| dc.description.abstract | Kenya has faced myriad challenges in delivering quality projects that not only
provide value for money but also efficient provision of intended services to the
public. The purpose of this study therefore was to determine factors that influence
performance contracting on delivery of public projects with consideration to
conservation projects in Lamu County. The researcher was interested in determining
how involvement of employees in performance contract formulation influences
service delivery in public projects, whether management procedures and practices
influence performance contracts in the delivery of services in public projects, how
implementation of performance contract influence staff performance in delivery of
public projects and finally to establish whether performance contract contributes to
the achievement of customer demands from public projects. The study also sought to
analyze the influence of government policy on implementation of performance
contracts. This study consists of Five Chapters; Chapter one highlights the
introduction and implementation of performance contracting in Kenya and other
countries. It also brings out the problem at hand in that as much as performance
contracting has been introduced in state corporations; its influence on delivery of
public projects has not been established. Chapter two reviews studies that have been
done with particular reference to Performance Contracting and project delivery,
theories behind performance contracting and a highlight of mainstream strategies
used in ensuring success in performance contracting. Chapter three provides detailed
information on the procedures used in conducting the research. Chapter four gives
data analysis, presentation and interpretation while chapter five provides summary of
findings, discussions, conclusions and recommendations. Descriptive research design
has been used on a population of 13 parastatals in Lamu County that are not only
under performance contract but also implementing or have implemented public
projects. Stratified random sampling was used in administering questionnaires to 26
heads of departments and 39 employees who are on performance contract for the
year 2013/2014. Therefore, the ideal sample size of the research was 65 respondents.
50 questionnaires were returned giving an average response rate of 76.9% for all
respondents. Out of the four variables studied, all agreed to the research hypotheses.
The study found out that involvement of employees in performance contract
formulation, management procedures and practices, influence of implementation of
PC on staff performance and contribution of PC on customer demands had
tremendous influence on delivery of conservation projects. The data collection
instruments used in the research were semi structured and structured questionnaires.
Descriptive statistics was used for data analysis and the findings presented in the
form of frequency tables and percentages | en_US |
