Research conducted by Joshua on financial leverage revealed a positive return on equity through utilization of the ratio of total debt to total assets. According to Youmatelo , investment decisions have been found by scholars to be affected negatively by the patterns of financial leverage, and there is the indication of motivated to not invest in capital assets when the total debts to total assets are higher in companies.
The following proposition can be derived:. Asset utilization as an organizational factor to determine the financial performance of the company is based on the clarification of assets that are crucial to the production or service processes necessary to drive the financial performance Belanova, The consideration of asset utilization is significant towards identifying and measuring the capability and different functions of these assets owned by the company in ensuring the attainment of financial returns Ellis, When assets are not effectively and efficiently utilized it leads to poor financial performance such as losses in the accumulation of revenue from investments.
According to Fleming, Heaney and Mc Cosker posited that agency costs are highly to increase when assets are inefficiently and ineffectively utilized which is an indication of management not promoting the interests of the business owners. A study done by Okwo on fixed assets investment and its relation to the profitability of the company indicates a positive relationship between the two variables.
While Xu and Xu , based their research on testing the significance of achieving business performance from the optimal allocation of the assets structure and the statistical testing showed a significant correlation.
Moreover, studies conducted by other various researchers have confirmed and affirmed the significant effect of efficient and effective utilization of assets on the financial performance of a company e. Wu et al. Based on the review above, the following can be tested:. H3: Effective utilization of the assets can contribute to the financial development of the company.
It is stated that due to the presence of high market power, firms can charge higher prices for their products and services in the market. Moreover, high profitability of the firm can be the result of the economies of scale of good negotiating power of the firm with the suppliers. Moreover, Numerous scholars studied the link between the size of the firm and the financial returns arising from it, e.
The study focused on the profitability aspect of the financial performance and found that big business firms have resources and capability to make a profit for the long term compared to the capabilities of small firms that are more of short to medium term in effectuating profitability.
Most of the above studies were conducted in the manufacturing industries; however, there are similarities between manufacturing firms and that in the service industry.
A study conducted in the service industry tested size-profit linkage by Amato and Burson found that any firm regardless of the size it can attain profitability. Thus, below can be proposed:.
H4: Firms that have a large market share are believed to have higher profitability compared to those with small sized firms. The resource-based view RBV posits that differences in performance of firms are owing to the resource ownership.
The resource-based view of the firm is not considered only as the pure theoretical structure, but also significant in formulating the long-term strategy of the firm. The main focus of the resource based view focuses on using and relying on efficient usage of the resources to establish the competitive advantage of the company Isanzu, However, such resources should be valuable, rare, and not easy to imitate, and substitute.
To validate the above view the following scholars have studied and tested it in various industries and found such link is positive.
For example, Anderson validated in his study that the efficiency of the business firm in overall, be it gaining a large market share was highly dependent on its resources. Business firms gain market share position higher than their rivalries when their resource or products are superior to that of competitors in the hearts and minds of customers.
Superior products of an organization significantly impact competitive advantage in a positive manner, which translates into financial performance i. Sales performance which is the prerequisite to attaining financial performance is directly influenced by market share position Robbins, Furthermore, Robbins adds that there is a linkage between the value of the whole organization and the market share position of the organization. A study conducted by Mc Taggart, Kontes and Mankins reveals that the favorable financial returns in various forms amount into an organizational value which depends on two factors, that is market share positioning and having the competitive advantage over its rivalries to gain higher returns along with economies of scale.
H5: The higher share of market position is positively related to the high profitability of the firm. Managers are responsible for making decisions which are expected to move their organizations towards goals and objectives attainment.
Managers are considered as one of the critical assets of the company as well alongside with the employees. The decision manager plays an important role in further aligning and determining the long-term objectives of the firm which may be critical to the success of the company.
Hence, there is a strong need for the formulation of the specific model that addresses the relationship between organizational linkages and firm performance. High considerations of the factors including market share position, firm size, asset utilization, leverage and liquidity discussed in this article have been proven to be determinants of financial performance of organizations.
It is a strategic move by managers to leverage on company assets and effective organization and management of people and asset utilization in increasing the size of the firm.
Numerous studies have validated the positive linkage between firm size and the financial performance of the firm because the firm size is an important organizational factor that has a strong impact on the competitive position of the firm and wins a larger market share. In this study, it is, therefore, innocuous to posit that large companies have more power than small ones. Another important organizational factor that requires much attention is leverage.
