Faculty of computing and Mgt science

Welcome to the home of Business Computing, Management Science, Procurement, Logistics and Transport Management. All activities undertaken in the Faculty of Computing and Management Science are supportive of the MUBS mission “to enable the future of our students, clients and staff and make them world class competitors through the provision of ideas, knowledge and skills at the different levels in business and non-business”.

The Faculty of Computing and Management Science is committed to providing academic programmes which create awareness of the frontiers of human understanding by creating new knowledge through basic research. The Faculty is currently engaged in activities that promote research in the areas of business computing, management science, procurement, logistics and transport management with an objective of creating a unique capacity to reconfigure activities in response to new opportunities and problems that exist in Uganda.

The purpose of the faculty is to promote research that influence public policy in Uganda and develop best practice through mutual exchange of experience. I must say that our faculty is a place for the communication and circulation of thought, It is a place to which the academic make contributions, It is a place where - inquiry is pushed forward, discoveries verified and perfected, and error exposed by the collision of mind with mind, and knowledge with knowledge as clearly evidenced by the research studies undertaken in the faculty as categorized below.

Category A: Completed Researches funded by the Faculty of Computing and Management science

1. Timetabling and Room Allocation: A scenario at Makerere University Business School.  Researchers: Pontius Byarugaba, Kyogabirwe and Vincent Bagire.
2. ICT and Microfinance: Usage and adoption in Uganda. Researchers: Dr. Joseph Ssewanyana and Moses Mukhwana.
3. Effect of ICT on the Productivity of MFI’s in Uganda. Research team: Musa Moya and Kalema Kiwewa.
4. Customer Service Logistics in Supply Chain. Researcher: Shafic Mujabi.
5. Perspective on Bank-Client Cooperation: A structure Modeling of Survey of  Commercial Banks in Uganda. Researcher: Geoffrey Nkuutu
6. Psychological climate, Catharsis, Organizational anomie, Psychological wellness and ethical procurement behaviour in Uganda's public sector. Researchers  Dr. Joseph Ntayi  et al.
7. Workplace Discrimination, Opportunistic Behaviors, Psychological Climate, Workplace Withdrawal Behaviour and Task Performance”. Researchers: Freddie Mawanga et al.
8. Utilizing and Managing ICT Services: A case of Microfinance Institutions in Uganda. Researchers: Joseph Bada .
9. Acceptance and Usability of KEWL/KNG NettelAfrica System by Students. Researchers: Musa Moya  and Egbson.
10. Real Effective Exchange Rate and Gross Domestic Product. Researchers: Susan Watundu and Musa Moya.
11. “Moral Disengagement and the social construction of Procurement Officers deviant behaviors. Researchers: Sarah Eyaa, Joseph Ntayi and Muhammed Ngoma.
12. Evaluation of the Procurement process in the public Universitie. Researchers: Pontius Byarugaba.
13. “Procurement Practices, Collaborative relationships, Information Technology Flexibility and Supply Chain Swiftness.  Researchers: Sarah Eyaa et al.
14. The Demographic, Ownership status and their effect on risk of Accidents by Motorcycle taxi drivers in Kampala City.  Researchers: Humphrey Anjoga, Godwin Asiimwe Godwin & Mbaga Tuzinde

Category B: Ongoing researches funded by the Faculty of Computing and Management science

1. The status of end user computing support in Ugandan Universities: An Exploratory Study. Researchers: Dr. Joseph Ssewanyana and Maria Miiro.
2. Admission requirements, class size and students performance in Public Universities.  Researchers: Agnes Nassuna , Pontius Byarugaba  and Musa Moya
3. Effect of Supplier Development Activities on Delivery Cycle Time in Agro-processing firms: A transaction cost Analysis. Researchers: Joseph Ntayi et al.
4. Readiness to Adoption of E-Learning in Higher Institutions of Learning in Uganda. Researchers:  Humphrey ANJOGA, and Godwin Asiimwe
5. Exploring the velocity of the strategic enterprising concept among resource constrained firms in Uganda. Researchers:  Dr. Warren Byabashaija
6. The Effect of Entrepreneurial Education, social Norms, and situational factors on Entrepreneurial Attitudes and intentions of students in Uganda. Researchers: Warren Byabashaija
7. A Gendered Perspective of University Students to Information Technology Profession in Uganda. Researchers:  Joseph Kizito Bada
8. Social norms and compliance with road traffic rules in Uganda.  Researchers:  Freddie Mawanga et al.
9. Investment Returns to Social Network Capital Among the Rural Poor: An Econometric Approach”. Researchers: Mawejje and Senyonga

