Kampala university

Department of public administration

End of sem exams 2018/19

Year two semester one

Comparative public administration

Regular/ full-time

Answer any four questions.

1. Compare and contrast between the views of Woodrow Wilson and David

waldo on politics-administration dictonomy

2. Robert Dahl argued that any displine without comparison is a dead displine

what are the concerns of comparison in public administration. And why is it

possible to compare.

3. Though bureaucracy is highly criticized its widely used as a model of

comparison in public administration discuss. What is the value of bureaucracy

in comparison

4. Public management has become more fashionable phrase to describe what

used to be public administration is it a mere in name or there is substance in

change.
 5. Barry Bozeman argues that the only way to understand the organization's

publicness use a dimensional approach to publicness, discuss.

6. Governance approach is seen as the new approach to magement of public

affairs, discus. What are the characteristics of African governments.

7. With reference to Uganda discuss the role of civil society organizations as the

new approach to service delivery.

8. What do you understand by the concept new public management, using

appropriate examples demonstrate whether or not it has impacted on Uganda’s

public administration.

Kampala University

2018/19

End of semester ii exam

Administrative law

Full time

Instructions: attempt four questions

1) Administrative law is a very important weapon that citizens have against the abuse of power,

discuss.
2) African governce face the problem of concentration of power to an individual or group of

individuals which leads to dictatorship and arbitrary rule, using the doctrine of separation of power

suggest strategies for better governance of Africa.

3) Government cannot act other than in accordance with the law of the land; discuss what will

guarantee the rule of law in a nation.

4) The public has lost faith in the courts for justice because of the judicial conduct, discuss the

principles of the courts and assure the public about the promotion and enforcement of justice in

the country of your own choice.

5) The central principle of administrative law is to ensure administrative procedure, discus the

situations where public authority act ultra vires. What are the legal liabilities of public authority?

6) Natural justice is a remedy to persons affected by administrative decisions, Explain.

7) Disputes arising out of public administration or out of private law are entrusted to administrative

tribunals rather than ordinary courts why do think so and what are the limitations.

8) Administrative legislation inform of delegated legislation is traditionally a necessary evil

Explain, discuss the grounds in which delegated regulation is ultra vires and the remedies.
 Kampala University

Department of public administration

end of semester exams

Year three sem one

Strategic management

Answer any four questions

1. Strategy is a multi-dimensional concept, define strategic management the key features

and the benefits of strategic management.

2. For success implementation of strategic magement, the following barriers must be

taken note of discuss.

3. Discuss the factors that are considered in formulating strategies and their impact on

strategic management

4. Elaborate on the approaches used in strategic management as advanced by Richard son

and Thomas

5. Reassessing strategies and the planning process new policies emerge and old ones

discarded, what factors influence structure of strategies, discuss the types of controls that

can be put in place.

 6. When the firm sustains profits that exceeds the average of its industry its said to have a

competitive advantage, discuss the method firms use to scan for competitive advantage?

7. Discuss the steps followed during the environmental analysis

8. Discuss the dynamics of industry competition by porters five forces

Kampala University

Department of public administration

End of semester exams 2018/19

Third year sem one

Full time
 Public policy analysis

Answer any four questions

1 Define public policy discuss the determinate and sources of public policy

2 With the help of examples where appropriate, critical analyze public policy making

process. Elaborate on the sources of power to policy makers.

3 Discuss the models of public policy that can be used by the state to pursue its

responsibilities.

4 Distinguish between policy analysis and policy advocacy, what are the challenges of

policy analysis in Uganda

5 What do you understand by the term policy agenda, elaborate on the types of policy

agenda and the models of agenda setting.

6 With reference to Uganda discuss the role of pressure groups in policy formulation.

What factors lead to a successful exertion of pressure and influence in policy making

7 Assess the preconditions to be satisfied for policy implementation

8 Policy secession and termination lies at the end of policy life cycle, discuss the

difficulties and strategies for easy succession and termination.

