THE INFLUENCE OF ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION ON THE PERFORMANCE OF ORGANIZATIONS IN SIERRA LEONE SMALL AND MID-SIZE ENTERPRISES /
SULAIMAN KAMARA; SUPERVISOR: PROF. DR. TARIK ATAN
- 51 sheets; 31 cm. Includes CD
Thesis (MBA) - Cyprus International University. Institute of Graduate Studies and Research Business Administration Department
Includes bibliography (sheets 43-47)
ABSTRACT Organizations that perform well are created by the requirements and needs of the designated consumers and the item they are offering ought to be unique in relation to the competitor item (innovation) and furthermore have more viability in contrast with the competitor and that the item assists with building competitive advantage (Prahalad & Hamel, 2011). Meanwhile, this study is led toward examining the effect of Innovation Process (IP), Roles and Responsibility (RoR), Rewards and Recognition (ReR), and Capabilities Development (CD) on the performance of organization (POO) in Sierra Leone small and mid-sized enterprises. However, the main approach adopted is a quantitative research method consisting of both survey and descriptive research design in other to attain the research objective using a questionnaire as the instrument and the questionnaire was distributed electronically to 240 employees in each of the 12 SMEs companies (12 x 20) via convenience sampling in Freetown of Sierra Leone to partake in the online survey where 211 questionnaires were returned and tested for reliability. Therefore, the result of this research work demonstrates that there is an effect of rewards and recognition (ReR) of organizational innovation on the performance of an organization (POO) in Sierra Leone small and mid-sized enterprises which is hypothesis three thereby, rejecting hypothesis one, two, and four. Keywords: Capabilities Development; Innovation Process; Rewards and Recognition; Roles and Responsibilities.
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