Resource Management Practices and Sustainability of Water Projects in Tana River County, Kenya
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2024-10
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The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management
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The general objective of this study was to assess the effect of project resource management practices on the sustainability of water projects in Tana River County, Kenya. The study was guided by the following specific objectives; to establish the effect of resource planning, resource scheduling, resource allocation and resource monitoring on the sustainability of water projects in Tana River County, Kenya. The study was anchored on theory of project management, theory of constraints theory of resource-based view. Descriptive survey was employed. This study targeted 83 project stakeholders consisting of 5 county officials under the County Environment, Water, Natural Resources & Climate Change, 13 project managers as well as 65 project management committee members. Resource planning, resource scheduling and resource monitoring were found to have a positive and significant effect on project performance. Resource allocation was found to have insignificant effect on sustainability of water projects in Tana River County. The study recommended on resource planning that according to job and efficiency requirement, more workers during busy hours, and fewer staff at slower times. The study recommended different approaches to task scaling and planning on asset management. The study recommended that project managers should be mindful of the scope of the project they are operating on, because the greater the nature of the project, the more they will decide how to distribute the money. The different techniques in use should include basic and common methods such as scientific analysis meetings such as earned value analysis and critical path analysis
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Jama, J. (2024). Resource Management Practices and Sustainability of Water Projects in Tana River County, Kenya (Doctoral dissertation, Kenyatta University).