 Kampala University

The department of public administration

End of semester one examinations 2016/2017

Paper name; Taxation

Year three

Programme; fulltime

Instructions answer four questions

Question one is compulsory

1. a) Okello bought an industrial building on 1/01/2016 at shs. 140,000,000/=. The

construction of the building had cost shs. 120,000,000/=. The building was immediately

put to use for the first time.

In 2017, an extension to the industrial building was completed at a cost of shs.

80,000,000/=

Required: compute the industrial building deductions okello is entailed for the ended

31/12/2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019.

b) Opata and sons Ltd is Transport Company, it had the following written down valves as

at 2017
 Class 1 3,000,000/=

Class 2 20,000,000/=

Class 3 8,000,000/=

Class 4 2,000,000/=

The company’s accounting date is 30/ June. During the year ended 30/june/2018,

the following transpired

i) Bought a BMW car for the MD at shs 35,000,000/=.

ii) Sold the old computer for shs one million

iii) Bought a 70-seateaterbus at 120,000,000/= only 80,000,000/= was paid

iv) Old furniture was sold shs 2,500,000/=

Required; compute wear and tear for the year ended 30/June/2018

c) MK ltd is a mining company in Uganda. Its turn over for the year 31/12/2015 was

250,000,000/= the company’s chargeable income was found to be shs 80,000,000/= after

examination of the accounts.

Required; compute the tax payable by MK Ltd for the year31/6/202015

2. Explain the theories of taxation you have been exposed to giving the probable weakness

faced of each when used as basis for measuring taxpayer’s ability to pay tax.

3. A good tax system is guided by various canons, assess the canons of taxation in Uganda
4. Certain incomes by law are not taxed and they are called exempt incomes listed in section

21 of the income tax act. Discuss the amounts that are not taxed in Uganda

5. A person’s tax obligation is to determined or directed by a number of considerations in

the income tax act, what are these considerations

6. Omudeke Simon is employed by wms company (U) LTD as an administrator. The

following information relates to the emplacement for the month of June in the year of

employment 2016

a) He was paid gross salary of shs. 2,500,00 per month

b) He contributed 5% of his gross salary in NSSF the company further contributed 10%

c) In july the same year he was provided with a motor vehicle with a market price of

shs. 12,500,000. It was availed to him for both employment duty and private purposes

d) Medical allowances of shs. 100,00 per month

e) Omudeke was provided with an interest free loan of shs. 985,500 on 1/01/2016 which

he paid on 31/01/2015 and on the same day he was advanced another interest free

loan of shs. 1,500,000 to be repaid by Aug 2016

f) He was also given the residential accommodation in one of the houses owned by co.

the going rate for similar houses is shs. 3,600,000. He was paying a monthly rent shs.

50,00 which was deducted at the source

Required: i) determine omudeke’s income tax liability for 2016

 ii) Assume omudeke is a non national what would be his tax liability

7) Muchina LTD’s profit and loss account for the year of 2006 was as follows

Sales 1,430,000,000

Lesscost (1,340,000,000)

Gross profit 90,000,000

And other incomes

Bad debt recovered 2,000,000

Profit on sale of furniture 2,000,000

Less operating expenses

Salaries 11,900,000

Staff meals 3,100,000

Electricity 2,900,000

Trading licence 500,000

Stationary 2,300,000
Rent and rates 3,200,000

Repair and maintaince 2,500,000

Total expenses (15,400,000)

Net profit 76,600,000

Required; determine his chargeable income and his tax liability

8) i) Uganda Revenue authority is collecting less tax and this is linked to tax evasion and tax

avoidance with clear explanations, distinguishes between tax evasion and tax avoidance

ii) Explain the causes of tax evasion in your country

iii) Describe the various measures that can be adopted by government to curb the problems

mentioned in (ii) a above.