However, a company that is heavily leveraged is to risk for many reasons such as low investment attractiveness particularly if it indicates signs of bankruptcy the business might be unable to find future new lenders and investors.
The researcher wanted to find out if there policies stating which member should sign cheques. Fraud is easy when there is no specific individuals which are signed to be signing cheques.
The researcher wanted to find policies which state names of individuals to be signing cheques. Therefore this means that in student Christian organization of Malawi has written policies on who signs cheques. It is the board and the General Secretary who sign cheques in SCOM showing no individual can carry out task without their approval.
Njiru in organization having specific member to sign cheques help to reduces fraud and it acts one internal controls to ensure proper financial management since in this case cheques are only signed by the designated individual. The researcher wanted to find out if each transaction is authorized by an appropriate member.
In organization there is a need for transaction to be authorized by an appropriate member and this may help organization to have a better financial performance. Therefore the findings conclude that in every transaction is authorized by an appropriate member since it is the majority who agreed that each transaction is approved by an appropriate individual. However they was no documentation regarding to levels of authority.
Documentation authority creates an expectation of responsibility and accountability Cole define authorization as the basis by which the authority to complete the various stages of transaction is delegated. The stages include the process of recording, approving and reconciling. He said that all activities should be carried by proper authorization as it prevents invalid transaction from occurring. Accounts receivables is the money from debtors.
Accounts receivables are asset of the organization and reviewing accounts receivables helps organization to know its stand when it comes to financial performance. Form the findings it was shown that in SCOM accounts receivables are reviewed after every three months.
According to ACCA Accounts receivables being also known as debtors are assets of the organization. The researcher wants to find out segregation of duties in student Christian organization of Malawi.
Therefore the findings conclude that in SCOM financial duties are segregated. However observation results were that SCOM is understaffed that in other departments do the financial transaction by themselves there is no segregation of duties. ACCA says it is important in business to have multiple people to complete one task. It says this plays a crucial role in risk mitigation. By having multiple people in one transaction a business can protect itself and its employees from potential error and fraud.
It prevents one person gaining complete control overall single process thereby reducing the opportunity for such acts to occur. It is important company to set out clear roles and responsibilities for each job, by doing so this gives employees a through list of what there expected to do. By having proper checks and balances in place, business can catch errors and fraud immediately.
The researcher wanted to find out the relation between organization size and financial performance of Student Christian Organization of Malawi. Table 4. This sort to find out the impact of organization structure on financial performance in SCOM. The trend in the diagram shows number of years, annual turnover, short term assets, long-term assets and number of staff. This was used to measure SCOM ability to pay its current liabilities with is current assets.
The reason this ratio is called the working capital ratio comes from the working capital calculation. When current assets exceed current liabilities, the firm has enough capital to run its day-to-day operations.
In other words, it has enough capital to work. The working capital ratio transforms the working capital calculation into a comparison between current assets and current liabilities. Since the working capital ratio measures current assets as a percentage of current liabilities, it would only make sense that a higher ratio is more favorable. A WCR of 1 indicates the current assets equal current liabilities.
A ratio of 1 is usually considered the middle ground. It's not risky, but it is also not very safe. This means that the firm would have to sell all of its current assets in order to pay off its current liabilities. A ratio less than 1 is considered risky by creditors and investors because it shows the company isn't running efficiently and can't cover its current debt properly.
A ratio less than 1 is always a bad thing and is often referred to as negative working capital. On the other hand, a ratio above 1 shows outsiders that the company can pay all of its current liabilities and still have current assets left over or positiveworking capital ratio. Thefore as the trends indicate it shows that SCOM cannot cover its current debt.
This measure how effectively the organization produces income from its assets. Return on assets measure how the company are using their assets to generate income this diagram portrays SCOM net income and assets and from the findings it was shown that that in SCOM from the number of assets kept growing but there is a slight growth in net income.
From and from growth was stagnant. Marshall and Rossman defined observation as the systematic description events behaviors and artifacts in the social setting chosen for a study. The researcher used focused observation during the research and the researchers was a complete participant; the following are the results of the observation. It was observed SCOM has income generating activities but it has other resources which are not used to generate income. The researcher found out this is because of current organization structure of SCOM which more power belongs to National Executive committee who are the associates and who approve all programs.
The secretariat is given low mandate and this has resulted for SCOM not to utilize all its resources hence to improve its financial performance. It was observed that most staff in SCOM needs capacity building to carry out some of activities this is true by looking at the descriptive results on the level of education it was find out that majority of SCOM staff are diploma holders and the researcher observed that some staff have difficulties to deliver desired results because they do not have the capacity to grasp financial concept and this also affects the financial performance of the organization.
