Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between project communication,
team collaboration and project change management. The study was grounded on four specific
objectives namely; to establish the relationship between project communication and project
change management, to determine the association between project communication and team
collaboration, to examine the relationship between team collaboration and project change
management, and to establish the mediating relationship of team collaboration on project
communication and project change management in World Vision Kampala Uganda. The study
draws from change management theory. The study adopted a cross sectional survey research
design with a target population of 151 projects and a sample of 108 was determined using
Krejcie and Morgan (1970) Table for sample size determination and selected using simple
random sampling technique. The data was collected using a closed-ended questionnaire and
were checked for validity and reliability using expert judgement and Cronbach alpha
coefficient respectively. The collected data was entered in SPSS and analysed using descriptive
statistics, correlation and regression analysis. The correlation results indicated a significant
relationship between project communication, team collaboration and project change
management. The regression results revealed a positive significant relationship between project
communication and project change management, project communication and team
collaboration, team collaboration and project change management. The results further
demonstrated that team collaboration partially mediates project communication and project
change management. The study concluded that team collaboration conveys the inputs of project
communication to enhance the efficiency of project change management. The study
recommends integrating team collaboration with project communication to improve project
change management. Further research should conduct a similar study with a focus on how team collaboration interacts/moderates project communication and change management by considering NGOs countrywide with a view of broadening the scope of knowledge.
Keywords: Project Communication, Team Collaboration and change management
