标题:EFFECT OF TEAMWORK ON PERFORMANCE OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS FUNDED PROJECTS IN RWANDA. A CASE OF VISION JEUNESSE NOUVELLE FUNDED PROJECTS IN RUBAVU DISTRICT
期刊名称:European Journal of Business and Social Sciences
印刷版ISSN:2235-767X
出版年度:2016
卷号:5
期号:6
页码:128-143
出版社:European Society of Business and Social Sciences
摘要:Teamwork is very important for the successful performance of projects. As elsewhere, NGOs in Rwanda areat the forefront of attempts to combat rural poverty and alleviating human sufferings. As their prominencegrows, so too does the volume of debates concerning NGOs' performance. This study is a contribution tothese debates. Its general objective was to assess the effect of teamwork on performance of Non- GovernmentalOrganizations funded projects in Rwanda. The specific objectives were to measure the contribution of project teamcommunication on the performance of projects funded by Vision Jeunesse Nouvelle; to assess how team members’attitudes affect performance of projects funded by Vision Jeunesse Nouvelle, to assess the contribution of projectteam cohesiveness on performance of projects funded by Vision Jeunesse Nouvelle and finally to examine the effectof team stability on performance of projects funded by Vision Jeunesse Nouvelle. This study may be useful todifferent parties like project owners, project managers and future researchers. The study adopted descriptivesurvey design and a case study survey. The target population of this study was the staff members of Vision JeunesseNouvelle funded projects in Rubavu District of Rwanda which equals to forty three employees of the organizationthat has been all taken as sample. Data from this study were collected using questionnaires and analyzedquantitatively using percentages, frequencies and using linear regressions. The regression model that was used isY= β0 + β1X1 + β2X2 + β3X3 + β4X4 + e. Statistical Package for Social Scientists was used to execute linear linearregressions. The research findings revealed that, the correlation between project team communication and projectperformance was at the rate of 0.803 meaning that project team communication influences Vision JeunesseNouvelle project performance at the level of 80.3%. The findings also revealed that the result of correlationbetween team attitudes and performance of project was at the rate of 0.903 meaning that the team attitudesinfluences performance of Visio Jeunesse Nouvelle funded projects at the level of 90.3% hence a significantrelationship between team attitudes and performance of projects funded by Vision Jeunesse Nouvelle. The resultsof correlation between team cohesiveness and performance of projects funded by Vision Jeunesse Nouvelle was atthe rate of 0.861 meaning that team cohesiveness is influencing performance of projects funded by Vision JeunesseNouvelle at the level of 86,1%. The study concluded the significant effect of teamwork on performance of projectsfunded by Vision Jeunesse Nouvelle and recommended the project managers and superiors to strengthen andfacilitate the communication channels within and out of the organization to make the communication effective;the researcher also recommended the project managers and all project stakeholders to promote good attitudesamong project team members.