Management Information System and Performance of Governmental Agricultural Projects in Rwanda: A Case of Sustainable Agriculture Productivity and Market Linkage Project (SAPMP)
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https://doi.org/10.53819/81018102t4097Abstract
The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of management information system and performance of Governmental agricultural project in Rwanda. The study was guided by the following specific objectives: To determine the effect of Management Information System software on the performance of Sustainable Agriculture Productivity and Market Linkage project, to identify the effect of Management Information System usage on the performance of Sustainable Agriculture Productivity and Market Linkage project, to assess the effect of quality information on the performance of Sustainable Agriculture Productivity and Market Linkage project and to examine effect of Management Information System user on the performance of Sustainable Agriculture Productivity and Market Linkage project. This study adopted descriptive design to get results related to the study, the target population as well sample size was 81 employees of Sustainable Agriculture Productivity and Market Linkage Project. Researcher applied census as sampling technique. The source of data was primary and secondary methods. Questionnaires were used to collect primary data and documentary review applied for collecting secondary data. The collected data was analysed using descriptive statistical analysis with use of frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation, and inferential statistics by the use of Pearson correlation (r) and multiple linear regression analysis. The presentation of findings was done using tables, the pilot test was performed to ensure the validity and reliability of instrument used in data collection. The findings have shown that MIS Software and performance of Sustainable Agriculture Productivity and Market Linkage project has strong positive correlation of 0.972 and Sig=0.000 which is less than 0.01 significance level. The results also showed that MIS Usage is correlated with performance of Sustainable Agriculture Productivity and Market Linkage project at 0.986 which is high positive correlation and significance of 0.000 which less than significance level of 0.01. Further, the findings have shown that quality information and performance of Sustainable Agriculture Productivity and Market Linkage project of 0.954 and sig=0.000 which is below of significance level of 0.01. The correlation results have also shown that MIS User contributes to the performance of Sustainable Agriculture Productivity and Market Linkage project at highly positive correlation of 0.933 and significance of 0.000 which less than significance level of 0.01. The study concluded that management information system contributes to the performance of Sustainable Agriculture Productivity and Market Linkage project at 96.9 percent. In recommendation, the study recommended project managers to use MIS in making breakdown structure as the way of allocating resource in appropriate manner as well as enhancing project performance.
Keywords: Management Information System, Management Information System usage, quality information, Management Information System user, Performance
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