Leadership Competencies And Sustainable Funding Of Non-Governmental Organisations In Uganda

Introduction

This study examines how leadership competencies influence sustainable funding of NonGovernmental Organisations (NGOs). Accordingly, competencies of NGO leaders are conceived as the independent variable while sustainable funding of NGOs will be the dependent variable. Leadership Competencies is measured in form of skills and behaviours which include ability to communicate vision, identifying and exploiting opportunities, inspiring teams, motivation of staff, relationship management, self awareness and self management. Sustainable Funding of NGOs is measured in terms of the ability of an NGO to consistently secure and manage adquate financial resources to fulfill its mission effectively in the long term. The next section provides the background to the study, the statement of the problem, the purpose of the study, the objectives of the study, the research questions, the hypotheses, the scope of the study, the significance, justification and operational definition of terms and concepts.