Abstract: Change is what brings forth new ideas, solutions and growth. It’s about breaking free from our circle of comfort in order to start seeing alternative routes offered to our organizations to progress in the right direction. It’s about embracing business transformation, making an organization more agile, ready to adapt, and taking advantage of the latest innovations to boost competitiveness. County governments in Kenya have become a point interest especially in service delivery at the grassroots. To achieve this mandate, county managers introduce changes that range from technological, organizational, cultural or even leadership changes engaging different change management practices. Kakamega County like all other organizations vouching for success has embraced change of some sort over the years. The changes have had effect on both the employees and organization at large based on the assorted change management strategies used. It is with this onslaught that this study moves to bring out the effect of organizational structure change management strategies on employee performance in Kakamega County Government. The study targeted 160 employees of which 154 respondents were drawn from senior managers in the 11 ministries of the County (Governors executive order). Descriptive research design was used for the research with data obtained through questionnaires and analyzed using statistical software SPSS and the results presented in form of tables, graphs and charts. Results indicated 50.3% of changes in employee performance could be attributed to organization structure (R2=0.503). The results revealed that there was a positive significant relationship between organizational structure changes and employee performance. The study then recommended full adoption of the organizational structure changes so as to enhance service delivery, improved employee performance and enhanced operation
Keywords: Organizational Structure, Employee Performance.
Title: Effect of Organizational Structure Change Management Strategies on Employee Performance in Kakamega County Government
Author: Isanda George, Dr. Egessa K. Robert, Wanjere Dishon
International Journal of Management and Commerce Innovations
ISSN 2348-7585 (Online)
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