| dc.description.abstract | When Kenya achieved its Independence in 1963, it had only
one University College to serve the entire nation and it had an enrolment
of 565 undergraduates and 6 postgraduates (Kamunge, 1988). It was
in this context that four national universities have since been established
between 1970 and 1987 with the enrolment shooting up to 18,883 undergraduates
and 1,934 postgraduates.
The contributing factors to this dramatic expansion are many
but four of them will be examined in Chapter III. Their implications
for the management and administration of the universities are also
discussed in the same chapter.
However, the study begins with an examination of the management
and administrative structure of the university with particular reference
to the University of Nairobi from where most of the examples are drawn,
basically because of its multi-campus system which is unique in the
country. A historical background of university education in Kenya
and the role of the university officers are also discussed to give
the reader a picture of what necessitates the need for effective administration
to meet the problems of size and complexity. This has been
done •by:
1) discussing an overview of the management and administrative structure
of the university;
2) looking at the roles of university officers and how those roles
have changed:-Bdee(result of the.rapid increase in size and the
complexities of the university education system;
3) examining in de.tail the possible approaches to improving the effectiveness
and efficiency of the university administration;
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4) looking at the training and development of university administrators.
This includes the role of staff appraisal as one way of identifying
staff development needs and concludes with practical suggestions
for the introduction of a systematic staff appraisal and staff development
programme.
The scope of this study is limited to the tasks and training
needs of the 'pure' or career administrators but it also discusses
in brief the needs of those administrators from the academic ranks
who combine both academic work and administration because what they
do does affect the running of the institution. | en |
