Factors affecting the performance of constituent colleges in Coast province of Kenya
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2014-06-27
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James, Dalton Mwaghogho
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In the recent past, the Government of Kenya has been elevating polytechnic, teachers training institutes and other colleges into University Colleges. The move is aimed at preparing tertiary learners for employment, advanced training and career development in technical fields. Another objective is to expand university education to absorb the huge number of students qualifying for university education. The aim of this research study was to explore the factors affecting the performance of constituent colleges in Coast province of Kenya in terms of corporate branding, marketing of programs, developing of new teaching programs and the increase in number of students’ enrolment. The focus was mainly on structural changes. The scope covered three universities at the Coast province, namely The Technical University of Mombasa (TUM), in Mombasa County and Pwani University College (PUC), in Kilifi County which were constituent colleges of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) and Kenyatta University (KU) respectively and which were recently awarded a university charter under the new University Act, 2012. The third one is Taita Taveta University College (TTUC), in Taita Taveta County which was previously a campus of JKUAT. The objective of the research was to explore the factors affecting performance of these constituent colleges in terms of corporate branding, marketing of programs, developing of new teaching programs and the increase in number of students’ enrolment focusing mainly on structural changes in terms of governance structures, human resources systems, operations and work structures. The study was seeking to get information to address the specific objectives of how performance of constituent colleges in Coast province of Kenya is affected by changes in governance structure. It also determined the extent to which performance of constituent colleges in Coast province of Kenya is affected by changes in human resources system. The research also tried to establish how performance of constituent colleges in Coast province of Kenya is affected by changes in operations, and also the relationship between performance and changes in work or organisation structures. The problem affecting the performance of constituent colleges in Coast province of Kenya in terms of of corporate branding, marketing of programs, developing of new teaching programs and the increase in number of students’ enrolment could be because of structural changes. The literature review looked at early theoretical models of development that focused on structural change. The empirical literature review looked at corporate governance theories, human resources systems, operations and organisational structure theories. The study used descriptive survey design where it addressed the "what" question, like what the characteristics of the population or situations are being studied. The target population was staff in all the constituent colleges and recently upgraded university colleges in Coastal area of Kenya. There are three such colleges with a total population of 1,130 staff. A sample size of 10% of the population was taken to ensure fair representation and generalization of findings to the general population. A questionnaire was used to collect data from the sample of the target population of which the data analysis was done using both descriptive and inferential statistics. The research also identified some issues arising from the structural changes and recommended the way forward to overcome them.
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