The Contribution of Diversity Management on Project Success in Rwanda: A Case Study of LWH Project

The purpose of this research was to assess the contribution of diversity management on the success of projects in Rwanda and carried out in LWH project in Ministry of Agriculture as the case study with the following objectives, to examine challenges faced by projects in diversity management in LWF project, to find out the factors that affect success of LWF project and to determine the influence of diversity management on the success of LWF project. The researcher reviewed literature related to the contribution of diversity management on the success of projects. The researcher reviewed both theoretical and empirical literature guided by the study objective. The researcher made a critical review of existing literature and identified the gap that needs to be filled by the research. A descriptive research design was used while the study population of the study was 80 employees of LWH project and the sample size was 44 respondents selected using purposive and simple random sampling techniques. Data collection tools were questionnaires, interviews and documentary review, the collected data was presented using tables and analyzed based on percentages and frequencies. The researcher found out that diversity management contributes to development of projects through increasing employee commitment, team work, improving productivity as well as increasing employee retention, diversity management leads to increased project success as a result of increased interest at work and that diversity management make employees enjoy working with the project hence leading to increased employee retention and that there is a positive relationship between diversity management and success of LWH project. The researcher found out that the contribution of diversity management on the success of projects is that it leads to increase in productivity due to employees commitment and developed interest in work, it leads to improved team work and it creates harmony at work, it leads to improved working relations between employees, it makes employees enjoy their work, it increases employee retention due to good existing environment at work place, cooperation and team work of employees as a result of improved diversity management. The researcher recommended that LWH project should continue managing diversity at work place because it is vital in improving performance of the project.