| dc.description.abstract | The study focused on the effects of project organizational structure on an organization’s
performance: a case of Nyankoba tea factory, Nyamira County guided by four specific
objectives namely: To establish the extent to which communication affect organization structures
on organization performance in Nyankoba Tea Factory, to determine how supervision affects
organization structures on organization performance in Nyankoba Tea Factory, to find out how
leadership affects organization structures on organization performance in Nyankoba Tea Factory,
and finally to establish whether motivation affects organizational structures on organization
performance in Nyankoba tea factory. The target population will be 123 respondents and only 94
respondents was sampled randomly for the study. Questionnaires were employed to collect data
from respondents, which were then analyzed both qualitatively and quantitatively using
frequencies and presented in form of frequency distribution tables. The study was of great
significance to management in assisting to better understand how project organizational
structures that enhances organizational performance. The findings revealed organization
structures significantly influenced organization performance of Nyankoba Tea Factory. The
findings also revealed the variables that were studied namely communication, supervision,
leadership and motivation had an influence in organization performance. The study made the
following recommendations: The type of structure adopted by an organization has its merits and
demerits. Hence, there is need to encourage organizations to adopt a structure whose merits
outweigh its demerits based on organization’s operating environment. The study recommends a
study on how these other organizational structures influences performance of organizations and
also recommends a replica of the study to be carried out within the context of another field other
than tea factories for comparative purpose. | en_US |
