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    Influence of Organizational Culture on the Performance of Anglican Development Services Eastern Projects in Machakos County, Kenya
    (International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research, 2024) Githu, Sospeter; Gachengo, Lydia
    The main goal of Anglican Development Services Eastern is to assist communities in attaining secure livelihoods that include enough food, clean drinking water, steady incomes, climate change resilience, eco-climate, and integrating child protection, disability, HIV/AIDS, and gender issues. A lot of the organization's projects face significant challenges related to time and financial management. Data indicates that among 45 food projects initiated by ADSE in Machakos County from 2018 to 2022, just 15% remain partially operational while the rest have ceased to exist and their whereabouts are unknown following the conclusion of the funding. About half of the projects in ADSE have short durations, become stagnant, fail to impact the community, and a few end up collapsing. Therefore, this study sought to investigate the influence of organizational culture on the performance of Anglican Development Services Eastern Projects in Machakos County, Kenya. This research was conducted using a descriptive research methodology. The focus of this research was 9 projects carried out by the Anglican Development Services Eastern in Machakos County, Kenya. The study had a participation of 54 respondents in total. A survey was conducted with 54 participants. The study utilized a questionnaire as the research tool for all participants. A pilot study involved 6 participants from the same company who were excluded from the main study to evaluate the research tool's reliability and validity. Quantitative data was assessed with descriptive statistics like average and standard deviation, and displayed in tables. Inferential statistics, like correlation analysis and multiple regressions, were utilized to establish the connection between variables. The research discovered that the organizational culture positively impacted the performance of Anglican Development Services Eastern projects in Machakos County, Kenya. The research findings concludes that the culture of an organization influences how its workplace is organized, leading individuals with similar skills and backgrounds to collaborate more efficiently on company projects. The research suggests that in order to enhance its culture, the organization must prioritize effective communication and the project managers need to actively listen to the thoughts and suggestions from all important stakeholders by promoting individual meetings with team members, so they can freely discuss sensitive issues in private.
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    Organizational Characteristics and Performance of Anglican Development Services Eastern Projects in Machakos County, Kenya
    (Kenyatta University, 2024-10) Githu, Sospeter
    Anglican Development Services Eastern overarching purpose is to help communities achieve secure lifestyles characterized by adequate food, safe drinking water, stable incomes, climate change resilience, eco-climate, and mainstreaming child protection, disability, HIV/AIDS, and gender concerns. Many of the organization's projects, however, confront major time and financial management issues. Statistics show that out of 45 food projects commissioned by Anglican Development Services Eastern Machakos County between year 2018 and 2022 only 15% are partly active and others are defunct and could not be traced after termination of the grant. Approximately 50 percent of the projects in ADSE have brief life-span, slowed down, never affected the community and some have collapsed. Therefore, this study sought to investigate the influence of organizational characteristics on performance of projects in Anglican Development Services Eastern in Machakos County, Kenya. The specific objectives of the study were to examine the influence of organizational culture, project planning, communication and monitoring and evaluation on performance of projects in Anglican Development Services Eastern in Machakos County, Kenya. This study was guided by the dynamic Capability Theory, Cybernetics theory, Realistic evaluation theory, Schein's theory of organizational culture and theory of change. This study was carried out through a descriptive research design. The target population for this study was 9 projects being implemented by the Anglican Development Services Eastern in Machakos County, Kenya. A total of 54 respondents participated in the study. A census of 54 respondents was carried out. The research instrument to be employed in the study was questionnaires to all the respondents. A pilot study was carried to 6 respondents from the same organization and these respondents were not included in the final study in order to assess the validity and reliability of research instrument. Quantitative data was analyzed using descriptive statistics such as mean and standard deviation and presented in form of tables and figures where applicable. Content analysis technique was used to analyse information obtained from the open ended questions and reported in narrative form. Inferential statistics such as correlation analysis and multiple regressions were used to determine the relationship between variables. The study found that the organizational culture, project planning, communication and monitoring and evaluation had a positive significant influence on performance of Anglican Development Services Eastern projects in Machakos County, Kenya. The study concludes that organizational culture impacts the structure of a workplace in ways that bring people of the same skill set together and those who share similar backgrounds and skills may work more quickly together when tackling company projects. Project planning helps the team stay engaged for higher project performance. Communication helps in conveying the desired results from project members and the expectations of their seniors and the organization. Monitoring and evaluation are vital because they help be accountable to stakeholders, identify problems to projects and correct them. The study recommends that the organization should ensure effective communication to improve its culture. The project managers should start by identifying stakeholders who have a direct or indirect influence of the project. The project managers should provide regular updates by updating both internal and external sources on the progress of the project. The project managers should start planning M&E during project design phase and ensure that the M&E is properly linked with project’s strategic plan in an integral manner.