Abstract: Environmental turbulence in the 21st century has brought about intense dynamism in business worldwide that makes it critical for organizations to provide for adjustment for any consequence. Strategic change may involve fulfilling the changing wants of the marketplace, reducing risk, being more environmentally sensitive, improving the quality, raising consumer satisfaction, and staff retention. This study aim was to assess effects of organizational vision on performance by Public institutions Kenya, establish the effects of employee empowerment on organization performance by Public institutions in Kenya, to determine the effect of strategy execution on organization performance by Public institutions of Kenya and establish the effect of Employment reward on organizational performance of Public institutions in Kenya. Data has been collected using questionnaires administered to Principal Secretaries, Managers in departments of Physical Planning, Survey and of Land managers. The target population for the study was 100 Managers who were chosen. Due to few numbers of Managers the study carried census inquiry. Secondary data was collected from relevant documents and reports from Ministry of Land, Housing and Urban Development. Quantitative and qualitative data was analyzed using inferential statistics, mean, standard deviation and content analysis respectively using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS Version 24.0). Multiple regression analysis was used to establish relations between the independent and dependent variables. Presentation of the data was done through tables, percentages and graphs. The study found that organizational vision, employee empowerment, strategy execution and employment reward strategies affect the organizational performance by public institutions of Kenya positively. The study concluded that organizational vision strategy had the greatest effect on performance of public institutions of Kenya followed by execution strategy then employee empowerment strategy while employment reward strategy had the least effect on the performance of public institutions of Kenya. This study recommends that public organizations should devise measures on how employment rewards increased work effort by employees. The study recommends organizations to offer employees opportunities and responsibilities. It also recommends that the employees in the organization should be encouraged to belief in their work and that government owned entities should invest more in long-term incentives such as paid leave, and paid vacations as a way of motivating employees to good performance.
Keywords: Change Management Strategies, Employee Empowerment, Employment reward, Organizational Performance, Organizational Vision, Strategy Execution.
Title: THE EFFECT OF CHANGE IN MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES ON ORGANIZATION PERFORMANCE FOR PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS IN KENYA: A CASE STUDY FOR DIRECTORATE OF HOUSING
Author: Jane Chepkoske juma, Dr. Mwanzia Mary
International Journal of Life Sciences Research
ISSN 2348-313X (Print), ISSN 2348-3148 (online)
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