Assessment Of Project Monitoring And Evaluation Practices Of Ethiopian Airport Enterprise And Factors That Affect Its Effectiveness

The main purpose of the study was to assess project M&E practices of Ethiopian AirportrnEnterprise and factors that affect its effectiveness. The assessment was basically focused onrnidentifying the enterprise’s project M&E system, project M&E practices and factors thatrnaffect effectiveness of the enterprise’s project M&E. A descriptive research method was usedrnin order to achieve the intended purpose of the study. Questionnaire, interview and review ofrnsecondary data sources were used for the purpose of collecting required data for the study.rnThe primary data sources were collected from the enterprise’s employees who are directlyrninvolved on project M&E practice. The target populations were 30 employees who aretechnique was employed in selecting the samples. Ninety percent of the questionnaires werernreturned out of 30 questionnaires which were distributed to the respondents. The data werernanalyzed using frequency distribution, percentage and mean score. Multiple responsernanalysis was used to analyze questionnaire items with multiple responses. The study foundrnout that the enterprise has no separate project M&E plan document and its project M&Ernlesson learning and documentation practice is poor. The study also indicated that thernmajority of project M&E process items (monitoring and controlling project work, integratedrnchange control, scope control, schedule control, budget control, quality control andrnperformance reporting) are applied during project M&E practice of the enterprise. It wasrnalso found out that most of the time project M&E is undertaken monthly, tools/techniquesrnlike observation, document review and checklist were mainly used and project M&E resultsrnmainly used for project improvement, decision making and budget allocation. Furthermore,rnthe study revealed that lack of human resource capacity, management support andrnstakeholder engagement are the major factors that negatively affect the enterprise’s projectrnM&E effectiveness. Therefore, based on the findings, it is suggested that the enterprisernshould produce project M&E plan document that guides its M&E practice. On the otherrnhand the enterprise’s management should increase its commitment for project M&E;rnprepared a continuous project M&E related training, motivational scheme and project M&Ernbest practice sharing mechanisms to enhance the enterprise’s project M&E human resourcerncapacity; and devise the mechanism that increases the engagement of stakeholders onrnproject M&E activities in order to improve the enterprise’s project M&E effectiveness.

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