Project Management Practices and Implementation of Government Projects in Kenya, Case of Machakos County Government
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Date
2018
Authors
Musau, Patricia Muthei
Kirui, Caleb
Journal Title
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Publisher
International Academic Journals
Abstract
The Government of Kenya undertakes a
variety of projects through its county
governments, which are aimed at developing
infrastructure, social welfare, health
services, urban and rural development, as
well as preserving culture and heritage. This
directly or in-directing affects the lives of
citizens and also reflects on the effectiveness
and efficiency of Government. Thus far, all
county governments in the country have
shown major management gaps with regards
to effective implementation of almost all
their planned projects. This study seeks to
investigate the extent to which project
management practices impact the
implementation of government projects in
county governments, using Machakos
County Government as an example. The
specific objectives will include; evaluating
the influence of project planning on
management practices and implementation
of government projects; determining the
effects of stakeholders’ participation on
management practices and implementation
of government projects; and finding out the
effects of monitoring and evaluation on
management practices and implementation
of government projects. The study will
employ a qualitative descriptive survey
research design on a population of 90
employees that are directly involved in the
completion of county government projects.
The respondents will be purposively
selected; top-level management, middlelevel management, and lower level
management in order to get the sample size
of 30% of the target population, which is
termed as a good benchmark for use in a
research analysis. The researcher will use
semi-structured questionnaires to collect
primary data from the sample population,
and secondary data will be collected from
the Government reports and other related
studies. There will be a pilot test for the
questionnaire before carrying out the data
collection to determine instrument
reliability. In addition, both closed and
open-ended semi-structured questions will
be used in the self-administered
questionnaire. After collection, the data will
be edited, coded, classified and analyzed
through descriptive statistics and inferential
statistics using SPSS software. Conclusions
and recommendations will be drawn from
the study findings.
Description
A research article published in International Academic Journal of Information Sciences and Project Management
Keywords
Project management practices, Implementation, Government projects, Machakos County, Kenya
Citation
Musau, P. M. & Kirui, C. (2018). Project management practices and implementation of government projects in Kenya, case of Machakos County government. International Academic Journal of Information Sciences and Project Management, 3(2), 58-79