Strategic Management Practices and Performance of Non-Profit Organisations in Renk County, South Sudan
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Date
2023
Authors
Manyang, Ajak John
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Kenyatta University
Abstract
Non-profit organizations play a significant role in defining social issues, finding
alternatives, and even attaining social goals in a multitude of fields that may or may
not be covered effectively by government administrations. These non-profit
organisations are in fields ranging from education, health care, disaster relief, social
work, and general enhancement of human condition, have played a critical part in the
country's economy in addition to social system. However, performance of these nonprofit organizations has been declining over the years. These nonprofit organizations
are now characterized with low donor funding, inefficiency in outreach, inefficiency
in resource utilization, decrease in accountability for results and non-accomplishment
of set goals and objectives. The purpose of the research therefore was to establish the
effects of strategic management practices on performance of non-profit organisations
in Renk County, South Sudan. The specific objectives are; establishing effect of
strategy formulation, strategy implementation and strategy evaluation on performance
of non-profit organisation in Renk County. Stakeholder theory, RBV and open system
theory directed the study. The research was conducted by means of descriptive and
explanatory research design. The study population constituted of 76 respondents from
19 nonprofit organisations. The researcher was able to get a sample size of 38
interviewees. Data collected using semi-structured questionnaires administered by the
researcher in person. The questionnaire was piloted among 10 managers to determine
both content and construct validity and to establish whether the questions measured
the expected theorized variables. The study addressed reliability using the Cronbach
Alpha statistical test. The cutoff point of the reliability test was 0.7. Manifold
regressions helped to fix relationship, type & extent in respect to relationship between
variables. The study concludes that strategy formulation influences positively on the
performance of nonprofit organisations. This implies that proper attention needs to be
put on better understanding of strategy formulation through training of all employees
and stakeholders in the organization. Findings indicated the availability of a
significant effect of strategy formulation on organizational performance; strategy
implementation recorded a significant positive effect on performance of nonprofit
organisations in Renk County, South Sudan. The findings on strategy evaluation too
signified the considerable optimistic effects of strategy evaluation on organizational
performance. According to the results, it is evident that strategy evaluation had the
greatest control over performance of non-profit organizations. The study
recommended that management of nonprofit organisations should cultivate
relationships with their stakeholders that encourage them to achieve desired results.
This can be accomplished by changing mindsets, make-ups & traditions, giving
attentiveness to shareholders interests so as to gain assistance & backing from them
for strategy implementation. It is recommended that top-level managers of nonprofit
organisations or even other related organisations must pursue additional idea from the
lower-level managers. Finally, the research reveals that the administration of
nonprofit organisations should provide frontline managers with chances for training
and development in organizational performance.
Description
A Research Project Submitted to the School of Business, Economics and Tourism in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirement for the Award of Degree of Masters of Business Administration (Strategic Management Option) of Kenyatta University, June 2023.
Keywords
Strategic Management Practices, Non-Profit Organisations, Renk County, South Sudan