Abstract
The aim of the study was to establish how availability of closed circuit television, security services, firefighting equipment and medical facilities contributed to organizational operations. Descriptive research was adopted in the study to identify how organizational operations are affected by security preparedness. The study targeted a population of one thousand one hundred respondents comprising of business owners, heads of institutions, security operatives and clients out of which a sample size of one hundred and ten respondents was selected. The study collected both primary and secondary data using semi-structured questionnaire and reviewed empirical and theoretical literatures respectively. The collected data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) and presented in pie charts, bar charts and graphs. Pilot testing of the instruments was conducted to ascertain their reliability. The study findings indicated that there is a positive and important relationship between CCTV and organizational operations. Likewise, there was a positively significant correlation between security service personnel and organizational operations. The effect of firefighting equipment on organizational operations was moderate according to the study findings. Additionally, the study found out that the influence of medical facilities on organizational operations was moderate. The study recommends an increase of CCTV coverage within Nanyuki, modernization of firefighting equipment, standardized operating procedures for security service providers and an evaluation of preparedness of medical facilities within Nanyuki town on the ability for mass casualty response.
Highlights
It can be deduced that the majority of the respondents were male (55%) as compared to their females counterparts (45%) an indication of traditional society gender biasness or a possibility of the unwillingness of the female not comfortable discussing matters security that has for long been a male domain
CCTV Role in Organizational Operations CCTV plays a critical role in organizations operations
This is according to the views of the respondents who were contended that its role is advancement towards security preparedness of an organization. 93% (102) of the respondents were in agreement that its role shouldn’t be neglected and viewed it as critical as opposed to the 7% (8) who were of contrary opinion
Summary
Edwin A notes that there can be no pursuit of meaningful sustainable development in a situation marked by uncontrolled crime, because it breeds and accomplishes insecurity [11]. Security preparedness for organizations continues to be a key determinant of organizations effectiveness in delivering their core mandates and functions. The Department of Homeland Security in the U. S notes that security preparedness is a continuous cycle of planning, organizing, training, equipping, exercising, evaluating and taking corrective action in an effort to ensure effective coordination during incident response [9]. Organizational operations majorly deal with how organizations that may include business enterprises or institutions gets their things done
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