INFLUENCE OF RESOURCE ALLOCATION ON PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION BY BUSIA COUNTY GOVERNMENT, KENYA
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- 1. Department of Management Science, School of Business, Kenyatta University, Kenya
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Abstract: Kenya's county governments each have their own arrangement of necessities and difficulties when it comes to health care. The construction of health care facilities program in Busia County, funded by various sources, As a result, the number of health facilities in all sub-counties has increased. The County Government has made significant improvements to the health-care infrastructure. These projects, however, face implementation challenges, as many health projects fail to be implemented due to factors such as time inefficiency, financial constraints, and a lack of political will. Therefore, the study sought to investigate the influence of resource allocation on the implementation of health care projects by Busia County Government, Kenya. A descriptive research approach was used. The unit of analysis was six health projects implemented by Busia County, Kenya. The unit of observation will be 95 respondents, who were project managers and team members. A census of 95 respondents was conducted. The study instrument was a questionnaire. To analyze quantitative data, descriptive statistics using means and standard deviations were adopted. The presentation of data was in tables and figures. The inferential statistics that involved correlation and regressions analysis was used to determine the influence of one variable on the other. The study found that resource allocation had a positive and significant influence on projects implementation by Busia County government, Kenya. The study concluded that proper allocation of resource ensures that the project has the right staff, equipment, money, etc. as efficiently as possible and helps the project manager to identify problems, avoid over allocation and adapt to change. The study recommended that the project managers must ensure the right number of project team members are available at any given time and must also know they have to avoid overstaffing and understaffing.
Keywords: Resource Allocation, Project Implementation.
Title: INFLUENCE OF RESOURCE ALLOCATION ON PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION BY BUSIA COUNTY GOVERNMENT, KENYA
Author: David Taabu Makokha, Dr. Lucy Ngugi
International Journal of Management and Commerce Innovations
ISSN 2348-7585 (Online)
Vol. 10, Issue 2, October 2022 - March 2023
Page No: 55-60
Research Publish Journals
Website: www.researchpublish.com
Published Date: 05-October-2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7148487
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