Abstract: Organization’s culture has a strong effect on all of those who are attached with the organization. It is considered that culture is invisible but if the organizations want to improve the performance of the employees and profitability, norms are places first to look in to. This research sought to study the role of organizational culture on performance of devolved government in Kenya a case of Laikipia County. Specifically, the study sought to; determine the role of rational management, induction, code of conduct and employee values on enhancing performance of devolved government. Descriptive research design was used for this study whose target population was the employees of Laikipia County Government. A sample of 4 top level management, 20 middle level management and 80 lower level management that total up to 104 respondents were picked from the eight department of the County government using systematic cluster sampling method. Primary data was collected using a questionnaire. Secondary data was also used. Analysis was done using SPSS version 23. The findings of this study is of importance to the management of Laikipia County Government in understanding the success and challenges of organizational culture that enhances performance of devolved government in Kenya. This contributes to improvement in enhancing performance of the employees and the management in the counties. The study is also of value to the academicians and future researchers as it adds knowledge to the field of organizational culture and give an understanding on the relationship between organizational culture and performance of devolved government. Other than adding value to the body of knowledge, the study acts as a basis for further research on various aspects under study. The findings, revealed that rational management positively influences the performance of devolved government. The Laikipia government management does training of employees as a type of rational management. The employees do not a common conviction in decision-making. The employees are not inducted in to the system and the new employees’ socialization with other employees is enhance by the managers through team work. The leaders integrate the new employees into the system and new employees do not understand the organization’s employment philosophy. The findings showed that there were no norms prevailing among employees and the management was not committed to the most experienced staff. The code of conduct facilitates the transition from traditional business and there are no standards prevailing that promote creativity and innovation. It was found out that employees’ values influence the performance of devolved government positively. Positive attitude was not an aspect of employees’ values that the county employees did not possess. The study recommends that the management to come up with programs of enhancing staff induction, rational management, employees code of conduct and employee’s values.
Keywords: organizational culture, performance, devolved government.
Title: ROLE OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE ON PERFORMANCE OF DEVOLVED GOVERNMENT IN KENYA: A CASE OF LAIKIPIA COUNTY
Author: Mary Wanjiru Mwangi, Dr Ephantus Kihonge
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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