Stakeholder Engagement, Community Participation, Stakeholder Commitment and Project Sustainability
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Date
2018-10
Authors
Lalam, Elizabeth Yvonne
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Makerere University Business School
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to establish the relationship between Stakeholder Engagement, Community Participation, Stakeholder Commitment and Sustainability of rural water Projects in Uganda. The study adopted a cross sectional and quantitative survey design. Correlational and regression designs were adopted to explain the relationships between the variables of study and the extent to which the independent variables explain the dependent variable. The study sample consisted of 50 rural water projects undertaken in the 7 sub-counties of Jinja districts. The data was tested for reliability, analyzed using SPSS and results presented based on the study objectives.
The results from the study revealed that there is a positive and significant relationship between stakeholder engagement and community participation, stakeholder engagement and stakeholder commitment, community participation and stakeholder commitment, stakeholder commitment and sustainability of rural water projects, community participation and sustainability of rural water projects, stakeholder engagement and sustainability of water projects.
In addition, Stakeholder engagement was a better predictor of sustainability of rural water project than community participation and stakeholder commitment, this implies that to improve sustainability of rural water projects, emphasis should be put on ensuring that stakeholder are fully engaged in the projects activities from the beginning of the project and through all the project phases.
The study therefore recommended that before implementation of any community based project, there should be high level of stakeholder engagement and the practices of stakeholder identification, analysis and engagement should be taken as an essential process of the project performance. The Project Managers and community leaders or representatives should create an environment where community members or organization members, project coordinators and users meet, interact, make decisions, and engage project team into the project activities, in all tasks of the water project phases which will eventually improves the sustainability of the projects.
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A dissertation submitted to Makerere University in Partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of the Degree of Masters of Business Administration of Makerere University
Keywords
Stakeholder Engagement, Community Participation, Stakeholder Commitment, Project Sustainability, Rural water Supply and Sanitation projects, Jinja District
Citation
Lalam, E.Y.(2018). Stakeholder Engagement, Community Participation, Stakeholder Commitment and Project Sustainability: A case of rural water Supply and Sanitation projects in Jinja District. Unpublished Master’s Dissertation. Makerere University Business School, Kampala, Uganda