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STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN KENYA: CASE STUDY OF ALLIED PLUMBERS LIMITED.

(management university of africa, 2020-03) OGETO EVANS OMARI

This study sought to examine the significance, roles and contributions of strategic management practices and organizational performances in the construction industry in Kenya, with a focus on Allied Plumbers Limited. The research objectives were to identify the effect of strategic infrastructure management, to examine influence of strategic human resource management, to establish strategic procurement contribution, and to determine strategic information system contribution to Organizational performance. Scope of study was employees of Allied Plumbers limited Nairobi. The study was based on competitive Advantage theory as anchor theory, supplemented with Core competence (innovation) and Contingency theories. The study explored various literatures related to variables of study and identified research gaps and suggested strategy to mitigate the same. Descriptive research design was used as the researcher sought to study a specific situation, as it sought to establish the roles and relationship between aspects of the study. The target population were employees of Allied Plumbers limited drawn from planning and finance, human resource and administration, procurement, engineering and operations, tendering and contracts, and site and construction departments. The study used Yamane formula to come up with as sample size of 47 respondents from a target population of 53 employees. The questionnaire was used as data collection instrument for the study. Data analysis technique was descriptive statistics with aid of statistical package for social studies (SPSS); inferential statistics was used with multivariate regression analysis to identify a mathematical relationship between the variables. A Likert scale was used to measure indicators. Descriptive statistics method was applied to analyze quantitative data where data was scored by calculating the percentages, mean’ and standard deviation. The study found out that with strategic infrastructure management, human resource management, procurement and information systems in place, influences organizational performance. The study concluded that organization has in place requisite strategic infrastructure management and information systems but not fully embracing strategic human resource management and delegation of procurement authority is at minimal. From the findings the study recommended that organization need to enhance all its strategic management practices, and more so to put more emphasis on strategic human resource management policy to focus on talent management, training and development, employee engagement, and succession planning for the organization to be innovative, have smooth transition, delegate procurement authority, timely completion of projects, and gaining and having a sustainable competitive advantage in the construction industry. The study recommended that further study need to be carried out in other related constructions organizations and other sectors of the economy in out of the country to ascertain and relate the findings.

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DETERMINANTS OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT AND PERFORMANCE OF MEDICAL TRAINING COLLEGES IN KENYA.

(management university of africa, 2020-08) JANET NG’ENDO NGARI

Public procurement uses a significant proportion of taxpayer’s money hence it is necessary for governments to ensure public procurement process are efficient while observing high standards for quality service delivery and safeguard of public interest. Thus, this study was set out to establish the determinants of public procurement in Tertiary institutions in Kenya with a specialized focus of Kenya Medical Training College. Specific objectives were to: determine procurement planning influence on performance of public procurement; establish influence of information technology on public procurement performance; finding out political influence on public procurement performance and assess influence of staff competence on performance of public procurement. This study adopted a descriptive research design so as to gather information from demographic groups; and to lay emphasis on determining the level of frequency with which variables could be expressed or the extent which variables co-varied. The study’s target population was 285 heads of procurement, finance officers and their assistants at KMTC. Size of the sample constituted of 166 respondents who were selected with the help of a stratified random sampling approach. The study used primary sources of data that was collected using semi-structured questionnaires having both open-ended and closed questions. Questionnaires were administered to the respondents using a ‘drop and pick’ method at an agreed time with the researcher. Data was analyzed using quantitative analysis methods namely, descriptive analysis and inferential analysis. Under descriptive statistics, mean and standard deviation were utilized to summarize the pattern of variables while regression analysis was utilized to test hypothesis and associations between variables. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was utilized for data analysis. Qualitative data was analyzed using content analysis. Data was presented in form of graphs, tables and pie-charts followed by prose interpretation of findings. The study found that information technology, procurement planning and staff competence were significantly linked to performance. However, political influence was insignificantly linked to procurement performance. The coefficient of determination was satisfactory (56.3%) and overall regression model significant since its p-value was below 5% (0.000). Correlation results established that information technology and procurement planning were strongly correlated to procurement performance while staff competence and political influence were moderately and weakly correlated to procurement performance. The study recommends the need to continue investing in technological innovations and integrating procurement systems. These technologies should be integrated with business processes and supply chain channels to lower cost and enhance efficiency. There is need for public organizations to sponsor their staff for development and training programs to improve their skills and boost their efficiency and creativity in their work. Also, public organizations should institute plans to ensure that funds for procurement can be channeled through effective methods that facilitates efficient delivery of goods, services and works.