Influence Of Project Management On Performance Of Nongovernmental Organizations Funded Projects. A Case Of Catholic Relief Services
Date
2018Author
Kithangacha, Caroline Gacheri
Type
ThesisLanguage
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Project management has become increasingly important in the development of any nation.
Various organizations have used project management techniques as a means of bridging the
gap between failure and success in implementation of projects. Despite this increasing
awareness of project management by organizations, projects still fail. The study seeks to
determine the influence of project management on performance of Catholic Relief Services
projects. The study was guided by the following objectives: to find out the influence of
project planning, monitoring and evaluation, communication and risk management on
performance of Catholic Relief Services projects. The study was grounded on the institutional
theory, management by objectives theory, the systems theory and the agency theory. The
study adopted a descriptive research design. The target population for this study was 148
senior, middle and lower level management staff of the Catholic Relief Services. A sample
population of 107 was arrived at by calculating the target population of 148 with a 95%
confidence level and an error of 0.05 using the formula taken from Nassiuma (2000). Primary
data was obtained using self-administered questionnaires. The questionnaire was made up of
both open ended and closed ended questions covering issues associated to organizational
performance. The drop and pick method were preferred for questionnaire administration so as
to give respondents enough time to give well thought out responses. Data was analyzed using
Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS Version 24.0). All the questionnaires received
were referenced and items in the questionnaire was coded to facilitate data entry. After data
cleaning which entails checking for errors in entry, descriptive statistics such as frequencies,
percentages, mean score and standard deviation was estimated for all the quantitative
variables. Inferential data analysis was done using Pearson correlation coefficient and
regression analysis (multiple regression analysis). Data was presented in form of frequency
tables. The study found that project planning, monitoring and evaluation, communication and
risk management influence the performance of catholic relief services projects greatly. The
study concluded that that project planning had the greatest effect on the performance of
catholic relief services projects electricity transmission company limited, followed by
communication then risk management then while monitoring and evaluation had the least
effect to the performance of catholic relief services projects. The study recommends that
there is a need to have more people with technical skills especially in information systems for
monitoring and evaluation and that competent and experienced project managers should be
hired to ensure that the right project leadership team is hired to lead a process of planning
phase of the project. The study further recommends that there is need to increase training and
awareness on monitoring and evaluation processes and procedures and that project managers
should properly liaise between the project owners and the financiers to ensure that contractors
are paid in time.
Publisher
University of Nairobi
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