Utilization in public organizations: a case study of dawuro zone finance and economic development department

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Table 3.1: Sampling Procedure of the Respondents.
strata (study sectors) No. of population Types of respondent Basis of sampling Sample size No. of respondents Economic sectors
Dawuro Zone Finance and economy
45 Officials, officers, Employees Similarities of their duties respondents Agriculture
49 Officials, officers, Employees Similarities of their duties
27respo ndents
27 Trade
36 Officials, officers, Employees Similarities of their duties
20respo ndents
20 Total
130 72 72 Administrative sectors Administration
36 Officials, officers, Employees Similarities of their duties
20respo ndents
20 Zonal Police
38 Officials, officers, Employees Similarities of their duties
21respo ndents
21 Total
74 41 41 Social sectors Health
38 Officials, officers, Employees Similarities of their duties
21respo ndents
21 Education
40 Officials, officers, Employees Similarities of their duties
22respo ndents
22 Women Affairs
39 Officials, officers, Employees Similarities of their respondents

60 duties
Total
65 65 Total
321 178
Sources:

From Dawuro Zone FEDD Human Resources Core Process (2009 EC)
3.4. Sources of data and data collection Technique
In order to achieve the research objective the researcher employed reviewing of financial data and collection of primary data through questionnaire. The document review was done to gather sufficient data concerning budget allocation and utilization of Dawuro Zone Finance and Economic Development Department. Primary data were collected from one hundred seventy eight (178), employees and officials of budget holder sectors. Secondary data were reviewed from Dawuro Zone FEDD annual financial report from 2004-2008 EC, SNNPR
(BoFED) financial report, Ministry of finance and economic development (MoFED) documents, books, internet, manuals, annual reports, Proclamations and regulations. The time series questionnaire were distributed to 178 budget users, particularly to Dawuro zone finance and economy, Education, Health, women affairs, Agriculture, Administration, Zonal
Policies and Trade. The stratified sampling was preferred and applied simple random sampling on the different budget implementing sectors of the Dawuro Zone Finance and economic development department to have different efficiency and problems related to budget allocation and utilization. Most of the questionnaires designed were close ended. Questionnaires were distributed to collect the data from all respondents. The questionnaires also included open

61 ended question. Also face to face interview was developed for budget holding sector and purposively selected key informants.

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