Professional development status of teaching staff in a Ugandan public university

Kasule, George Wilson; Wesselink, R.; Mulder, Martin

doi:10.1080/1360080x.2016.1181883

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“…This kind of situation is attributed to the unfavorable and broken systems, structures and some of the unqualified staff that occupy university positions (Asiimwe and Steyn, 2013;Bunoti, 2011;Juárez-Nàjera, 2010;Kabeba, 2010;Kasozi, 2014;Kasule, 2015;Muriisa, 2014;Nabayego and Itaaga, 2014;NCHE, 2010;Ssempebwa and Nakaiza, 2013;Tibarimbasa, 2010;Zeelen, 2012). These challenges have not only slowed down quality services but also led to disagreements among staff, political interference and strikes from both staff and students.…”

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Analysing the Relationship Between Sustainable Leadership, Talent Management and Organization Health as Predictors of University Transformation

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Othman

Nordin

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Research objective: The objective of the study was to examine the relationship between sustainable leadership, talent management and organizational health as predictors of university transformation. This study went further to establish the mediation effect of organizational health as a mediating factor between the exogenous variables (sustainable leadership and talent management) and endogenous variable (university transformation). Research technique and methodology:The study used a cross sectional survey design and the sample of respondents (N=820) was randomly chosen from six universities in which the central region of Uganda. The sample was deemed convenient for this study since the method used for data analysis was structural equation modelling that normally requires a big number of sample population. A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to analyze each of the individual constructs used to attain reasonable parameters estimates. The fully fledged structural equation modelling (SEM) was used in the study to analyze the hypothesized structural model and its casual relationships plus the mediation effect between the constructs. Main findings:The findings of the study showed that there is positive relationship between sustainable leadership, talent management and organizational health. However, the relationship between sustainable leadership and university transformation, talent management and university transformation were negatively related. 33Practical implications: It was recommended to educational practitioners, lecturers and policy makers to use this model to harness university transformation. For researchers, it could be used to do further examination of university transformation on other universities both locally and internationally.

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Analysing the Relationship Between Sustainable Leadership, Talent Management and Organization Health as Predictors of University Transformation

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Othman

Nordin

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“…Implied also is that academic staff must adequately pass on both practical and theoretical competence to students in the various fields of work. They ought to continuously keep abreast with the teaching, learning and research demands in a university (Kasule and Neema-Abooki, 2009), particularly as open learning transforms curriculum design worldwide.…”

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“…Little or no attention is put on the professional competence of the teaching staff that serve in these universities. This leaves one to doubt the quality of teaching and research provided thus questioning the quality of graduates these universities produce (Kasule and Neema-Abooki, 2009). It is imperative to add heretofore that the uncertainty on the quality of teaching and research is in amity with the doubt on the competencies related to open learning, and the relationships between informal learning and credentialing.…”

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“…Suffice to emphasize that trained and skilled human resource is one of the most critical economic requirements confronting institutions of higher learning in developing countries like Uganda. For, university education is expected to produce the highest level of human resources of the country and to ensure continuation of research programmes and flow of ideas for economic and social development (Kasule and Neema-Abooki, 2009). Anecdotally, most universities are understaffed, and even the available full-time academic staff spends most of the time moonlighting in several other institutions.…”

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“…Students, their families, employers, and the government want assurance that the students will get good and quality education. For, what will render an iota of fulfilment to students themselves as well as their parents and / or guardians is the knowledge and competence in "job-creating", rather than in job-seeking" (Kasule and Neema-Abooki, 2009). This paper calls higher education systems to borrow strategies from organisations which operate under the most competitive environment.…”

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Over the last three decades, higher education institutions (HEIs) in Uganda have accepted an unprecedentedly high number of students. However, as this trend has improved access and equity, it has also affected aspects of quality assurance in higher education delivery. Subsequently, attention is being paid to development of structures for quality assurance. However, despite commonplace understanding that quality in university education depends on the quality of the academic staff, universities are paying little attention to the professional competence of the latter. This paper discusses this anomaly with the conclusion that it threatens quality, especially in today's digital era. Therefore, "analysis of quality in every single task" (QUEST) approaches are recommended for the universities.

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