Strategic Management Practices and Performance of Non Profit Organizations: A Case of Food for Hungry in Rwanda Nyagatare District

Abstract

The general objective of the study was to assess strategic management practices and  performance of nonprofit organizations in Rwanda and the specific objective of the study was to determine the effect of strategic formulation on performance of nonprofit organizations in Nyagatare district  Rwanda, to analyze the effect of strategic implementation on performance of nonprofit organizations in Nyagatare district, Rwanda, to assess  effect of  strategic control on performance of non-profit  organization in Nyagatare District Rwanda. In this study, three theories are used such as Modern Portfolio Theory and Resource Based Theory which have the implication on the current study. To achieve research objectives, the used a descriptive research designs with two mixed methods such as quantitative and qualitative. In this study 75 respondents was selected from the target population of 140 beneficiaries and staffs of FH using the simple random and census method of selecting the sample size. Therefore, simple random sampling technique to select the categories of respondents is used and data collected using questionnaire, interview and documentation. Data collected first be edited, coded and put into tables where analysis are done using SPSS version 21.Thus the strengths of association determined based on regression-values <0.05, mean and standard deviation. Therefore, the overall mean and standard deviation was 1.556 and 0.955 respectively which emphasizes the positive effects of project risks analysis on sustainability of manufacturing industry project in Rwanda. As indicated, the study findings showed that risks monitoring and control has led to the sustainability of manufacturing   industry in Rwanda as indicated by the overall mean of 1.485 and standard deviation of 0.813. Effect of strategic management practice on performance of nonprofit organization in Rwanda has been successfully achieved as indicated by the overall mean of 1.485 and standard deviation of 0.813. In this study, R is the correlation coefficient and shows the relationship between the study variables. Therefore, the study findings revealed that there was a strong positive relationship between the study variables as shown by .884. Keywords: Strategic Management Practices, Performance of Non Profit Organizations, Food for Hungry, Nyagatare District, Rwanda