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Conflict Transformation Against Negative Ethnicity: Women Leadership Involvement In Limuru-Kenya
(International Leadership University, 2013-06) Agunda Rosemary
This study seeks to investigate the cause and effects of negative ethnicity that is prevalent in various public institutions in Limuru constituency and other parts of this country. The study will focus on conflict transformation against negative ethnicity: Women leadership involvement in Limuru constituency. Chapter one of this study will present the problem statement, purpose statement, objectives, research questions, significance of the study, limitation and delimitation of the study, operational definitions, methodology, assumptions and chapter summary. Chapter two will focus on literature review and conceptual framework. Chapter three will focus on the methodology to be used in this study. Chapter four will provide the data/research findings and analysis. Finally chapter five will provide the summary, recommendations and conclusions from the research.
Effective conflict transformation in church leadership: Study of selected Pentecostal churches, Nairobi
(International Leadership University, 2015-08-15) Joel Ngui Mwangangi
From the corridors of power, to the media, to the political arena, to the AU and UN summits, to academic institutions, to places of worship and documented writings, it can be correctly argued that conflicts have become a subject we cannot wish away. Initia lly, it was a vocabulary found in the politics of the day. However, of late, it has become a common word in the church circles. As such, there has been a growing concern among the Christian community with regard to the escalating rate of leadership conflicts in the churches. The local media has repeatedly featured incidents of nasty conflicts in churches with some turning violent and others ending up in court. This has been quite disturbing given that according to Jesus, the church is supposed to be “the light of the world” (Matthew 5:14) and the role model for effective conflict transformation and peace-building. If the church doesn‟t lead by example, there may be no hope for the African continent which is currently plunged into a vicious cycle of armed conflicts. As such, the study sought to investigate the major factors that contribute to leadership conflicts in selected Pentecostal churches within Nairobi and explore effective approaches of transforming the leadership conflicts. The researcher explored in details the relevant scholarly sources in this area, established critical gaps and composed constructive criticism. Having identified the research problem and the significance of the study, the major causes of conflicts among Pentecostal church leaders were identified. The study also investigated the models of conflict approaches used by the said church leaders. The role of institutional structures in conflict transformation and peace-building was also investigated. The study further documented the conflict strategies used by the said churches that have proved to be successful and transformative. To integrate the study with biblical principles, an exegetical study was carried out on Galatians 2:6-9. The study focused on one area, Nairobi. It was mainly qualitative and employed both questionnaires and interviews. The data was analyzed using SPSS and the findings presented in frequency tables, percentages, pie-charts, graphs and descriptive statistics. This formed the basis of answering the four research questions. The study concluded from the findings that Pentecostal churches in Nairobi had weak and dysfunctional institutional structures that had loopholes for abuse of power and financial mismanagement. The absence of accountability structures also made it difficult for the bishops and pastors to be held accountable whenever they were implicated in either moral or doctrinal scandals. As such, the Pentecostal churches in Nairobi need to strengthen their institutional structures to seal off the loop holes. In addition, they need to embrace models of conflict approaches that transform the leadership conflicts. Putting the whole study together, the researcher shares the opinion that conflict transformation model, tied with the biblical principles and informed by the African cultural approach is perhaps the effective approach to transforming conflicts among the Pentecostal church leaders in Nairobi.
Impact of leadership style on employee performance: A case study of selected employees from different departments in resolution insurance
(International Leadership University, 2015-08-11) Judith Auma Masinde
This research study aimed at assessing impact of leadership style on employee performance. It was a case study of selected employees from different organizations. The specific objectives of the study were to determine the relationship between employee performance and Leadership, to establish the performance problems of the organizations emanating from knowledge system or motivation system and account for the effect of leadership on employee performance when dealing with these challenges, to examine the relationship between outputs (the results achieved), outcomes, and processes required for reaching the results as well as the inputs (knowledge, skills and attitudes, and to highlight the relationship between the supervisors leadership style and employee performance. The study used descriptive research design for it describes the population the way it is and covered a population of 35 employees in the organization who included top management, middle management and support staff. The researcher considered stratified random sampling because the population was heterogonous and the researcher wants each member of the population to have an equal chance of participation. Data was collected through questionnaires and was analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively and later was presented using graphs, pie charts and table diagrams respectively depending on the techniques.