The researcher also observed that policy documents like the financial policy manual it is only available in the finance department and other staff does not really know the content of the document as a result they at times carry out financial transaction without proper guidance and at the end of the day this affects the financial performance of the organization.
The researcher observed that workers in district offices carry out duties by themselves, there is no segregation of duties, they handle all financial transaction and operation activities all by themselves which is a challenge when it comes to handling finances and accountability and this affects the financial performance of the organization. The researcher wanted to find out how the current structure has helped individuals to achieve job satisfaction hence motivated to improve financial performance of their organization.
From the findings 5 people answered that it was through delegation of work they have achieved job satisfaction, 2 people said through promotion they have achieved job satisfaction and another 3 said through recognition when they have done something they have managed to achieve job satisfaction and we can conclude that delegation of work in important to motivate staff.
A well-motivated staff perform better and can help in achieving a better financial performance. According to the journal of behavioral science organization today strive and make sure that employees are satisfied with their work as this improves financial performance. The researcher wanted to find out if individuals are satisfied with their current organization structure and the findings are shown in the table below.
From the findings 3 people said there are satisfied with their current organization structure, 4 people said there not satisfied with their current structure and one individual said he is partly satisfied. From the results we conclude that people are not satisfied with the current organization structure. A satisfied employee is a motivated employee and motivated employee are likely to improve the financial performance of the organization Cole The researcher wanted to find out what kind of decision structure staff prefers.
From the finding 2 said they prefer centralized decision making 6 said they prefer decentralized decision making, 1 said they prefer group decision and another 1 said they prefer individual decision making. From the finding we conclude that staff from student Christian organization of Malawi prefer decentralized decision making. Decentralization making are flexible and gives room for everyone. The researcher wanted to find out what can be done in the organization structure so that there is improvement in financial performance.
The findings are shown in table below:. From the findings 1 individual said there is a need for incentives, 3individuals indicated that that there is a need for capacity building programs, 4 said that there is a need for increment of payment and 2 said there should be clearly defined roles in SCOM. The researcher concluded that that there is a need in SCOM to increase payments so that staff are motivated to deliver desired results hence to improve financial performance.
The researcher wanted to find out who makes most decision in the organization and the results are shown in table below. Form the findings 3 said it is top level managers, 2 said it is middle level managers and 5 said the board. The researcher concluded that it is the board which makes most of the decision and seconded by top level managers and this has is true in most organization as there is conflict between the board and managers Agency theory.
From the findings 5 said it necessary for the board to approve financial decision and another five said it is not necessary. The researcher conclude this might be so because of the agency relationship.
The researcher wanted to find out if policies have impact on financial performance the findings are shown in table below. From the findings 10 said policies have impact on financial performance and the researcher concluded that policies are crucial in organization and they have impact on financial performance. The researcher concluded that in SCOM document review is done once in every two years.
According to strategic plan it says While SCOM has desired to recruit a high caliber staff team, it has failed to attract and retain them because the packages offered are very low and benefits are not attractive. The result has been that SCOM finds it difficult to fill existing positions within its staff ranks.
It is however the desire of SCOM to review and improve on these packages so that it can attract and retains its qualified staff team and this has affected the financial performance of the organization. The following are the activities which the document propose to take place to have a qualified team. Establish finance and administration committee at NEC level to address staff welfare issues b. Review the conditions of service of staff c. Develop formal and informal staff training programs e.
Conduct staff appraisal exercises every July and December f. Attach staff promotion and annual salary increments to individual staff performance g. Develop and implement mechanisms for recognizing and rewarding exceptional performance among staff members h.
Provide adequate office equipment for staff i. Organize staff retreats regularly. Lack of adequate finances has negatively affected the ability of SCOM to reach many students. It is thus necessary for SCOM to explore new ways of raising resources and of strengthening the existing efforts so that a stable support base is established to finance the vision. While SCOM remains a student ministry, very few students contribute towards the financial sustainability of the ministry.
Looking at SCOM mission that it should be a financially stable organization resource mobilization will be one aspect that will contribute to the stability of the organization SCOM strategic plan SCOM just as any organization is operating in an environment pose the threats as well as opportunities. The ability to manage these two forces depends largely on internal strength and opportunities.
