Benefits and Challenges in Public Property Disposal Practices on a Federal Level. The Case of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Wissenschaftlicher Aufsatz aus dem Jahr 2015 im Fachbereich Organisation und Verwaltung - Öffentliche Sicherheit und Ordnung, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: The Objectives of this study are to study the benefits obtained from public property disposal services, to assess the impact of disposal service in the complement of asset management process, to examine the challenges encountered in public property disposal services and to identify the accumulation of disposable public fixed assets.The government of Ethiopia is committed for the strategic management of physical assets. This is to substantiate considerable economic and administrative benefits from strategic management of assets to create favorable environment for a better public service delivery. Even though lately waked up on the committed public property administration; its concern could be verified from the establishment of Public Property Administration (PPA) by 2009 and Public Procurement and Property Disposal Service (PPPDS) by 2010.Pertained to the study area coverage, this paper is therefore limited to the federal government of Ethiopia budgetary institutions. This part of the paper comprises an indication of the major and sub-contents of the research paper. These are under chapter one, background of the study, statement of the problem, objectives, research questions, significance of the study and scope and limitations of the study. Chapter two, under general concepts, principles of asset management, disposal of Assets and reasons for disposal of Assets; employee turnover, sources of employee turnover and impact of employee turnover are supported by related literatures. As parts of independent variable, fixed asset management information system(asset register), concern for public property, awareness, disposal of ICT materials, disposal of car batteries and tyres, revenue generation, auctions, efficient and effective asset management, environmental protection and conceptual framework of the Study are explained based on certain literatures and concepts of the paper. Chapter three; encompasses description of the study area, justification of the selected study area, sample design, sampling frame; sampling size, data types and Source and data analysis tools. Chapter four covers results and discussion; chapter five covers conclusions and recommendation. The references and appendices have been also attached.