Project Management
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Item Socio-Cognitive Diversity and Employee Performance in County Governments in Kenya(EdinBurg Peer Reviewed Journals and Books Publishers, 2023-10-01) Kamweru, R. W.; Were, S.; Muchelule, Y.; Karihe, J.The purpose of this study was to analyse the influence of socio-cognitive diversity on employee performance in the county governments in Kenya. The study is anchored on conflict and contact theory. The study adopted a survey research design and the target population was 20,299 employees from 5 purposively selected county governments of Kenya. Stratified random sampling was used to sample 392 employees from the selected county governments. Questionnaires were used to collect data. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and regression analysis. The findings indicated that there was a positive and statistically significant relationship between socio-cognitive diversity and employee performance with the regression coefficient of (β= 1.087, p< 0.05). The study recommends policymakers establish a diversity policy that includes a requirement that the management of county governments; establish measurable objectives for achieving greater socio-cognitive and assess annually both the measurable objectives for achieving socio-cognitive and the progress in achieving it.Item Educational Diversity and Employee Performance in County Governments in Kenya(EdinBurg Peer Reviewed Journals and Books Publishers, 2023-10-01) Kamweru, R. W.; Were, S.; Muchelule, Y.; Karihe, J.The purpose of this study was to analyze the influence of educational diversity on employee performance in the county governments in Kenya. The study is anchored on Human capital theory. The study adopted a survey research design and the target population was 20,299 employees from 5 purposively selected county governments of Kenya. Stratified random sampling was used to sample 392 employees from the selected county governments. Questionnaires were used to collect data. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and regression analysis. Regression analysis results showed that there was a positive and statistically significant relationship between educational diversity and employee performance with the regression coefficient of (β= 0.651, p< 0.05). Policymakers in county governments should set a strong example for diversity in the workplace by having policies that make management accountable for promoting inclusion. In particular, county governments should hire employees based on their accomplishments.Item Risk Management Practices and Performance of Renewable Energy Projects in Nairobi County(World Journal of Innovative Research (WJIR), 2023-04-01) Kunya, Idris Omuyula; Muchelule, YusufFor effective management process an inclusive evaluation of all the phases of project life cycle should be included. Thus, decisions that are made at each stage should be clear of the risks which may be encountered. Taking risks is an everyday and a common occurrence to the extent that we tend to ignore some. However, with projects there is no luxury of ignoring the risks since projects are unique in nature and a prone to the risk from the beginning to the end. In the renewable energy industry increase in economic activities and the rise in population has led to high energy in demand. The high energy costs are supplemented by the unreliable supply infrastructure. ‘The challenges that are faced in the renewable energy has affected its adoption in Africa and Kenya in particular. These challenges form part of the risks in the renewable energy sector, this study aimed to investigate the influence of Risk management practices on the performance renewable energy projects in Nairobi County. The study specifically targeted to examine the influence of risk management planning; determine to what extent Risk identification; on the performance of renewable energy projects in Nairobi County. The study was guided by the theories of: Prospect Theory and Stakeholders Theory. The study targeted renewable project in Nairobi County. That is 67 projects for Wind, Solar, and bio-energy in Nairobi and 15 registered renewable companies. A census was applied as the number of respondents 149 comprising of project managers and project representative. Questionnaire was the main tool for collecting primary data. A pilot study was conducted on a 10% of the sample. The study conducted both descriptive and inferential analysis. The study used regression model to establish the relationship between risk management practices and performance of renewable projects in Nairobi County. The study established that there was significant positive correlation between the risk management process and performance of renewable energy projects in Nairobi County. The study also found positive relationship between the independent variables (Risk management planning and risk identification). Risk management practices has a strong correlation with performance of renewable energy. Risk management process explained 79.6% of performance of energy projects in Nairobi County. The study also established that risk management planning significantly influence on performance of renewable energy projects. Risk identification also had a positive significant influence on performance of renewable projects. Risk identification had the highest influence at 67.7% followed by risk management planning at 55.5%. The study recommends enhancement of risk management practices to ensure improvement of performance of renewable energy projects. The study findings will be useful to the project practitioners, researchers and policy makers.Item Relationship between Stakeholder Management and Performance of Borehole Water Projects in Makueni County, Kenya(World Journal of Innovative Research (WJIR), 2023-04-01) Kioko, Gertrude Wavinya; Muchelule, YusufStakeholder management is the process through which companies identify, map, and prioritize their current stakeholders in order to listen to, cooperate with, or inform them. Stakeholder management is critical to the success of any project in any organization or business because it improves the core accountability mechanism. The county government should involve stakeholders in identifying and analyzing issues in order to improve decision-making processes. The study was focused on establishing the relationship between stakeholder management and the performance of borehole water projects in Makueni County. The objectives of the study included: establishing the influence of team management, stakeholder management planning, stakeholder monitoring, and stakeholder analysis and how they affect the performance of borehole water projects in Makueni County. The study was guided by goal-setting theory. The study targeted 135 water projects undertaken by the county government of Makueni. A census was used where 144 respondents comprising community leaders’ representatives from the 9 sub-counties of Makueni, and project team members. Both inferential and descriptive statistics were conducted. The study found that stakeholder management had a significant relationship with the performance of borehole water projects in Makueni County. Stakeholder management could only explain 44.8% variation in the performance of borehole water projects in Makueni County. The established strong positive correlations between Team management with the performance of borehole water projects while Stakeholder Management Planning had a weak correlation with the performance of borehole water projects. The regression analysis established that Team Management had a positive significant influence (90.3%) and relationship with the performance of borehole projects. Stakeholder Management Planning had a positive insignificant influence (17%) and relationship with the performance of borehole projects. The study recommended consideration of stakeholder management in borehole water projects in Makueni County.