dc.description.sponsorship | A focus on organizational culture is increasingly becoming a major component of
everyday organizational functioning because performance depends on its culture. The
culture of a group is a pattern of shared basic assumptions that the group has learned as it
solves its problems of external adaptation and internal integration, that has worked well
enough to be considered valid and therefore to be taught to new members as the correct
way to perceive, think, and feel in relation to those problems. Project performance is the
organization’s capacity to accomplish its goals effectively and efficiently using available
human and physical resources. Waso Trust land Project (WTL) has been one for the few
organizations in the forefront fighting for indigenous land and resource rights. Land and
resource rights lie at the heart of the marginalization, poverty and conflict crippling
northern Kenya. Despite the organizational commitment in the fighting on land rights,
land issues have not been sorted in Isiolo County. There still exists conflicts related to
land among the pastoral community in Isiolo County. Although organizational culture has
been correlated with organizational performance, it has received relatively inadequate
empirical investigation especially in Waso Trust land Project, Isiolo County. This study
therefore sought to fill this research gap by investigating the influence of organizational
culture on project performance in Waso Trust land Project, Isiolo County.The purpose of
this study was to investigate the influence of organizational culture on project
performance in Waso Trust land Project, Isiolo County. The study was guided by four
research objectives. The research objectives sought to assess how diversity, employee
recognition, leadership and communication system on project performance in Waso Trust
land Project, Isiolo County. The study used descriptive survey design. The target
population will consist of all the 65 employees of Waso Trust land Project, Isiolo County.
The sample was 65 respondents. The study used questionnaires to collect data. Findings
revealed that diversity influenced project performance. There was a significant and
positive relationship between diversity and project performance. (r, is 0.765, n =62). It
was also revealed that employee recognition influenced project performance (r, is 0.711,
n =62). Findings also revealed that leadership influenced project performance (r, was
0.71, n =62, p = 0.01). Lastly it was revealed that communication system influenced
project performance (r = .774, N = 62). Based on the findings of the study it was
concluded that there was a significant and positive relationship between diversity and
project performance. Diversity influenced project performance in Waso Trust land
Project. The organization acknowledges, understands, accepts and values differences
among people with respect to age, class, race, ethnicity, gender, disabilities. The
organization had the potential to yield greater work productivity and competitive
advantages. The organization recognized that each individual as unique and does not
represent or speak for a particular group, while managers and associated in the
organization were aware of their personal biases and also agreed that managers in the
organization understood that fairness was not necessarily equality. The study also
concluded that theorganization recognized employees that performed well by giving them
certificates. It had also put up proper structures of recognizing its employees such as
certificate awards. The study also concluded that leadership influenced project
performance in Waso Trust land Project. The leadership in the organization enabled it to
be more productive and profitable to its mandate. The study also concluded that the
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organization communication was important for improving employees’ commitment and
for positive outcomes. There was careful communication planning and setting the right
expectations with all the project stakeholders is extremely important in the organization.
The study recommended that the organization should have more diversity such as
acknowledging, understanding, and accepting and values differences among the
employees as this was noted to increase project performance. It also recommended that
activities such as giving recognizing employees by awarding them certificates,
motivating employees by having the employee of the month, giving them appreciation
cards and that appreciation cards since it served as a motivation to the employees hence
increasing their job performance in this organization. The study also recommended that
the organization should have proper communication system and having careful
communication planning and setting the right expectations with all the project
stakeholders as this increased project performance. The researcher suggested that since
the study was carried out in one organization, another study could be conducted in
another organization for comparison of results. Since the study focused on variables such
as diversity, employee recognition, leadership and communication system, another study
focusing on other e commerce variables should be conducted to establish what influence
they have on business performance. | en_US |