INFLUENCE OF STRATEGIC CHANGE MANAGEMENT ON PERFORMANCE OF PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES IN NAIROBI COUNTY

Caroline Mutuku Mutindi, Dr. Robert Mang’ana

Abstract


The study sought to investigate influence of strategic change management on performance of Private Universities in Nairobi County. The study was guided by the following specific objectives which also form the research questions; to determine the influence of organizational culture on performance of private Universities in Nairobi County, and to ascertain the influence of human resource capital on performance of private Universities in Nairobi County. The study adopted a descriptive research design to measure the influence of strategic change management on performance of Private Universities in Nairobi County, and the target population for the study was 20 private universities within Nairobi County. The sample size of 222 was determined using Taro Yamane’s formula and respondents were drawn from Private universities targeting top level academic affairs management, departmental deans, and dean of students and the students’ body who was selected using purposive sampling. Pilot study was carried out using 10% of the sample size.  The study used structured questionnaire to collect primary data and SPSS was used to analyze data. Descriptive such as mean, frequencies, standard deviation, and percentages were used to profile major patterns emerging from the data. The relationships between the variables were determined using inferential statistics. The regression analysis was used to gauge the intensity of the association between the independent and dependent variables, while the correlation coefficient was used to gauge the link between the independent and dependent variables. Data was presented in form of tables, graphs. . The findings established that strategic change management had a positive and significant influence on performance of Private universities in Nairobi Kenya. The predictor values were found to explain 62.8% of the dependent variable. The study recommended that private universities to capitalize on competent leaders who would help the institutions build a positive and adaptive culture to help drive the mission of the institution, the study also recommends an in depth investment in technological trends to help keep up with the market trends since they have a strong and positive influence on performance.

Key Words: Strategic Change Management, Organizational Culture, Human Resource Capital, Performance, Private Universities 


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