INFLUENCE OF STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP ON PERFORMANCE IN NON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN NAIROBI COUNTY
INFLUENCE OF STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP ON PERFORMANCE IN NON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN NAIROBI COUNTY
Rose Mukeli Mailu - Masters Student, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya
Dr. Paul Kariuki - Lecturer, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this research was to examine effect of strategic leadership on performance in NGOs located in Nairobi County. Moreover, specific study objectives was to evaluate effect of strategic thinking, management of change, strategic direction and competencies development on performance in NGOs located in Nairobi County. Additionally, the research was guided by the strategic leadership theory, contingency theory, goal setting theory as well as human capital theory. An explanatory research design was employed in the current study. Therefore, the study population was 636 heads of finance, fundraising and communications, human resource and programmes departments in the 159 non-governmental organizations based in Nairobi County. Stratified random sampling was employed to choose 244 individuals from study population. Additionally, the study employed primary data, which was gathered by employing semi-structured questionnaire. A semi structured questionnaire was employed to generate quantitative as well as qualitative data, which was then analyzed separately using various techniques. Thematic analysis was employed to analyze qualitative data and results given in prose form. Moreover, analysis of quantitative data was done using descriptive as well as inferential statistics by employing SPSS version 22. Additionally, descriptive statistics composed of mean, frequency distribution, percentages, and standard deviation. Inferential statistics including correlation as well as multivariate regression analysis then followed after that. Tables and figures (bar charts as well as pie charts), were used to display the findings. The study discovered that strategic thinking has a positive and significant effect on the performance of the non-governmental organizations in Nairobi County. Moreover, the study revealed that management of change has a positive and significant effect on the performance of the Non-governmental Organizations in Nairobi County. Further, the study found that strategic direction has a positive significant effect on the performance of the Non-governmental Organizations in Nairobi County. The research also found that core competencies development has a positive and significant effect on the performance of the Non-governmental Organizations in Nairobi County. This study therefore recommends that NGOs should adopt change management in order to guide the leaders and managers in assigning roles to workgroups, departments and employees while also increasing their knowledge of the ever-changing tasks and positions that they will face in the workplace. In addition, the management should support innovation among the employees to enable improve the organizations’ productivity, improve efficiency in service delivery, create new partnerships and relationships, improve customer satisfaction and enable problem. Furthermore, the NGOs should develop a vision statement to guide the organizations in making decisions that are consistent with its philosophy and stated objectives.