Effect of Transformational Leadership on Organizational Performance: Case of The National Council of Churches of Kenya
(International Leadership University Library, 2025-11-09) Simon Mbaya M’tabugi
This study investigated the effect of transformational leadership on organizational performance, using the National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK) as the case organization. The research was prompted by increasing organizational underperformance, stagnation, and closure in Kenya over the past seven years, trends that have also affected faith-based organizations. Guided by Transformational Leadership Theory, the study examined four constructs- idealized influence, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation, and individualized consideration- as independent variables. Organizational performance was assessed through service delivery, human resource development, employee motivation, and achievement of strategic goals. The Resource-Based Theory complemented the study by emphasizing the strategic role of internal human capital in enhancing competitive advantage. A mixed-methods approach and cross-sectional descriptive design were used to collect data from senior and lower-level NCCK managers through a semi-structured questionnaire incorporating a five-point Likert scale. The conceptual framework illustrated the relationship between transformational leadership and organizational performance, while the empirical review drew from global, continental, regional, and Kenyan FBO contexts. Findings revealed that transformational leadership significantly improves organizational performance by strengthening motivation, enhancing human resource capacity, improving service delivery, and aligning organizational culture with long-term strategic priorities. The study contributes to leadership scholarship and offers practical insights for faith-based institutions seeking to strengthen leadership capacity, foster innovation, and cultivate continuous learning. Overall, the study affirms transformational leadership as a critical driver of organizational performance and a strategic pathway for revitalizing FBOs in Kenya.
Community - Based Discipleship: A Missional Approach to Urban African Youth the Case of Nairobi, Kenya
(International Leadership University Library, 2008-03-04) Abid Rangoonwala
In response to the declining interest and participation of youth in urban churches in Africa, with a specific focus on churches in Nairobi, this study investigates a missiologically related problem of ecclesial praxis that seems to ignore or fail to address the social needs of youth, particularly concerning the need to belong. The churches in Nairobi, as in other parts of Africa, have inherited ecclesial praxis that was shaped in the dualistic cultural context of the Western Enlightenment and the clerical paradigm of Christendom. This dualistic view of reality has dichotomised the understanding of the gospel by compartmentalising it into a spiritual sphere while failing to address the social and cultural dimensions of human life. Consequently, the church hermeneutically understands its primary mission as saving souls and meeting the spiritual needs of its members through the institution of clergy and laity. In order to address the problem, the study proposes the praxis of discipleship based on a community approach that correlates three integrated dimensions of mission (worship, fellowship, and intentional mission) with a community structure guided by specific urban context, cultural values and missional theology. This constitutes the thesis of this research study and also provides a methodological framework for organising the study. In the first chapter, discipleship is conceptualised in the comprehensive missional understanding of the church as missionary in its nature and calling, sent by Christ into the world for the redemption of the world. In that sense, the proposed discipleship community must be understood as missionary in nature. The second chapter focuses on understanding the urban context. It examines some of the urban features of Nairobi that could be typical of other African cities, like rapid urban growth, high proportion of youth in the population, housing problems, unemployment, increasing poverty, family disintegration, crime, violence and disease. In that context, the study assessed the church's youth ministry by gathering primary empirical data through observation and personal interviews with youth pastors and leaders. The findings confirmed that most youth ministries are based on the clerical paradigm and are driven by programmes. Participation by youth has been found to be low in most churches. Many churches do not seem to address their real needs. Often the youth ministry is seen as a marginal ministry in the church is in response to understanding the community from an African cultural perspective, the study investigated the traditional African community on the basis of literature and by using the ancestral anamnesis (remembrance of ancestors) as the interpretative framework for analysis. In traditional African society, the community understood as the heart of the culture, the stage where the whole of life is dramatised. Even those who live modern urban contexts carry with them African community values which have their origin in traditional African community. Some of the African community values were measured among the urban youth through a survey questionnaire; most of the young people regarded these as important in their lives in the (Chapter Five). Empirical findings have shown the validity of considering cultural factors in constructing any kind of model for community-based discipleship. The importance of community was also validated theologically and missiologically by demonstrating the normative praxis of discipleship through community structure in the life of the early church. Theologically, the early church understood itself as the community of Christ on the basis of the concept of koinonia, a fellowship based on common faith in Christ. Missiologically, the church perceived itself from its inception as a missionary community sent into the world to witness to the gospel. The research demonstrated that community was the means through which the normative praxis of discipleship formation was carried out in the early church. There was no sense of dichotomy between the spiritual and social dimensions of the gospel as it is normally understood in today's church. The importance of community as a means for the formation of identity and character was demonstrated through this having been the cultural norm in traditional African society and the theological norm in the life and praxis of the early church. Through the empirical research, the study also confirmed the positive perception of community values among the urban youth. Based on the evidence that was gathered, the study confronts the church in Nairobi and elsewhere to examine its present praxis critically and consider approaching its youth ministry from a community perspective in response to the present missiological problem in youth ministry. In order to construct youth ministry on community foundation, the study suggests a model called the covenant model. It takes the form of a small group existing as a part of the local church but coming together specifically as a community guided by a discipleship covenant that integrates three missional dimensions. The group seeks to adapt in its specific urban context and integrate cultural values that complement the gospel. The covenant model assumes that the urban context is complex and diverse. It allows each group to develop its own shape and features, informed by its context, culture and tradition. It calls for diversity in cultural and contextual expression while maintaining unity as God's people in Christ. The early church exemplified it in being one, holy, catholic and apostolic.