Kampala University

The department of public administration

End of semester one examinations 2018/19

Paper name; Introduction to public administration

Year; One

Programme; Fulltime

Instructions; answer any four question

1) what do you comprehend by the term public administration, what is entailed in the scope

of public administration

2) Some observers think that the problem of public service is lack of bureaucratic hygiene

yet to others is lack of better men what is your view and how can they be made to perform

3) The debt that has always been there is that are public organizations supposed to be

different from private, in your view should they be treated differently in the organizational

theory.

4) Most scholars and practitioners of public administration talk of “human resource

management rather than personnel administration” is that a mere change in fashion or there

is substance in change

5) Public administration is third world is problematic, Discuss the characteristics of public

administration in developing nations.

6) With reference to your country assess the role of public administration in the modern state.
7) Administrators have political demands, examine the duties of public administrators. Why

do we study public administration

8) using examples show the theoretical basis and relevance of new public management

(NPM)

Kampala university

Department of public administration

End of semester exams 2018/19

Administrative theories

Full time

1. The most important theoretical principal of the traditional model of administration is

Weber’s theory of bureaucracy why?

2. Frederick Taylor (1911) scientific management is credited with standardising work by

finding the best way of working why?

3. The focus of human relations is more on social context at work rather than regarding the

worker as an automaton responsive only to financial incentives, Explain.

4. Systems theory is concerned with problems associated with relationships, structures and

interdependence of organization components, justify.

5. Discuss the contribution of Henri Fayol (1841_1925) in establishing broad administrative

principals applicable to higher organizational levels.

6. Maslow’s needs hierarchy theory is a true description of employees in modern public

administration, why?

7. Employee coercion and threatening is largely rooted in McGregor's theory X , discuss

8. Using the country of your own choice show the relevancy of administrative theories to

practicing managers.

Kampala university

Department of public administration

End of semester exams 2018/19

Issues in third world politics

Full time

Instructions: attempt any four questions

1.define the term development and explain the core values of development

2. Using theratical approach of underdevelopment Explain why third world countries have

not been able to achieve any meaningful development

3. Outline the features of neocolonialism and discuss how their existence explains

underdevelopment in your country.

 4. Explain how militarism affects leadership quality and development in post a

independence Africa.

5. Discuss the extent to which the crisis of development in third world countries is at once

a lack of developmental state.

6. It has been suggested that Africa experienced its own of democratization in the 1990s.

Explain the preconditions for democratic transition.

7. Outline the problems of urban poor and their bearing on development in third world

countries.

8. Discuss the significance of the period of 1870-1914 in the creation of third world.

Weekend papers

Kampala university

The department of public administration

End of semester one examinations 2018/19

Paper name; Introduction to public administration

Year; One
Programme; weekend

Instructions; answer any four question

1. a) public administration is a concept that is widely used in public service, what is

entailed in public administration

2. Administration is truly universal and operates in all types of public and private

organizations but its nature varies, Discuss

3. is public administration a science or an art, Discuss to which extent public

administration is an art or a science

4. The vital role of public administration has led to the emergence of administrative state,

Discuss its role in the modern society.

5. Explain the claim that LDCs public administration is problematic, As a student of

public administration device strategies to address this problems

6. Discuss the role of personnel administration department and deferenciet between

personnel management from personnel administration.

7. As student of public administration, What is the role of the chief executive in the

organizational structure

8. Policy formulation is one of the activities of public administration Clearly describe the

formulation stages
 Kampala university

The department of public administration

End of semester one examinations 2018/19

Paper name; Taxation

Year three

Programme; weekend

Instructions answer four questions

Question one is compulsory

1) a) Nakirija Ltd incurred the following costs on putting up an industrial building;

land at shs 70.000.000/= architectural design shs 30,000,000/=, burglar ashs

13,000,000/= land leveling 70,000,000,000/=, pressing the floor shs 15,00,000/=

administration block shs 17,000,000/= and a factory shs 300,000,000/=. The

construction was complemented on 1/1/2016 and immediately put to use.

