Strategic Choice and Performance Empirical Evidence from Mission Hospitals in Kiambu County Kenya
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Date
2020
Authors
Njuguna, Mary Wangui
Muathe, Stephen
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European Scientific Institute
Abstract
The modern business environment is highly dynamic and the
management of every firm is compelled to make effective decisions for the
company to remain relevant. Strategic choice is a critical element in the
process of formulating a strategy. As a result of the threats that organizations
are exposed to, organizations are adopting strategic choices to enhance
performance. Despite the challenges that mission hospitals in Kiambu County
encounter in the health industry, they are still luring away clients from public
hospitals. Therefore, this study’s main objective was to establish the influence
of strategic choice on performance of mission hospitals in Kiambu County.
Specifically, the study embarked on four objectives; to establish the influence
of organizational structure on the performance of mission hospitals in Kiambu
County; to determine the influence of technology on performance of mission
hospitals in Kiambu County; to determine the influence of leadership on the
performance of mission hospitals in Kiambu County; and to establish the
effect of resource acquisition on performance of mission hospitals in Kiambu
County. The theories that guided this study were the agency theory, open
systems theory, contingency theory, and the resource based theory. This study
adopted a descriptive design. The study targeted the big four mission hospitals
Africa Inland Church Kijabe Mission Hospital; Africa Inland Church cure
International Hospital; Presbyterian Church of East Africa. Kikuyu Hospital;
and Nazareth Hospital) in Kiambu County. The target population was 80
senior, middle, and operational managers and a census was employed. A semistructured questionnaire was utilized for data collection. Regression results
revealed that organizational structure, technology, leadership and resource
acquisition were highly significant on the performance of mission hospitals in
Kiambu County in Kenya. The study recommended that mission hospitals in
Kiambu County should create organizational structures which are in line with
the goals being pursued by the mission hospitals. On technology the study recommended for effective management and use of technology infrastructure
planning, on leadership, the researcher recommends that leadership
development be cascaded to all level of employees/management. This is to
help the mission hospitals achieve its objectives on service delivery. On
resource acquisition the study recommends that managers should look for
ways of motivating human resource in the organization for better performance.
Mission hospitals should encourage more training and development of
employees to enhance knowledge and skills if they want to sustain
performance.
Description
A research article published in European Scientific Journal
Keywords
Strategic, Choice, Performance, Mission, Hospitals
Citation
Njuguna, M. W., & Muathe, S. (2020). Strategic Choice and Performance Empirical Evidence from Mission Hospitals in Kiambu County Kenya. European Scientific Journal, ESJ, 16(16), 139. https://doi.org/10.19044/esj.2020.v16n16p139