Abstract:
Many organizations and institutions continue to develop new organizational
development approaches in line with organizational change. These approaches are
good and help the organization to focus on its growth. Unfortunately as the new
development approaches are developed, the staff working for the same organizations
is not trained to enable them get updated on the changes being introduced. This study
therefore sought to establish the existing development approaches in World Vision
Kenya. Specifically, the study sought to: identify the organizational development
approaches utilized in World Vision Kenya, examined the importance of training on
the organizational development approaches to employees, assessed the obstacles
World Vision Kenya staff face while implementing organization development
approaches and examined the appropriateness of Organizational Development
Approaches to employee job performance. Descriptive survey design was used in this
study to find out the existing organization Development Approaches within World
Vision Kenya. The target population for the study was all staff of world vision Kenya
that comprised 800. The sample size of the study was 260 respondents selected from
five Zones or regions in Kenya. Out of the sample size of 260 the respondents that
were available for interview were 210.The instruments used to collect the data were
questionnaires and to ensure effectiveness of the research instruments, a thorough
pretest was carried out using 10 staff members who were not included among the
selected respondents. The data collected was analyzed by the use of frequencies and
percentages with aid of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The findings
of the study were summarized and presented in tables, pie charts, line graphs and
bar graphs for effective communication. Study findings showed that lack of proper
orientation was a barrier to implementing World Vision development approaches
which meant that employees should be given enough time to understand
organizational development approaches especially during orientation stage. The study
recommended that World Vision enhance their training strategies on the new and
exisiting approaches for the staff who contribute in a great extent to the development
approaches within the organization. The study also recommeded that World Vision
involve their staff in originating organizational development approaches to enhance
individual ownership.
