Management Skills and Performance of Kipepeo HIV/AIDS Project in Vihiga County, Kenya

Abstract

The performance of many projects is one of the extreme problems facing organizations. As a result, skills of managing project are a vital resource for ensuring that community projects achieve the desired outcomes and have high success rates. The purpose of this research was to find out how management skills effect performance of Kipepeo HIV/AIDS project in the county of Vihiga. This research was steered by Katz’s Talents Leadership skills Theory, theory of project management and decision Theory. The utmost suitable research design for this investigation was illustrative design. The sampling included the Project beneficiaries, Project officers and sub-county health officers. Sample size of at least 95 respondents from the project beneficiaries using simple random sampling, 2 samples from project officers and 1 sub-county health officers using purposive sampling technique was used. Self-administered questionnaires and a key informant interview guide was employed to meet the study's requirements. Because the research yielded both quantitative data and qualitative data for evaluation and triangulation, this was necessary. The pilot study was done in Sabatia sub-county which neighbors Emuhaya and Luanda sub counties. For the pilot project, the size of the sample was 10% of the entire sample was developed and used. Data was collected in a systematic way while adhering to agreed-upon study standards and ethical considerations. Data was collected and analyzed in both qualitative and quantitative formats. As a result, we adopted a hybrid manner of data analysis. To allow data entry and analysis, the data collected from respondents was sorted, cleaned, and coded appropriately. Clean data was loaded into the SPSS software, which was utilized to generate data outputs for analysis, presentation, and discussion. For data analysis, SPSS was used, with outputs such as Mean, Standard Deviation, Percentages, and Frequencies being created. Regression analysis was used to test hypotheses. The findings of the study was that leadership skills, technical skills, Project communication and Project Planning Implementation is aided by managerial expertise of Kipepeo HIV/AIDS project in Vihiga County, Kenya.