Publication: Assessment of strategic change on the performance of charitable children institutions in Kenya: A case of Nakuru sub-county.
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2015-11
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Mount Kenya University
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The study assessed the role of strategic change on the performance of charitable children’s
institutions in Nakuru sub-county, Nakuru County. Studies have been done on the management of
charitable children institutions. However, little has addressed the role of strategic change on the
performance of these important institutions. The specific objectives of the study were; to analyse
the relationship between organizational structure change and the performance of charitable children
institutions, to assess the extent of the effects of technological change on the performance of
charitable children institutions, and to establish the relationship between organizational culture
change and the performance of charitable children institutions. A descriptive research design was
used. The target population included all the 116 respondents from CCIs in Nakuru sub-county. The
entire population was studied hence it was a census study. The major tool for data collection was
questionnaire. The questionnaire was tested and pre tested to ensure that it gave quality data.
Respondents in the pre-test were drawn from two CCIs which were similar to those in the actual
survey in terms of background characteristics. Both primary and secondary data were used in this
study. Primary data was collected through the use of key informant method using a self-
administered questionnaire while Secondary data was derived from the children department and
CCI records. Data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics techniques. Descriptive
statistics was used to deduce any patterns, averages and dispersions in the variables through the
measure of locations (mean) and measure of dispersions (standard error mean). Inferential statistics
was used to determine the relationship between the study variables and included analysis of
variance regression. The study results of the first objective showed that 42.8 percent of the
performance of charitable children institutions can be explained by organizational structure (R
squared = 0.428). The study results of the second objective revealed that technological changes
effect on performance was statistically significant (overall p-value = 0.016). Performance largely
depended on the technological changes with 46.9 percent of performance being explained by
technological changes (R squared = 0.469). The study results of the third objective showed that 46.4
percent of the performance can be explained by organizational culture change (R square = 0.464).
The study recommends that the management of the charitable children institutions in Nakuru Sub-
County should work hard to improve on their organizational structure. Another recommendation
was that charitable children institutions in Nakuru Sub- County should make efforts towards
enhancing technological changes in their institutions. Finally, the study recommends that
organizational culture change need to be encouraged because it had a positive and significant effect
on the performance of charitable children institutions in Nakuru sub-County.
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