Organizational Characteristics and Performance of Anglican Development Services Eastern Projects in Machakos County, Kenya
| dc.contributor.author | Githu, Sospeter | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-02-05T13:25:27Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-02-05T13:25:27Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024-10 | |
| dc.description | A Research Project Submitted to the School of Business, Economics and Tourism in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirement for the Award of the Degree of Master of Business Administration (Project Management) of Kenyatta University, October 2024. Supervisor Lydia Gachengo | |
| dc.description.abstract | 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. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/29528 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Kenyatta University | |
| dc.title | Organizational Characteristics and Performance of Anglican Development Services Eastern Projects in Machakos County, Kenya | |
| dc.type | Thesis |