Desalegn Fekadu Etefa Boeken

Focusing on the impact of human resource management practices, this dissertation analyzes their influence on the performance of the Cooperative Bank of Oromia. It explores key HRM areas such as recruitment, training, employee satisfaction, and performance appraisal, emphasizing HRM as a strategic approach to managing people within organizations. The study highlights the interplay between individual and organizational goals, presenting HRM as essential to achieving effective management and fostering development within the banking sector.

The paper explores the fundamental role of cooperation in human survival and development, tracing its origins back to the earliest human interactions. It discusses how individuals united to pool resources, addressing socio-economic challenges and enhancing their collective well-being. The analysis highlights the significance of collaboration in business management and corporate governance, emphasizing its impact on economic stability and growth.

Education emerges as a critical issue in Gimbi town, reflecting broader challenges faced by urban social services in developing countries. The study identifies several factors hindering educational development, including inadequate school infrastructure, a shortage of qualified teachers, and low community involvement. These shortcomings contribute to high dropout rates and poor academic performance. Recommendations include increasing budget allocations, constructing more educational facilities, and enhancing stakeholder engagement to improve both coverage and quality of education, ultimately aiming to meet the Millennium Development Goals.

Focusing on the impact of recruitment and selection processes, this study evaluates their influence on the performance of the Cooperative Bank of Oromia. Utilizing a descriptive and explanatory research design, the methodology incorporates both qualitative and quantitative approaches, employing tools such as questionnaires, interviews, focus groups, and document reviews. Data analysis involves descriptive statistics like mean and standard deviation, alongside inferential statistics including chi-square and ordinal logistic regression, with results clearly reported and summarized.

HIV/AIDS is a major threat to the overall social, economic and political well-being of the world's population in general and Ethiopia in particular. It is a serious problem among the youths in the age group 15-24, where females are the most vulnerable groups of population. Thus, VCT is potentially effective intervention to prevent the transmission of HIV by inculcating behavioral changes. To assess knowledge, attitudes and practice towards VCT services utilization among Gimbi high school students. To arrive at the intended objective a cross sectional study is conducted in the study area among Gimbi high school students from February. Data collection was done using structured questionnaires that has mostly open-ended questions among 310 students of Gimbi high school students. The collected data were carefully tallied, tabulated, organized and then analyzed. All the respondents have good knowledge of HIV/AIDS but all of them are not implementing their full knowledge to its prevention. The findings revealed that 67.7% (210) of the sample respondents described that they know about the VCT services where as the rest 32.3% of them responded that they are not aware.

Die Untersuchung beleuchtet die Herausforderungen von HIV/AIDS in Äthiopien, insbesondere unter Jugendlichen im Alter von 15-24 Jahren, wobei Frauen besonders gefährdet sind. Eine Querschnittsstudie an der Gimbi High School zeigt, dass trotz eines hohen Wissensstands über HIV/AIDS nur ein Teil der Schüler aktiv VCT-Dienste in Anspruch nimmt. Von 310 befragten Schülern waren 67,7 % über die VCT-Dienste informiert, jedoch bleibt die Umsetzung des Wissens zur Prävention unzureichend. Die Ergebnisse unterstreichen die Notwendigkeit von Verhaltensänderungen zur Bekämpfung der Epidemie.

Die Studie untersucht, wie verschiedene Personalmanagementpraktiken die Leistung der Cooperative Bank of Oromia beeinflussen. Dabei kommen sowohl qualitative als auch quantitative Methoden zum Einsatz, darunter Fragebögen, Interviews und Fokusgruppendiskussionen. Durch ein sorgfältig geplantes Forschungsdesign und die Anwendung statistischer Analysen, wie Chi-Quadrat und ordinale logistische Regression, werden die Ergebnisse umfassend ausgewertet. Die detaillierte Berichterstattung der Ergebnisse bietet wertvolle Einblicke in die Zusammenhänge zwischen Personalmanagement und Bankleistung.