Influence of strategic control systems on financial sustainability of national non-profit organizations in Juba, South Sudan

Abstract

Non-profit organizations (NPOs) play a critical role in providing healthcare, promoting good governance, and contributing to economic growth and development of a country. This study sought to examine the influence of strategic control systems on financial sustainability of national non-profit organizations in Juba, South Sudan. The study was guided by three key specific objectives namely: to evaluate the effect of internal financial control systems on financial sustainability of national non-profit organizations in Juba; to examine the influence of financial planning on financial sustainability of national non-profit organizations in Juba; and to assess the effect of financial monitoring on financial sustainability of national non-profit organizations in Juba. This study was anchored on the resource-based view theory supported by resource dependency theory and open system theory. The study target population was 332 staff members from 6 of the 60 NPOs based in Juba. The study applied simple random technique to select a sample size of 181 staff members who comprised: program and project managers, head of finance, head of programs, programs coordinators, as well as project officers of NPOs operating in Juba. Primary data was collected using a questionnaire and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25 to extract descriptive and inferential statistics. Regression analysis was used to determine the relationship between the independent variables and the dependent variable. The study revealed internal financial control systems, financial planning and financial monitoring jointly explain 39.1 percent of the variation on financial sustainability. The study has found that internal financial controls, financial planning and financial monitoring have no statistically significant influence (p≥0.05) on financial sustainability of national non-profit organizations in Juba, South Sudan. Based on the findings, the study recommends NPOs to focus on other variables of strategic control systems other than internal control systems, financial planning and financial monitoring strategies as these variables have no statistically significant influence on financial sustainability. The study recommends further studies to be conducted using other strategic control systems variables other than those used in this study.