The Influence of Organizational Factors on the Performance of Public Private Partnerships Water & Sanitation Projects in Nairobi County, Kenya

Abstract

Maintaining a high level of quality economic investment necessitates that governments from all around the globe continue to increasingly seek to grow financing strategies, which combine the public and private sectors, to not only keep control of budgetary spending, but also to pool together specific know-how from these two sectors. With this, this study endeavoured to analyse the influence of organizational factors on the performance of Public Private Partnerships water & sanitation projects in Nairobi county, Kenya. It achieved this by assessing the influence of governance structures on the performance of Public Private Partnerships water & sanitation projects in Nairobi county, Kenya; assessing the influence of regulatory framework on the performance of Public Private Partnerships water & sanitation projects in Kenya; determining the influence of organizational culture on the performance of Public Private Partnerships water & sanitation projects in Kenya; and finding out the influence of organization communication strategies on the performance of Public Private Partnerships water & sanitation projects in Kenya. This study will be of great significance to a number of interested parties including policy makers in the Public-Private Partnership sector, Public-Private partnerships running water & sanitation projects in Kenya and students seeking to conduct research in the same field of study. The target population for this study was the staff of various Water & Sanitation projects in Nairobi County, Kenya and was composed of a total target population of 1760 members of staff. Stratified sampling was used to obtain a sample of the given population from the possible target population of 24 out of 26 organizations and further select 277 respondents from the target population. The study utilized a questionnaire for collecting primary data where a semi-structured questions were used to collect primary data. It employed content validity to assess how well the instruments measured the intended theoretical construct. The research also employed a test-retest method to check on reliability. The data for the study was analyzed using both qualitative and quantitative methods. The study found out that constant performance reviews influenced Performance of PPPs water & sanitation projects to a considerable extent as stipulated by a mean of 4.45 and standard deviation of 0.19. In addition, the study revealed that policies & procedures relating to PPPs also affected performance of water & sanitation projects as evidenced by a mean of 4.09 and standard deviation of 0.17. Moreover, it was established that culture of an organization affected Performance of PPPs and sanitation to a large extent as indicated by a mean of 4.15 and standard deviation of 0.27. Further, the study established the main source of conflict in projects was communication breakdown and for better project performance, managers need to plan both the formal and non-formal communication strategies as stipulated by a mean of 4.12 and standard deviation of 0.37. The study concludes that the different variables explored in the research had a considerable influence on performance of water & sanitation, as will be shown in chapter 5 of this paper. In addition, the study concludes that policies & procedures relating to PPPs and clear quality management mechanisms also had a high effect on performance of water & sanitation. Further, values & beliefs of staff in the organization , as well as empowered employees both had a high influence on performance of water & sanitation and. The study recommends that consequential measures should be taken upon these factors to ensure the effective & successful implementation of projects is not disrupted thus affecting the performance of the projects.