 Required: compute the industrial building deductions okello is entailed for the

ended 31/12/2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019.

b) Nawagama and sons Ltd is located in Nakyewa, it had the following written down

valves as at 2017

Class 90,000,000/=

Class 7,500,000/=

Class 12,300,000/=

Class 14,000,000/=

In 2017/2018, he acquired and put to use the following equipment and

machinery: computers shs 6,000,000, a four sitter motor vehicle at 95,000,000/=,

a fuso truck to help transport goods of 70 tones capacity shs 110, 000,000/=

Generator at shs 12,000,000/= carpets at 7,000,000/=, safe for cash custody at

5,500,000/= and manufacturing machinery at shs 250,000,00/=

Required; compute wear and tear for the year ended 30/June/2018

c) Namugosa ltd is a non resident company in Uganda. Its turn over for the year

31/12/2015 was 250,000,000/= the company’s chargeable income was found to

be shs 80,000,000/= after examination of the accounts.

Required; compute the tax payable by Namugosa Ltd for the year31/6/202015
2) Discuss the various clarifications of taxes giving the advantages and

disadvantages of each

3) Assess what is composed of employment income

4) What is chargeable income for tax purposes? Mention the various sources of

taxable income

5) Outline the basic taxation principles that may guide the implementation of an

equitable taxation regime. What do you consider to be the importance of taxation

for the development of a country

6) i) What do you comprehend of the term withholding tax,

ii) What are the merits of withholding tax?

iii) Discuss the types of incomes that qualify for withholding tax and which kind

of imports do not qualify for withholding tax

7) Jimdin is a dealer in slandered rated supplies sold 20 tones of such products to

confectionary firm at shs 10,000,000/= the confectionary firm made biscuits out

of the products and sold them to shamim ltd who is a wholesaler in kibuli market

at 17,500,000/=. Shamin ltd later sold the biscuits to Zulaika ltd a retailer in

kabalagala at shs 22,500,000/=. Zulaika later sold all the biscuits to different

customers and realized sales of shs 30,000,00/=

 Given that all figures are VAT exclusive and the VAT rate is 18% compute the

total Vat payable throughout the process/trail

b) Evaluate the main recessions for introducing Vat, its main features and

conditions.

8) Below is the information concerning the premises rented by Mr Bwire in

different areas in Uganda?

1) 5 units in Gulu at 32,000 per month

2) 4units in masaka at 47500 per month

3) 2 units in mubende at 516, 000 per year

4) 3 units in apac at 320,000 each per quator a year

5) 3 units in mukono at 43, 200 per month

Note the premises in gulu, mubende and apac will not be in use in March, June

and November

Required; compute the taxable rental income tax and net income

ii) Assume the above property belongs to MTN Co. a resident company of

Uganda compute MTN Co. ltd’s tax liability and net income

Kampala university
 Department of public administration

End of semester examinations 2018/19

Administrative theories

Weekend

1. Weber’s theory of bureaucracy was fully congruent with traditional theory of public

administration in both form and practice Explain.

2. scientific management was an evangelical force in the early years of the century by Taylor

was a fundamental change in efficiency. Discuss.

3. human relations theory has been important in public administration and its influence

continues in debate over manageralism, why.

4. with your knowledge of systems theory why is it important to take a holistic view of the

entire organization system and organizational process

5. Henri fayol laid a foundation for management by considering the basic process/functions

of management, elaborate.

6. with the knowledge Maslow’s needs hierarchy theory justify the rampant industrial actions

by public servants.

7. Discuss McGregor’s contribution in administrative theory and public administration in

general
 8. As a student of public administration how relevant is this course unit to your field of study.

Kampala university

Department of public administration

End of semester exams 2018/19

Issues in third world politics

Weekend

Institutions: answer any four questions

1. Define term third world and explain the characteristics of developing nations

2. Discuss the fundamental challenges faced by developing countries and suggest remedies

that can be adopted to address this challenges

3. Using modernisation and dependency theories why is Africa underdeveloped.

4. Define developmental state. Explain why developing countries have failed to achieve

development.

