Factors Affecting Change Management in State Corporations in Kenya
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Date
2017Author
Wambua, Beatrice M
Type
ThesisLanguage
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The objective of the study was to determine the factors affecting change management in
state corporations in Kenya. The study was guided by Open systems theory, Dynamic
capability Theory and Institutional Theory. The study adopted a descriptive design. The
population comprised of 118 state corporations. Stratified random samplingq technique
was used to select the sample whereby a 30% sample was picked from each strata to give
a sample size of 35 senior managers in the state corporations. The study collected
primary data through use of a questionnaire. The data was collected from the
management staff, who headed the various departments in the state corporations. The
collected dataqwas checkedqfor completeness, cleaned, coded and entered into the SPSS
software for analysis. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the findings. The
descriptive statistics used included as means, standard deviation and frequency
distribution will be used to analyze the data. The analyzed data was presented using pie
charts, bar charts, percentages and frequency tables. The study found out that
communication influenced change management practices in the organization to a great
extent and some failure in internal communication had led to failure of implementation of
change management to a great extent. Organization culture also affected change
management in state coporations in Kenya. Organization culture was found to be a
powerful driving force in implementation of change management. The study found out
that employee readiness to change affected change management in state coporations.
Employees resisted implementation of change within the institution to a moderate extent.
The study also found out that lack of proper knowledge and skills by top leadership posed
a challenge in change management. There was no adequate support and commitment of
resources for change management by the top leadership. The study concludes that
internal communication in the organization affects change management. Good
communication positively influences change management practices in the organization as
employees are prepared for the changes. The study also concludes that the top leadership
of state corporations have a big role to play for successful change management process.
Successful organizational change depends on leaders. The study recommends that
management of the state corporations should ensure adequate communication on the
intended change management to the employees. The top leadership of state coporations
should also be committed to change management process. They should allocate and
provide more resources, both financial and human resources, to support change
management.
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University of Nairobi
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