The Effect Of Innovation On Enhancing Organizational Performance: The Case Of Oromia Police College, Oromia, Ethiopia.

Abstract

Today, it is believed that organizational innovations have a tendency to improve organizational performance by reducing transaction and administrative costs and increasing employee happiness. This study's primary goal was to examine how innovation might improve organizational performance at the Oromia Police College in Oromia, Ethiopia. The study used a cross-sectional survey research design to achieve this. Through the use of quantitative methods and self-administered questionnaires, pertinent data was acquired. A sample of randomly chosen employees from each department of the organization received questionnaires. Basically, 123 questionnaires were distributed to the target all these were returned and were analyzed using a statistical tool for social science (SPSS version 20). The analysis used descriptive and statistical analysis (descriptive statistics, correlation, and regression). The Integrated Budget and Expenditure Systems (IBEX), the Registrar Policies Management System (RPMS), the Human Resource Management System (HRMS), and the Inventory and Store Management System (ISMS) were four innovations that the Oromia Police College implemented or adopted with the intention of enhancing organizational performance. The impact of these innovations on different organizational performance criteria, such as productivity, flexibility, reliability, responsiveness, and cost reduction were assessed. According to the study's findings, innovation generally improved organizational performance for the case organization. Employee respondents indicated that each of these innovations had a positive impact on the performance metrics; in most cases, the mean response rates were over 3.0, indicating that the innovations positively impacted performance metrics. The descriptive analysis and regression analysis both support the finding that these innovations positively predict organizational performance with acceptable significance levels. The study concluded that the organization does address in practice the efforts necessary to maintain effective innovation strategies for improving organizational performance. Based on the findings, three recommendations were forwarded. First, Oromia Police College may strive to get more out of the innovations by paying attention to where the current study noted as a gray area such as the user-friendliness of the system and the system’s capacity in flexible handling of possible strategic shifts. Second, other Organizations may learn from the case Organization, and thirdly, the need for further study.