Comparative Study on Time Management Skill and Decision-Making Skill in Youth and Sport Offices of Mekelle and Central Zones in Tigrai Regional State

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to compare the time management skill and decision-making skill in the youth and sport offices of Mekelle and Central Zones. This study includes both the governmental and nongovernmental bodies. Comparative survey specifically, Cross-sectional design was used to compare the four groups means Mekelle and Central Zone governmental and non-governmental bodies each other. The researcher used simple random sampling technique to select ten Woredas and Sub city youth and sport offices from the -19- Woredas and Sub-cities of the two Zones. The researcher also used purposive sampling technique to select the whole population (108) of the selected Woredas youth and sport offices as a respondent. A total of -23- self-made but standardized 5 liker test questionnaire and 5 unstructured interviews were used in order to collect concrete and relevant information about the above two variables. Pilot study was conducted to check the reliability of the questionnaires and the result of the test of reliability Alpha coefficient was 0.642 and 0 .845 for time management skill and decision-making skill respectively. One way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to compare the time management skill and decision-making skills of youth and sport offices of Mekelle and central zone among the governmental and non-governmental bodies. Post-Hoc LSD multiple comparison was applied to identify the differences between the various groups in the youth and sport offices of Mekelle and Central zone. The results obtained through post hoc multiple comparisons proved that, there were statistically significance difference among the governmental and non-governmental bodies in youth and sport offices of Mekelle and Central Zones on their time management skill and decision-making skill.