The following Table presents an analysis of the key threats, opportunities as well as internal strength and weaknesses. Sunders et al outline the importance of response in research. The targeted sample size was 35 respondents all SCOM staff workers. The current study intended to analyze the effects of organizational structure on financial performance of student Christian organization of Malawi.
Three variables have been identified to measure the financial performance of student Christian organization of Malawi organizational that is size, structure formalization, and structure centralization. Correlation analysis was incorporated to describe the strength and direction of the linear relationship between the two independent variables and the dependent variable on organization size and financial performance by looking at asset turnover.
The results of the descriptive statistics reveal that the current structure formalization, structure, structure centralization and organization size affected the financial performance of the of student Christian organization of Malawi. In summary the findings in this study indicated that more could be done to improve financial performance of student Christian Organization of Malawi.
The chapter provides the summary of the findings from chapter four, and it also gives the conclusions and recommendations of the study based on the objectives of the study. The objective of this study were to investigate the effects of organizational structure on the financial performance of the student Christian organisation of Malawi. From the first objective of the study it was concluded that that there is a positive correlation between organisation size and financial performance. This was indicated by coefficient of correlation of 0.
SCOM was established in however they have been a slight growth in organisation size which affect the financial performance. SCOM has currently 35 staff the whole Malawi for staff it is a challenge to deliver desired results since this staff have to work in different departments.
Number of staff is important in any organisation because staff work towards achieving organisation goals. It was concluded that SCOM should consider its number of staff to improve its financial performance. It was also concluded that the current formalisation structure of student Christian organisation of Malawi needs some improvement. The researcher focused on policies. It was found out that SCOM has financial policies that are in place but these policies are not documented and are not available to some staff.
Further the study found out financial policies are not viewed often which may be a challenge. The study also find that though staff are oriented but to some it is a challenge to grass concept regarding to financial matters since majority of staff hold low level of education.
It was also found that SCOM has a number of investing activities but the organisation has been making losses. This may was seen as perhaps because of poor financial policies and partial policy implementation.
It was concluded from the third objective that the current centralisation structure limits staff as staff cannot carry out any activity without the approval of the board. Waiting for the board to approve activities at times it is a challenge as it is time consuming and the board at times may act out of their on interest.
It was found out that staff cannot make decision on their own. Even though it was found out staff are asked their input on adoption of new financial policies it is the board who holds the final decision.
It was also found out there a few hierarchy before a decision is made staff do participate financial decision making but the board holds the final say. Based on the study financial management recommendation of student Christian Organisation of Malawi are as follows.
There is a need for the organisation to conduct capacity building trainings for its staff so that every staff knows the concept of financial management. If these policies are documented and every staff have them they will act as a reference point when there carrying out activities. I recommend SCOM to employ someone who has capacity to help them in investment decision other ways the organisation will continue making losses.
Functional structures have to be strengthen through in-service training to ensure that the organization has quality of staff. The cost of training the employees can outwit the returns since best practice will be implemented and improve financial performance.
Information management related to finances between employees and employers is crucial to avoid speculations. Good relation between employees and the board will also help to improve financial performance. SCOM mission is focused in having a financial stable organization and for this to happen it needs sounds financial policy implementation.
Revelation shows that staff in SCOM have low level of education that to some they may not grasp the concept of financial matters this needs to be taken seriously if SCOM is to achieve its mission. The findings from this study shall help in the following area 2. Improve participation in decision making regarding financial matters 3.
Improved financial management in SCOM 4. Improved organization structure. The study was conducted to one organization as a result it is difficult to generalize the results findings. The results could only be applicable to SCOM. The researcher recommends the need for further study into impact of organization structure on financial performance in different institution and the relationship between structure and employee performance.
This chapter has dealt with conclusion based objectives of the research. The recommendation from the study should help Student Christian Organization of Malawi to improve its financial performance. The implications on the theory and practice of the findings have been highlighted to show how the body of knowledge that has generated can be applied. The reflection in this study have provided the strength and weaknesses that are to be taken into consideration when using the findings of the study.
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Date of completion of the questionnaire: … 2. Position of the respondent Gender 0 Female 1 Male 4. Age bracket: 1 20 - 30 years 2 31 — 40 years 3 41 - 50 years 4 50 and above 5. Are you satisfied with your current organization structure and how is the structure motivating you. What kind of decision making system structure do you prefer? Centralized decision making system or decentralized, and state the reason. What do you think can be done in your organization structure so that financial performance is improved.
