Influence of Strategic Change Management on the Performance of County Development Projects in Meru County, Kenya
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Date
2021Author
Baariu, Lillian Karambu
Cherono, Vivian
Moguche, Abel
Type
ArticleLanguage
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Purpose: The purpose of the study was to establish the influence of strategic change management
on performance of county government development projects in Meru County, Kenya.
Methodology: The study adopted descriptive design. The target population of the study were 139
respondents comprising 9 sub-county departmental heads, 65 project management committee
members, 20 county chief officers and 45 members of county assembly. A sample size of 103
respondents were drawn from the population to participate in the study. The main research tool
was questioners. The data was analyses using SPSS. Descriptive statistics mainly percentages and
frequency distribution were used for data presentation. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used
to establish the level of statistical significance of difference between the observed and expected
values. Regression analysis was used to estimate the model coefficient while Pearson coefficient
of correlation was used to establish the strength of relationship among the variables. Test of
hypothesis was also carried out.
Results: After carrying out regression analysis, the research indicated that leadership was found
to be statistically significant in explaining performance of county governments development
projects since a unit change in leadership caused 0.488 units change in performance of county
governments development projects as indicated by regression coefficient. The findings further
revealed that there exists a positive and significant relationship between leadership and
performance of county governments development projects (r = 0.339; p value < 0.05).
Unique contribution to theory, policy and practice: It’s recommended that the county
government should recruit competent managers to enhance performance of the county
development projects. Further, management of county should be include all professionals from all
the communities in Kenya
Publisher
Journal of Business and Strategic Management