Managerial competence and project success in Wamy Somalia office in Mogadishu Somalia
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2012-12
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Kampala International University. College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to establish whether there a significant
relationship between managerial competency and success of WAMY project,
to generate new information from the existing data and to validate the
concept. The research took the descriptive, correlational, and ex po-fact
designs, and the reason for this is because it is aimed at describing and
comparing the current phenomena so that they can be understood clearly so
that the gaps identified can be addressed in order to foster project success.
The study used a sample size of 120 respondents. The objectives of this
study are; to identify the demographic characteristics of respondents in terms
of gender, age, and experience in working with WAMY project; to determine
the level of managerial competence in WAMY project Somalia office in
Mogadishu, Somalia; to determine the level of project success in WAMY,
Somalia office in Mogadishu, Somalia; and to examine the relationship
between managerial competence and project success in WAMY Somalia office
in Mogadishu, Somalia. Findings indicated that the management competence
is very important in the accomplishment of WAMY project in Somalia. And is
very well informed of what to do and thus effectively perform them. The
study concluded that there is a positive significant relationship between
Managerial competence and project success; the study rejected all the null
hypotheses stated and confirmed the “system theory” of managerial
competence by (Mintzberg 1973). The study recommends that the
management needs to do more in management training and so as to foster
management competence which is very important in the accomplishment of
WAMY project in Somalia, and in project success management competencies
need to be effectively emphasized. And also there is strong significant
positive relationship between the extent of managerial competency and the
level of project success in WAMY Somalia office in Mogadishu, Somalia.
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A Thesis submitted to the College of Higher Degrees Kampala International University Kampala, Uganda in Partial Fulfillment of the requirements for the Award of a degree of Master of Arts in Project Planning and Management
Keywords
Managerial competence, Project success, Mogadishu Somalia