Effects of project organizational structures on an organization’s performance: a case of Nyankoba tea factory,Nyamira County

Abstract

The study focused on the effects of project organizational structure on an organization’s performance: a case of Nyankoba tea factory, Nyamira County guided by four specific objectives namely: To establish the extent to which communication affect organization structures on organization performance in Nyankoba Tea Factory, to determine how supervision affects organization structures on organization performance in Nyankoba Tea Factory, to find out how leadership affects organization structures on organization performance in Nyankoba Tea Factory, and finally to establish whether motivation affects organizational structures on organization performance in Nyankoba tea factory. The target population will be 123 respondents and only 94 respondents was sampled randomly for the study. Questionnaires were employed to collect data from respondents, which were then analyzed both qualitatively and quantitatively using frequencies and presented in form of frequency distribution tables. The study was of great significance to management in assisting to better understand how project organizational structures that enhances organizational performance. The findings revealed organization structures significantly influenced organization performance of Nyankoba Tea Factory. The findings also revealed the variables that were studied namely communication, supervision, leadership and motivation had an influence in organization performance. The study made the following recommendations: The type of structure adopted by an organization has its merits and demerits. Hence, there is need to encourage organizations to adopt a structure whose merits outweigh its demerits based on organization’s operating environment. The study recommends a study on how these other organizational structures influences performance of organizations and also recommends a replica of the study to be carried out within the context of another field other than tea factories for comparative purpose.