Project communication, team collaboration and project change management:

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