OSU has been providing research based consultancy services to Oromia regional bureaus, farmers’ cooperative unions and federal government institutions in areas like redesigning their organizational structures and supporting their operations through continuous coaching. Likewise, the university has been supporting implementations of Business Process Reengineering (BPR), the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) and related reform initiatives through its trainings and research based consultancy services thus playing a significant role in the efforts of realizing the desired changes through sustained implementation of reforms.
Besides, OSU has been conducting annual research symposium forums where findings of researches geared towards solving socio-economic problems are presented in the presence of concerned stakeholders and public sector leaders thereby enabling them to employ research findings to solve practical problems within their respective sectors.
So far, OSU has conducted 8 rounds of such symposia where 114 research papers have been presented. And this is believed to have contributed towards the efforts of seeking solutions for some of the pressing socio-economic problems in the region.
The following are research and consultancy based research conducted under Reform and Research Vice president Office, Oromia State University, Finfine
| Research topics |
1. | Public Service Delivery of public institutions in Oromia Regional State Selected Cities administration |
2. | Urban Plan and Land Use Management Practices in Selected Towns of Oromia National Regional State, Ethiopia |
3. | Tax Administration: Assessment & Collection Practice of Category “C” Taxpayers. The Case of selected cities of Oromia Regional State |
4. | Assessment of Training and Development Practice in Oromia Regional State Public Sectors |
5. | Challenges of Project Management in Oromia National Regional State |
6. | Employees’ Competencies and Service Performance in Oromia Revenue Bureau |
7. | Impact of lending procedures and practices on loan repayment performances and sustainability of Youth Revolving Fund in Oromia, Ethiopia |
8. | Practices and Challenges of Administrating Production and Market Areas /Shade/ of MSES in Oromia regional state |
9. | Examining Public Trust on Government through the analysis of Good Governance Performance of Organizations\ |
10. | Assessment of Kaizen Implementation in Public Enterprises in Oromia: Oromia Construction Corporation (OCC) in Focus |
11. | Budgetary Expenditure Implementation in Oromia Regional State Public Sectors |
12. | Performance Evaluation system in Civil Service Institutions, the case of Oromia Regional Government |
13. | Attitudes of taxpayers towards the tax system of Oromia regional state |
14. | Assessment of Youth Development Package and Sport Policy Implementation in Oromia National Regional State |
15. | A Study on the Implementations and Sustainability of Change Initiative Tools: The Case of Eastern Oromia Region |
16. | Challenges of District Councils to Ensure Good Governance in Oromia Regional State |
17. | Challenges Of Leadership In Transferring Small Enterprises To Medium Enterprises: The Case of Adama, Shashamane and Jima City |
| Research based consultancy service provided |
18. | Effectiveness of Public Financial Management System of Oromia National Regional State |
19. | The Role of Internal Audit in Enhancing Good Governance in Oromia Regional Government Public Sector Offices |
20. | Leadership development and training Policy of Oromia regional state |
21. | Assessment of Revenue Generating Potential and Challenges: The case of six cities administration (2020) |
22. | Assessment of Revenue Generating Potential and Challenges: The case of three cities and three districts in Oromia National Government (2021) |
23. | Assessment of Revenue Generating Potential and Challenges: The case of 11 cities administration (2022) |
24. | Assessment of Revenue Generating Potential and Challenges: The case of 14 cities and 94 districts in Oromia National Government (2023) |
25. | Efficiency and effectiveness of public servant |
26. | Performance management of public sectors |
27. | Performance evaluation of women development package |
28. | Effectiveness of youth development Package. |
29. | The status of Women in Leadership Position in Legislation, Executive and Judicial organs of Oromia National Government |
30. | Customer Satisfaction Survey |
31. | Urban system and structure (standardization and levelling ) |
32. | Infrastructure and service delivery of OPA for prisoners |
33. | Perception, Attitude and act of corruption |
34. | SME Policy, Urban Agriculture, Demographic dividend, Industrial Park opportunities and challenges |
35. | Business Transformation of ECAFCO, (2023) |
36. | Training Impact assessment delivered by UNICEF, Oromia regional state |
37. | The effect of urban Expansion on Land use, the environment and the Indigenous people in selected towns of Oromia |
38. | OBN Audience perception |
39. | Public Opinion survey. Oromia Regional state -1 (2005) |
40. | Public Opinion survey. Oromia Regional state -2 (2005) |
41. | Organizational structure of all sectors in the Oromia regional state |
42. | Assessment of Factors affecting Women’s Participation in Leadership Positions of Oromia National Regional Government |
43. | Assessment of Implementation of Audit Recommendations in public sectors in Oromia Regional Government Public Institutions |
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