Factors influencing sustainability of development projects: A case of Mercy Ministry International Rwanda in the Rubavu community
Year: 2021
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This paper examined the factors influencing development projects sustainability in Mercy MinistryInternational projects. The specific objectives were to establish whether organizational leadership,Monitoring and evaluation, community participation and government policies influence developmentprojects sustainability of Mercy Ministry International projects. The study was guided by leadershipcontingency model theory and stakeholder theory. A descriptive research design was adopted in thestudy. Mercy Ministry International Rwanda in the Rubavu community was the unit of analysis and theunit of observation was project managers and project team members of the organization. A census of95 respondents was carried out. Primary data was collected using questionnaires. The researcherused inferential statistics to establish the extent to which variables studied related to each other. Thestudy established that organizational leadership (β=4.207, P<0.05) monitoring and evaluationβ=1.170, P<0.05), community participation (β=2.827, P<0.05), and government policies (β=1.342,P<0.05), had a positive and significant influence on development projects sustainability. Theresearcher concluded that organizational leadership plays a critical role in fostering decisiondevelopment, developing policies and disseminating project management best practices throughout theorganization. Monitoring and evaluation helps those participating with some form of project todetermine if change is needed. Government policies assist in mitigating legal risk and encourage thecompany to explain the advantages and incentives that the organization provides its employees in termsof project sustainability. The study recommended that the organization’s management should focus onthe common project goals and encourage their employees to work towards the shared goal even duringconflicts. The organization should conduct a readiness assessment to determine the capacity andwillingness of the organization and its development partners to construct a results-based M&E system.The organization should encourage active and representative engagement in order to allow allmembers of the community to have a substantive effect on the decisions that concern sustainability ofthe project. The organization management should develop a series of high-level policy statements thatprovide guidance to employees at all levels towards effective project sustainability.
Source: The University Journal
DOI: 10.59952/tuj.v3i2.7
Authors: Joseph Nyamutera, Beatrice Warue
Language: English
Subfield: Development
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4384574237