5. Outline the developments in 19th century western Europe that were responsible for the

emergency of colonialism in third world.

6. Explain the causes of revolutions and the impact of revolutionary leadership on national

development in any developing nation.

 7. The wave of democratization in Africa is strong, discuss the challenges to democratic

transition in Africa.

8. Discuss the problems of the urbanization and the politics of the urban poor.

Kampala university

Department of public administration

End of semester exams 2018/19

Your two sem one

Comparative public administration

Weekend

Answer any four questions.

1. Discuss the dichotomy of politics and administration. Advise modern public

administrators on how to ensure a balance between politics and administration in their

organizations
2. For max weber bureaucracy is not constable as a form of management, discuss its

relevancy as a mode of comparison.

3. Critically analyze the usefulness of the dimensional approach to publicness and state

how useful it is to your understanding to “public” and “private” organization.

4. Analyze the methodological approaches to comparison in public administration, how

useful is it to compare in public administration?

5. Examine the managerial approach to public administration

6. In a comparative perspective, state and critically substantiate weather or not African

public administration is problematic.

7. Assess the role of non governmental organizations in public service

8. What do you understand by new public management, using examples demonstrate

weather it constitutes a shift from the classic public administration.

Kampala university

Department of public administration

End of semester examinations 2018/19

Third year semester one

 Public policy analysis

Regular/fulltime

Answer any for questions.

1. With the help of examples where appropriate, critically analyze the public

policy process and show the actors/players in this process

2. Public policy implementation is not a smooth sailing activity using

illustrations where appropriate discuss the challenges public policy

implementation in the developing countries.

3. Examine the different models of public policy formulation.

4. In third world countries, there is an argument that policies are made by

donors elucidate this statement, discuss the sources of power in policy

making.

5. Policy analysis is not a straight forward venture that can be considered

scientific, discuss the challenges of policy analysis in Uganda.

6. With reference to Uganda discuss the concept agenda setting in public

policy and the models of agenda building. What factors contribute an

issue to be considered on agenda/government action.

7. To some policy evaluation is necessary, but the practioners deteste it and

its rarely done in government. Why is this so.

 8. Assess the reasons why third world political elites set high goals for

themselves and for their political systems, what are the reason why

policies and goals fall short.

Kampala university

Department of public administration

End of semester exams 2018/19

Third year sem one

Strategic management

Regular

ANSWER ANY FOUR QUESTIONS

1. Firms exist to achieve certain objectives, strategic management has become

fashionable, Discuss the components of strategic management.

2. Discuss the factors considered in strategies planning process. What are the types of

controls that are essential for application of strategies.

3. Examine the factors that influence the formulation of strategies

 4. Competitive analysis is important aspect for any firm to gain have advantage

elaborate.

5. According to human resource base view firms need resources and capabilities, how

are they organized in a business plan.

6. Market is normally affected by environmental factors hence market analysis is

necessary through environmental analysis discuss the steps.

7. Discuss the process of industry analysis, explain porters forces of competition.

8. Assess the factors the affect decision to export and the barriers.

Kampala university

School of arts & social sciences

Department of public administration

End of semester examination 2018

Administrative law

Weekend

Instructions: answer any four questions

1. Elaborate the concept administrative law, discuss its objectives and functions.
2. What is the relationship between administrative law and constitutional law.

3. Examine the implention of the doctrine separation of power in your country

4. Rule of law is a community n phrase how do you understand it and discuss the the factors that

can guarantee law of law.

5. Discuss the principles of the judicial court of judicature and code of conduct.

6. Assess the situations where acts of public officials are considered ultra vires.

7. Public officials are constrained by various legal liabilities in case of misconduct elaborate.

8. Discuss the concept natural justice and its remedies to citizens who suffer injusticies .