T K Tamika Kampini Author. PDF version for only 0. Add to cart. Research Overview Slevin highlighted organizational structure as a critical antecedent to financial performance in any organization. This study falls in the field of financial management, specifically it focuses on an investigation into the impact of organization structure into financial performance 1.
SCOM strategic plan If the organization continue to face these challenges SCOM mission to reach out to student will not be fulfilled hence the organization will liquidate its assets breaching out the going concern principle which suggest that an organization will operate for a foreseeable future. Specific Questions - What is the effect of organization size on financial performance of Student Christian Organization of Malawi?
Introduction This chapter present a critical review of literature with a focus on organization structure contribution to financial performance of an organization and in this case Student Christian Organization of Malawi SCOM. Various financial ratios analysis includes 2. ACCA 2. Organization structure has the following important elements; 2.
The scope of authority to make decisions in decentralized organizations, by way of contrast, is very broad for lower level employees Abbildung in dieser Leseprobe nicht enthalten Chart 2.
Together, policies and procedures ensure that a point of view held by the governing body of an organization is translated into steps that result in compatible outcome Njiru they said Policies act as a guiding frame of reference for how the organisation deals with everything from its day- to-day operational problems or how to respond to requirements to comply with legislation, regulation and codes of practice hence this improves financial performance.
Keen Kasika stated that for effective decision making, a person must be able to forecast the outcome of each option as well, and based on all these items, determine which option is the best for that particular situation. It is the degree organization standardize behavior through formal training, rules procedures and related mechanism. The advantage is that formalization makes the process of routine, increase the rationality of the organization and make explicit and visible the structure of relationships among the organization participants.
The disadvantages are that employees are not allowed to exercise their own judgment, discrimination of work load between employees. Their study depicted that size of the firm does not have any impact on the performance 2. This study will be guided by agency theory 2.
Njiru In addition, the owner-manager may decide to consume more perquisites, because some of the cost of the consumption of benefits will now be borne by the outside shareholders.
There are three major types of agency costs: 1. However the staff have their own agendas which at times differs from those of of the principals and this result in conflict of management hence creates agency problems 2.
Muriithi 2. The financial performance of Student Christian Organization of Malawi will be determined by; 2. Journal of finance 2. Heywood 2. Cole 2. The main areas that have been highlighted are as follows Introduction, Insider researcher, Background of SCOM ,Organogram, financial performance, organization structure , effects of structure centralization on financial performance, decision making and policies, theories and the conceptual framework CHAPTER 3.
Introduction This chapter discusses the research design, sample size, sampling procedure, and research instruments used in this research. To test trends patterns in SCOM this approach was employed 3.
The focus areas were SCOM income generating activities, Capacity of Staff, finance policies and other documents and segregation of duties 3. The triangulation method was employed 3. These categories and themes that were generated led to data interpretation 3. Introduction This chapter covers data presentation and analysis.
Fundamentally this study was guided by a set of objectives as follows: - To investigate the effect of organizational size of on the financial performance of Christian organization of Malawi - To characterize current structure formalization of student Christian organization of Malawi - To assess current structure centralization structure of Student Christian organization of Malawi The first section is primary data analysis and the second section is secondary data analysis presents and these are discussed in reference to literature review.
It has been arranged like that because the background chacteristics were felt to have an effect on financial performance of SCOM 4. The demographic information of the respondents included age, gender and education levels of the respondents 4.
The figure below displays demographic information according to gender; Abbildung in dieser Leseprobe nicht enthalten Figure 4. This means that in SCOM since majority of the staff are women this might have an effect on financial performance 4. The findings are shown in figure below Abbildung in dieser Leseprobe nicht enthalten Figure 4. Level of Education of the Respondents The researcher wanted to find out the respondents level of education of employees and if they have capacity to perform.
The findings are indicated as follows 4. The findings are shown below Abbildung in dieser Leseprobe nicht enthalten Figure 4. The results are shown in figure below Abbildung in dieser Leseprobe nicht enthalten Figure 4. This is in support with ACCCA which says organization do not operate in a vacuum and not following guidelines affect the reporting and presentation of the financial statements and there is a need for organization to fully implementation financial guidelines and make sure there available to every staff 4.
The results are shown in table below Abbildung in dieser Leseprobe nicht enthalten Figure 4. The results are as below 4. The results are shown in the table below Abbildung in dieser Leseprobe nicht enthalten Figure 4. The findings are shown in table below Abbildung in dieser Leseprobe nicht enthalten Figure 4. The findings are shown in the figure below Abbildung in dieser Leseprobe nicht enthalten Figure 4.
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