Managerial Competence and Success of Humanitarian-Based Nongovernmental Organizations Projects in Mogadisho, Somalia.

ABSTRACT Ultimately, the success of each project is evaluated by the level at which it attains its goals and objectives.Essential for this attainment are project leaders with key managerial competencies to understand, share, and communicate project mandates with others. The purpose in this descriptive research was to investigate the effects of managerial competencies on project success. This desc1iptive research was conducted in Mogadishu, Somalia among 5 humanitarian based Non-govemmental organizations (NGOs). The sample included 115 respondents. A questionnaire was used to identify the characteristics and ideas. The ·Tegression tests demonstrated that project leaders' managerial competencies had a significant effect on the success of projects. Project leaders who have been well oriented in terms of managerial competencies due to their experience at work, will have the opp01iunity to ascend in the hierarchy in project management, and thereby be confronted with more challenging and interesting tasks and endowed with different responsibilities to oversee the success of humanitarian based projects in their NGOs. The research outcomes are imp01iant for informed managerial decision making that enables the minimization of project failure.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION ..................................................................................................................................... i

APPROVAL ........................................................................................................................................... ii

DEDICATION ....................................................................................................................................... iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ...................................................................................................................... iv

LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS .................................................................................. v

TABLE OF CONTENTS ....................................................................................................................... vi

LIST OF TABLES ................................................................................................................................. ix

ABSTRACT ........................................................................................................................................... x

CHAPTER ONE ..................................................................................................................................... 1

INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................... 1

1.0 Introduction ....................................................................................................................................... 1

1.1 Background of the Study ................................................................................................................... 1

1.1.1 Historical Perspective ..................................................................................................................... 1

1.1.2 Theoretical Perspective ................................................................................................................... 4

1.1.3 Conceptual Perspective ................................................................................................................... 5

1.1.4 Contextual Perspective .................................................................................................................... 6

1.2 Staten1ent ofthc Problen1 ................................................................................................................... 7

1.3 Purpose of the Study .......................................................................................................................... 8

1.4 Objectives ofthe Study ...................................................................................................................... 8

1.5 Research Questi:ons ........................................................................................................................... 8

1.6 Hypotheses ............................................................................................................. 8

1.7.1 Geographical Scope ........................................................................................................................ 9

1.7.2 Content Scope ................................................................................................................................ 9

1.8Significance of the Study .................................................................................................................. 10

CHAPTER TWO .................................................................................................................................. 11

LITERATURE REVIEW ...................................................................................................................... 11

2.0 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 11

2.1 Theoretical Review .......................................................................................................................... 11

2.1.1 Contingency theory ....................................................................................................................... 11

2.2 Conceptual Framework .................................................................................................................... 13

2.3.1 How managerial knowledge affects the success ofhumanitarian based projects ofNGOs in

Mogadishu, Son1alia .............................................................................................................................. 17

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2.3.1.1 The effects of managerial skills on the success of humanitarian based projects in NGOs in

Mogadishu, So1nalia .............................................................................................................................. 18

2.3.1.2 The influence of the managerial abilities on the success ofhumanitarian based projects in NGOs

in Mogadishu, So1nalia .......................................................................................................................... 19

2.3.4 Research Gaps .............................................................................................................................. 21

CHAPTER THREE ............................................................................................................................... 22

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ........................................................................................................... 22

3.0 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 22

3.1 Research design ............................................................................................................................... 22

3.2Target Population ............................................................................................................................. 22

3.7 Validity and Reliability of the Instruments ....................................................................................... 25

3.8 Data Gathering Procedures .............................................................................................................. 26

3.9Data Analysis ................................................................................................................................... 26

3.10 Ethical Considerations ................................................................................................................... 27

3.11Lilnitations to the study .................................................................................................................. 27

CHAPTER FOUR ................................................................................................................................. 28

DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS ............................... 28

4.0 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 28

4.1 The summary of the distribution of the respondents ......................................................................... 28

4.2 Demographic Characteristics of the Respondents ............................................................................. 29

Table 4.2.6:· Manage1nent Level ............................................................................................................. 31

4.3 How managerial knowledge affects the success ofhumanitarian based projects ofNGOs in

Mogadishu, So1nalia .................................................................................................................. ·.·· ......... 32

Table 4.3.1: Managerial co1npetences .................................................................................................... 33

4.4Sutnn1ary of Findings ....................................................................................................................... 41

CHAPTER FNE ................................................................................................................................... 43

DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSION, AND RECOMMENDATIONS .................................. 43

5.0Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 43

5.1Discussion ofFindings ..................................................................................................................... 43

5.1.1 The Effect of managerial knowledge on the success of humanitarian based projects of NGOs in

Mogadishu, Son1alia .............................................................................................................................. 43

5.1.2The Effect of managerial skills on the success of humanitarian based projects of NGOs in

Mogadishu, Son1alia .............................................................................................................................. 45

5.1.3The Effect of managerial abilities on the success of humanitarian based projects of NGOs in

Mogadishu, Somalia .............................................................................................................................. 45