Determinants of Effective Performance of Community Based Projects in Kandara Constituency of Muranga County
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Date
2013
Authors
Kaberere, Anastacia N.
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Kenyatta University
Abstract
The importance of projects cannot be overemphasized. Projects are one of the principal means by
which we change our world. Community projects are projects meant .for community well-being
(economic, social, environmental and cultural) initiated to support sustainable rural development
and livelihood enhancement, members of the community come together to take collective action
and generate solutions to common problems. When these initiatives fail it leads to declining
people's standard of living and increased poverty level. Projects operate in an uncertain
environment and therefore they are prone to factors which influence their performance leading to
large percentage projects failure to perform and achieve the intended goals. This study aimed at
determining factors which influence effective performance of self sponsored/donor sponsored
community based projects in Kandara Constituency, Muranga County. Members of the project
management and ordinary project members served as respondents to enable the researcher
investigate the factors which influence performance of community based projects in Kandara in
relation to the identified key project processes of initiation, planning, implementation, Monitoring
and Evaluation as well as stakeholder's participation which are associated with successful project
performance. The researcher used descriptive survey method. The study targeted 96 CBOs
carrying out various community projects where stratified random sampling was used to pick 49
CBOs. Data was collected using semi-structured questionnaire and to investigate the relationship
between the variables, the statistical package for social science (SPSS) was used. The researcher
sought an expert opinion and conducted a pilot study to test. validity and reliability of the
questionnaire. The data was analyzed and presented in form of tables, charts and figures. The research
findings show that there is a strong positive relationship between performance of community based
projects and the study dependent variables of initiation, planning, implementation, monitoring and
evaluation as well as stakeholders participation besides, the study further found funding to have a
strong positive correlation with performance of community projects according to previous research
study and as supported by this study. In order to enhance community project performance and achieve
the set goals the study recommends increased community participation at all levels of project,
diversification of source of funding, use of better and modem monitoring and evaluation tools and
techniques as well as use of experienced external assessors, members and leaders empowerment
through training to enable them engage effectively throughout the project initiation, planning,
implementation and monitoring and evaluation processes. Once the community projects performance
has been enhanced this will lead to well being of the community which in turn will lead to well being
of tHf country at large.
Description
A Research Project Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Award of the Degree of Masters of Business Administration (Project Management Option) School Of Business, Kenyatta University, November, 2013