 1.7 Limitation of the Study..
• 1.8 Significance of the Study.
• 1.9 Organization of the Study
• CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF LITERATURE
• 2.1 Introduction........
• 2.2 Definition of Leadership.
• 2.3 Review of Leadership Theories.......
• 2.3.1. The Trait Theory.
• 2.3.2. The Behavioral Theory..
• 2.3.3. The Contingency or Situational Theory.
• 2.3.4. Transformational Theory.....
• 2.4. Effective Leadership Practices...
• 2.4.1. Modeling the Way...
• 2.4.2. Inspiring Shared Vision.
• 2.4.3. Challenging the Process.....
• 2.4.4. Enabling Others to Act..
• 2.4.5. Encouraging the Heart.
• 2.5 Likert Styles of Leadership in Organizations........
• 2.6 Performance Measures
• 2.7 The Relationship between Leadership and Organizational Performance.
• 2.8 Mindset and Leadership..
• 2.9 Empirical Review
• 2.9.1 Some Studies in Sub Saharan Countries.
• 2.9.2 Local Findings.
• 2.10 Conceptual Framework......
• CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY.
• 3.1 Introduction.
• 3.2 Description of the Study Area..........\n
• 3.2.1 Geographical Location and Population.
• 3.2.2 Administrative Structure of the Addis Ababa City Government.
• 3.3 Research Design
• 3.4 Research Approaches
• 3.5 Population and Sampling.
• 3.5.1 Population.
• 3.5.2 Sampling Frame..
• 3.5.3 Sampling Unit..
• 3.5.4 Sampling Techniques for Quantitative Data
• 3.5.5 Sampling Techniques for Qualitative Data.
• 3.5.5.1 Sampling Techniques for Interview
• 3.5.5.2 Sampling Techniques for Focus Group Discussion..
• 3.6 Data Type and Sources.
• 3.7 Data Collection Instruments
• 3.7.1 Questionnaire.
• 3.7.2 Interview..
• 3.7.3 Focus Group Discussion.
• 3.8 Data Analysis.........
• 3.8.1 Quantitative Data Analysis......
• 3.8.1 Qualitative Data Analysis ........
• 3.9 Data Presentation.
• 3.10 Ethical Considerations..........\n
• CHAPTER FOUR: FINDINGS/RESULTS AND DISCUSSION.
• 4.1 Introduction........
• 4.2 Response Rate..
• 4.2.1 Quantitative Result Response Rate.
• 4.2.2 Qualitative Result Response Rate....
• 4.3 Reliability and Validity of the Instrument......
• 4.4 Results of Quantitative Data Analysis...………………
• 4.4.1 Analysis of Demographic Characteristics of Respondents…......
• 4.4.2 Results and Discussion of the Findings...\n
• 4.5 Results of Qualitative Data Analysis.
• 4.5.1 Challenges of Leadership in Leading Performance.
• 4.5.2 Leaders Mindset in Leading Organizational Performance
• 4.5.3 The Attitude of Employees towards Managing Performance
• 4.5.4 Organizational Performance in terms of Good Governance Pillars........

Zielsetzung und Themenschwerpunkte

Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht die Herausforderungen der Führung in Bezug auf die Organisationsleistung im öffentlichen Sektor. Am Beispiel der Stadtverwaltung Addis Abebas werden die Faktoren analysiert, die die effektive Führung und damit die Organisationsleistung beeinflussen.

• Führungstheorien und -praktiken im öffentlichen Sektor
• Herausforderungen der Führung in der Organisationsleistung
• Der Einfluss des Mindsets von Führungskräften auf die Performance
• Die Rolle von gutem Regieren in der Organisationsleistung
• Empirische Ergebnisse und ihre Implikationen für die Praxis

Zusammenfassung der Kapitel

• Kapitel 1: Die Einleitung stellt den Kontext der Studie vor und definiert das Forschungsproblem, die Forschungsziele und die Forschungsfragen. Es werden die Bedeutung und der Umfang der Studie erläutert.
• Kapitel 2: In diesem Kapitel wird ein Überblick über relevante Literatur zu Führung, Führungstheorien, Führungspraktiken und Organisationsleistung gegeben. Es werden verschiedene Ansätze zur Führung und deren Auswirkungen auf die Organisationsleistung im öffentlichen Sektor diskutiert.
• Kapitel 3: Dieses Kapitel beschreibt die Forschungsmethodik der Studie, einschliesslich der Studiendesigns, der Stichprobenziehung, der Datenerhebungs- und Datenanalysemethoden. Die ethischen Aspekte der Forschungsarbeit werden ebenfalls behandelt.
• Kapitel 4: Dieses Kapitel präsentiert die Ergebnisse der Datenerhebung und -analyse. Es werden die Herausforderungen der Führung in Bezug auf die Organisationsleistung im öffentlichen Sektor anhand der Stadtverwaltung Addis Abebas untersucht.

Schlüsselwörter

Die wichtigsten Schlüsselwörter dieser Arbeit sind Führung, Organisationsleistung, öffentlicher Sektor, Stadtverwaltung Addis Abebas, Führungstheorien, Führungspraktiken, gutes Regieren, empirische Forschung.

• Auteur: Israel Endale (Auteur)
• Année de publication: 2016
• Pages: 70
• N° de catalogue: V434687
• ISBN (ebook): 9783668771741
• ISBN (Livre): 9783668771758
• Langue: allemand
• mots-clé: Leadership, Challenge, Organisation, Addis Ababa, Public