Strategic Alliances and Organisational Sustainability in Environmental Transformation Commission Imo State, Nigeria.

Abstract

The study investigated the effect of strategic alliances on organizational sustainability in Environmental Transformation Commission (ENTRACO), Imo State of Nigeria. However, the specific objectives are to determine the effect of joint venture on growth of Environmental Transformation Commission in Imo State of Nigeria and to assess the effect of outsourcing on efficiency of Environmental Transformation Commission in Imo State of Nigeria. The study applied a census method on the population of one hundred and twenty-eight (128) staff considering its size of the population which is small and this census method has the advantage of obtaining information from the entire number of the population. The instruments for data collection were primary and secondary sources which involved a structured questionnaire using a five-point Likert scale, news-papers and journals were used for the secondary data. The hypotheses formulated were tested with Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 20.0 using simple linear regression. The findings of the study show that joint venture positively affected growth (r = 0.599, p<.05) and outsourcing positively affected efficiency (r = 0.636, p<.05). The study concluded that joint venture and outsourcing create interdependence between the partners which brings growth and enhances efficiency. The researchers recommended that organization should adopt instruments to gather market, product, technological and strategic alliance intelligence to complement its joint venture practices towards ensuring repositioning of itself strategically as the most competitive organization that will enhance sustainability in terms of innovation and customer centric as compared to its rivals.