Category C: Completed researches by the faculty staff which have been accepted to be published  as Book chapters or as Journal Articles

1. Byabashaija, W (2009). Nascent Entrepreneurship: the effect of Relational Embeddedness on Execution of Gestation Activities and Progress to firms Emergency, published as Proceeding in the Academy of Management: Chicago, IL, USA august 6-12,2009.
2. Ntayi, J.M, Rooks, G and  Eyaa, S (2009): Food Supply chain swiftness in a developing country: The case of Uganda small and medium sized enterprises published as conference proceedings of the  18th, International Purchasing and Supply Education and research Association conference (IPSERA) in Wiesbaden, Germany held on the April 7 (2009) under the theme “supply management – towards an academic discipline”.
3. Ntayi, J.M and Eyaa, S (2010). “Procurement Practices, Collaborative relationships, Information Technology Flexibility and Supply Chain Swiftness.  Accepted to be published as a book chapter - inderscience enterprises- African Business Enterprise in Global Context Enterprise solutions for Sustainable Development.
4. Moya Musa and Watundu (2009). Real Effective Exchange Rate and Gross Domestic Product. E-Journal of Business and Economic Issues http://www.business.subr.edu
5. Joseph Mpeera Ntayi, John. C. Munene, Sarah Eyaa (2010). Salesforce Behavioural performance of Accounts relationship managers (ARMS) in Uganda’s commercial banks: A qualitative analysis. Palgrave Macmillan 1479-1110, Journal of retail and leisure property, Vol, 1-19. www.palgrave-journals.com/rlp (forth coming).
6. Ntayi et al. (2010). Psychological climate, Catharsis, Organizational anomie, Psychological wellness and ethical procurement behaviour in Uganda's public sector.  Accepted to be published in the Journal of public procurement (JoPP),  Issue 1, 2010
7. Ntayi et al. (2010). Social cohesion, Groupthink, ethical attitudes and the behaviour of public procurement officers. Accepted to be published in the Journal of public procurement (JoPP), in  2010
8. Ntayi et al. (2010). Perceived value of the project, Opportunistic behaviour, inter-organizational cooperation and Contractor performance: Lessons from Uganda’s construction industry. Accepted for publication Journal of African Business, New York, Taylor and Francis publishers
9. Andrew Musiime, Joseph Ntayi, Palto Ranjan Datta, Musigire Samuel (2009). Marketing Culture, Psychological wellness, ethical climate, service performance and Loyalty. Journal of Business and Retail Management Research. Vol.3, Issue 2. www.jbrmr.com
10. Joseph Mpeera Ntayi, John. C. Munene, Sarah Eyaa and Irene  Namugenyi (2009). Vicarious Learning, Development Networks and Sales Force Behavioral Performance in Uganda‘s Commercial Banks. Journal of business and behavioural sciences. A refereed publication of the American Society of business and behavioural sciences.  . Volume 21, Number 1, ISSN 1946-8113, FALL 2009. Pages 140-152. www.asbbs.org
11. Joseph Mpeera Ntayi, Rufus Beijuka, Freddie Mawanga and Alex Muliira (2009). Perceived Workplace discrimination, Instrumental Ethical climate, psychological wellness and task performance. E-Journal of Business and Economic Issues, Spring 2009, Volume IV Issue I, http://www.business.subr.edu
12. Joseph Ntayi, Gerrit Rooks and Sarah Eyaa (2009). Supply chain swiftness in a developing country: The case of Uganda small and medium sized enterprises. E-Journal of Business and Economic Issues, Spring 2009, Volume IV Issue I, http://www.business.subr.edu
13. Ntayi, J.M, Eyaa, S and Ngoma, M (2010). Moral Disengagement and the social construction of procurement officers’ deviant behaviours. Paper under review –International Journal of Governance and Ethics,