Organization development interventions and academic staff productivity in chartered state universities in Kenya
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Date
2014
Authors
Munyao, Charles M.
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Kenyatta University
Abstract
Organization development interventions (ODIs) are necessary ingredients to any
employees' productivity process especially in the knowledge sector. Chartered state
universities are faced with a growing number of complaints today in the area of academic
staff productivity. This study thus seeks to establish the 001s that influence productivity
of the academic staff in chartered state universities in Kenya in an effort to address these
challenges. In particular this study seeks to establish the influence of team building,
organizational learning and MBO on the productivity of academic staff in chartered state
universities in Kenya. The study will be based on five theories: Resource Based Theory,
Change Process and Equilibrium Theory, Rational Theory, Institutional Theory and
Marginal Productivity Theory. The study will be anchored on the positivism philosophy
which holds that true knowledge is and must be scientific and ultimately measurable. A
mixed research design that incorporates descriptive and explanatory research design will
be used to conduct this study. The unit of analysis will be the 22 chartered state
universities in Kenya and the unit of observation will be the 192 deans of
schools/faculties. A semi structured questionnaire will be used to gather the required
information from the 192 deans of schools/faculties. Validity and reliability of the
research instruments will be tested. The data collected will be analyzed using descriptive
statistics and inferential statistics where multiple regression analysis will be used to show
the relationship between the dependent variable (productivity of chartered state
universities' academic staff) and the independent variables (teamwork, organizational
learning and management by objectives). The descriptive statistics will be presented in
form of frequency distribution tables, bar and pie charts, graphs, use of tables and
percentages. Diagnostic tests of normality, multicollinearity, heteroscadasticity and
homoscedasticity will be carried out on the data to assess the model's underlying
statistical assumptions. The study will be of use to management of the chartered state
universities, policy makers in other organizations and researchers to help them unravel
the Organization Development Interventions and their effects on productivity of chartered
state universities' academic staff in particular and employees in general. In addition
ethical considerations of proper identification, introduction and treatment of the research
will be meted on the study.
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