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In the dynamic and fiercely competitive landscape of Kenya's telecommunications sector, ensuring project success is paramount for achieving financial prosperity. Strategic alignment serves as the cornerstone, orchestrating the harmonious interaction of all organizational facets towards the attainment of strategic objectives. However, despite its recognized significance, empirical evidence suggests a discernible gap between the formulation of strategy and the execution of projects, a misalignment that often precipitates project failures and missed deadlines. With a focus on addressing this critical issue, our study sought to investigate the effect of strategic alignment on project performance within Kenyan telecommunication companies. Employing a desktop research design, we meticulously analyzed existing data and scholarly literature. Our findings underscore a robust positive correlation between strategic alignment and various metrics of project success, including completion rate and schedule adherence. Notably, we observed that project complexity functions as a moderator, emphasizing the heightened significance of strategic alignment particularly in managing intricate projects. In light of these findings, our study advocates for the integration of strategic alignment principles throughout the project management lifecycle. Clear and transparent communication of strategy, coupled with robust mechanisms for aligning project objectives with organizational strategy, emerge as imperative strategies for enhancing project outcomes. By heeding these suggestions, stakeholders stand to capitalize on strategic alignment as a potent lever for driving project success, thereby contributing tangibly to national development objectives and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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This research aims to analyze the implementation of the claims system, analyze participants' responses regarding the effectiveness of the claims system and analyze obstacles and solutions in the online BPJS Employment process using the LAPAK ASIK program during the Covid 19 Pandemic. BPJS Employment is the Employment Social Security Organizing Agency which was formed by the Government with the aim of improving the quality of community welfare which has been clearly stated in Law Number 24 of 2011 and one of the programs is Old Age Security (JHT) Claims. The method used by the author in this research is a qualitative method with a descriptive approach. The data sources used are primary data sources including interviews, secondary data sources in the form of journals, books and tertiary data sources. The research location is at the BPJS Employment Jakarta Cilandak Branch office. From the results of the research conducted, the implementation of LAPAK ASIK has gone well and is in accordance with aspects of the digitalization system, the participants' responses have been very helpful and made it easier without the need to come to the Branch Office. The obstacles that hinder the implementation of online fun stalls are that participants are not yet proficient in using information and communication technology equipment, participants still have to come to the BPJS Employment Branch Office if they fail to upload documents during registration, and claim participants' internet network is unstable.
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The cocoa sector in Côte d'Ivoire has around 3,000 cooperatives, whose stated objective is to fight for an improvement in the living conditions of producers by acting for a better marketing price for their produce. Despite their large numbers, these cooperatives struggle to integrate and influence decision-making bodies so that the needs of producers can be taken into account. It is against this backdrop that two non-governmental organisations, INADES [ ], and INKOTA-Netzwerk, launched a collaborative initiative in 2019 involving international civil society organisations, human rights organisations and cooperatives, with a view to helping them build an advocacy framework to have a greater impact on decision-making in the sector through the establishment in 2020, of the "Ivorian platform for sustainable cocoa". And this desire to bring together agricultural cooperatives as well as the Ivorian civil society (south) and their partners (north) so that they can play their full part in the decision-making process within this sector has been the subject of a study. The results, findings, observations and information gathered as part of this research are set out in this article. The data was collected through documentary research and semi-directive interviews with Inades-Formation managers, civil society organisations that are members of the platform, cooperative group managers and trade union structure managers. In terms of results, the pooling of synergies between civil society organisations in the north and south, which began in 2020 under the slogan "Ivorian platform for sustainable cocoa", has led to the development and publication of an advocacy guide. This activity has also helped improve the administrative and economic organisation of cooperative structures. In addition, the information and capacity-building sessions carried out by international civil society organisations have enabled cooperatives to revitalise their influence in the process of political and ......
