Factors Affecting Successful Implementation of Projects in International Nongovernmental Organizations in Ethiopia: The case of Save the Children International Projects
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2019-06
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Addis Ababa University
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Save the Children is one of the international non-governmental organization which works with a big ambition to achieve a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation. The purpose of this study is to establish factors affecting successful implementation of projects in international NGO’s in Ethiopia. The case of Save the Children International projects in Ethiopia. To achieve this objective, the study is guided by the following specific research objectives: finding out how lack of effective planning affects the implementation of SCI Projects in Ethiopia; to establish the effects of clarity on complex internal and external rules on the effective implementation of SCI Projects in Ethiopia; to establish the influence of communication on the effective implementation of SCI Projects in Ethiopia; and to establish the extent to which managerial factors affects the implementation of SCI Projects in Ethiopia. This study was limited to one non-governmental organization - SCI. This study adopts a descriptive research design. Descriptive research design has been chosen because this study seeks to determine factors affecting successful implementation of projects in SCI in Ethiopia. The target population of this study included direct project staffs of SCI working specifically in the projects being implemented in Ethiopia. Questionnaires were used to collect data. It had both open ended and close ended questions. Both hard copies and email communication were issued for the target population. The collected data is analyzed using both quantitative and qualitative data analysis methods. Quantitative method involved descriptive analysis. Descriptive analysis such as frequencies and percentages is used to present quantitative data in the form of tables and graphs. All the respondents indicated that lack of effective planning and clarity on complex internal and external rules affects successful project implementation at SCI. The results also indicated that communication and managerial factors affects implementation of projects at SCI. The study recommends that to effectively implement donor projects SCI work plan must be clear to the project employees and procedures should be in place to discuss the requirements of the project before starting to implement, communication should be effective, project managers should have hard and soft skills and clear communication and focus on strong induction in creating common understanding among the staffs on both donor and internal requirement at the beginning of the project is very crucial. Areas for further studies are also recommended.
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Project Implementation, Planning, Effective Communication, Internal and External Rules, Managerial Factors