Utilization in public organizations: a case study of dawuro zone finance and economic development department
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| 3.2 Research approach This Research was designed in away that it can provide the guidelines for the entire Research work and enables the researcher to solve out the research problems and to collect sufficient information, which was reliable, valid, and relevant for the study. In this study the researcher taking into account the research problem and objectives, this study has used descriptive research approach. Both quantitative and qualitative data have been gathered and analyzed to solve the research questions. 3.3. Population and Sample of the study The target population of this research was 24 budget holding sectors of the Dawuro Zone FEDD. These sectors area) Economic sectors (12 sector namely, Finance and Economy, Revenue and Tax, Agriculture, Trade, Water, Road and transport, Livestock and Fishery, Cooperative, Coffee and tea, Public service, Natural and forestry, Urban management, b) Administrative sectors (8 sectors namely, Administration, Zonal council, Labor union agency, Security, Justices, Court, Police, Militia, and c) Social sectors (4 sectors Education, Health, Women Affairs and Youth and sport) which receives the allocated budget and utilizes it and submit financial and non -financial reports to it. Thus, the study used purposively selected Eight (8) budget holders with total population of 321 employees and officials of budget holding sectors. The primary reason why these sectors have been purposively selected is the relative importance to provide adequate meaningful data for research and that they consume large huge amount from the Zonal budgets. 56 3.3.1. Sample Design In this study, a longitudinal research design particularly a time series was used as the main research design. Longitudinal study designs were often used in many disciplines (Social science, Statistics, Economics and Medicine) to study changes and trends in the characteristics or explanatory variables of the same individuals or units of an organization over a given period of time (Jupp,2006). Unlike the cross-sectional study designs in which different individuals or organizational units were compared for the same characteristics or variables at a time longitudinal studies track the change in those variables or characteristics of the same people or units of an organization repeatedly over a certain period of time to measure the differences observed. For this reason longitudinal research designs in general and time series study designs in particular have more power than the one shot cross-sectional study designs for producing accurate assessments and predication over the particular study variables (Jupp, 2006) for that advantage, a time series research design should be employed in this study. Although there are no universal rules on the sample size usually depends on the population to be sampled. Stratified random sampling was used to get information from employees of different budget holders sectors. This technique was prepared because it should be used to assist in minimizing bias when dealing with population. With this technique the sampling frame can be organized on the basis of similarities of their regular work that they are engaged in. The strata are sectors including a) from economic sector Dawuro zone finance and economy, Trade, and Agriculture b) from social sector Education, Health, and women affairs and c) from Administrative sectors Zone Administration and Zone Policies. 57 The main reason for categorizing respondent by budget holding sectors was different gaps in relation to the research problem. Also random sampling of respondent from each 8 sectors was carried out to select sample respondents and relative homogeneity of the budget users. To obtain the adequate responses through questionnaire the researcher believe that questionnaires for officials, officers and employees of the selected budget holders in total of three hundred twenty one (321) respondents would be selected. Thus, the researcher would use sample size determination formula provided Yamane (Yamane, 1967) to determine the required sample size by applying the following formula. n = π (1+π)(π)2 was employed for sample size determination Where, N total population for the study was, e the level of precision is 5%= 0.05, and n- the sample size in the study area, in this case, π = 321/1 + 321(0.05)2 =178.08599 n β 178 The target respondents are from eight (8) budget holding sector planning experts the core process ownerβs officials and officers are the target respondents in study sectors. 58 To give equal sample selecting for budget holding sectors proportionally = x =55% for each stratum. Within a given strata, random sampling technique would be used to gather data about the budget allocation and utilization to make inferences about the whole population to be made from survey results. Accordingly, a) 72 respondents from economic sectors, (x respondents selected from Dawuro zone finance and economy, x =27 respondents from Agriculture, x = 20 respondents from Trade) b) respondents From administrative sectors, (x = 20 respondents from Zone Administration, x =21 from Zonal Police ) and c) 65 respondents from social sectors (x =22 respondents from Education, x =21 respondents from Health, and x =22 respondents from women affairs. Download 0.82 Mb. Share with your friends:
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