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The business environment in the 21st century has remained very competitive and firms that will survive must be innovative and efficient in their operations. In Kenya, there is one company that has dominated the industry with 66 percent market share and 77.4 percent revenue, while the others are struggling to achieve sustainable performance. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between organizational ambidexterity and performance in telecommunication firms in Kenya. The objectives of the study are firstly to investigate the extend to which exploration and exploitation strategies are applied in telecommunication companies in Kenya; to evaluate the performance of the companies; to propose strategic decision making approaches that can be used to achieve better performance in the telecommunication firms in Kenya. It analysed thirty one studies via systematic review and the findings were that there is a positive joint effect of exploration and exploitation when the two capabilities are employed simultaneously. Organizational ambidexterity has a positive influence on organizational performance and the study recommends that the co-existence of exploration and exploitation is paramount to organizational performance.
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This research aims to analyze the influence of teaching techniques, communication styles of teaching staff, and the work environment on the learning motivation of Stukpa students at Adi Soemarmo Solo Air Base, both simultaneously and partially. This research also wants to analyze which variables, such as teaching techniques, communication styles of teaching staff, and work environment, influence the learning motivation of Stukpa students at Adi Soemarmo Air Base, Solo. The type of research used is explanatory research. This research was carried out at Stukpa at Adi Soemarmo Air Base, Solo, Jalan Cendrawasih II Tanjungsari Ngresep district. Ngemplak District. Boyolali. The population of this study was all Stukpa students at Adi Soemarmo Solo Air Base, namely 115 students. The sampling technique used in this research is purposive sampling, namely that all Stukpa students at Adi Soemarmo Solo Air Base will be research respondents. The analysis method uses multiple linear regression and hypothesis testing. The research results show that teaching techniques, communication styles of teaching staff, and the work environment affect the learning motivation of Stukpa students at Adi Soemarmo Solo Air Base, both simultaneously and partially. Furthermore, this research identified that teaching techniques had a dominant influence on the learning motivation of Stukpa students at Adi Soemarmo Air Base, Solo, Solo.
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This research aims to describe and analyze the significant level of motivation, work discipline, and work environment simultaneously on the performance of TNI-AU members as the Air Force Logistics Assistant at Koopsau 1 Halim Perdanakusuma Jakarta. Location: This research was conducted at Aslog Halim Perdanakusuma, Jakarta. The choice of research location is because determining the research location will make it easier for researchers to conduct research. This type of research is causal-comparative, which is included in explanatory research. The population and sample for this research are all 76 members of the TNI-AU in the Air Force Logistics Assistant (Aslog). The data analysis used is descriptive analysis, which aims to describe or provide an overview of the phenomenon studied, and multiple linear regression analysis to determine the influence of motivation variables, work discipline, and work environment on performance variables. The research results show that motivation, work discipline, and work environment affect the performance of Aslog members. Member work motivation is the most dominant symptom measured and influences member performance most. The contribution and suggestions of this research can be used as a reference in improving performance through research results and suggestions, namely that good collaboration with other members is needed to complete tasks according to targets, and communication facilities and infrastructure need to be reviewed and evaluated.
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This research aims to analyze the influence of work discipline, work environment, and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) on the performance of Air Force members at the Halim Perdanakusuma Air Base Logistics Service, Jakarta, both simultaneously, partially and dominantly. This research was conducted at Halim Perdanakusuma Air Force Base, Jakarta. The type of research used is explanatory research. The population and sample for this study were all enlisted members, non-commissioned officers, first officers, and middle officers at the Halim Perdanakusuma Air Base Logistics Service, Jakarta, namely 135 members. The analysis method uses multiple linear regression and hypothesis testing. The research results show that work discipline, work environment, and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) influence the performance of Air Force members at the Halim Perdanakusuma Air Base Logistics Service, Jakarta, both simultaneously and partially. Furthermore, this research identifies that organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) influences member performance. The advice that can be given is to remember that Work Discipline influences member performance, and work discipline should be paid attention to.