Strategic Management Practices and Performance of National Government Constituency Development Funded Projects in Taveta Constituency, Kenya
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Date
2021
Authors
Shaban, Naomi N.
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Kenyatta University
Abstract
Taveta constituency is among the administrative units that received a disbursement of the
constituency development funds from the Kenya National Government. In Taveta Constituency
performance of projects is mixed despite of advanced initiatives in management. Organization
that adopts strategic management practices has a higher chance of growing and increasing on its
performance and output comparing to that organization which does not employ the strategic
management practices. This is because once an organization expands to have huge resources,
different levels of management and dynamism in the environment which it operates, it becomes
difficult for such an organization to remain true to its goals or set objectives, besides these, there
are other challenges which are unforeseen that emerges during the process of formulating as well
as implementing their projects. The general objective was to determine the influence of strategic
management practices on the National Government Constituency Development Funded Projects
performance in Taveta Constituency. The specific objectives of the study are: to evaluate the
impact of environmental analysis and strategy aspects on the performance of National
Government Constituency Development Funded Projects in Taveta Constituency. This study
employed four theories – balanced score card theory, resource-based view theory, dynamic
capability theory, and McKinsey 7s framework theory. The study used a descriptive research
design and relied on primary data which was collected by use of questionnaires. The target
population was 306 respondents. A stratified sample of more than 30% was carried out to
generate 102 respondents. The data was analyzed through descriptive and inferential statistics.
This study acted as an insight to the National government Constituency development committee
Taveta constituency on strategic management practices and how the influence on performance.
Construct and content validity were used to measure validity while reliability was measured
using a Cronbach’s alpha. From the results, environmental analysis had the great significant
effect on performance of National Government Constituency Development Funded Projects in
Taveta Constituency followed by strategy implementation, strategy evaluation and strategy
formulation. The study concluded that strategic management practices were significant enablers
of performance of National Government Constituency Development Funded Projects in Taveta
Constituency. The study recommended that policy makers and strategists working in the
National Government Constituency Development Funded Projects in Taveta Constituency
should give more weight on environmental analysis when making decisions on strategic
management. The Project Implementation Committee of National Government Constituency
Development Funded Projects in Taveta Constituency should be instrumental during the
implementation of the formulated strategies. The monitoring and evaluation team working in
National Government Constituency Development Funded Projects in Taveta Constituency
should improve on the mechanisms and systems of carrying out strategy evaluation. Strategists
working at National Government Constituency Development Funded Projects in Taveta
Constituency should improve more o mechanisms in place for formulation of strategies. This
study was also useful to the policy makers especially the national government in the ministries of
finance and devolution, members of parliament and the board of members of the National
Government Constituency development board.
Description
A Research Project Submitted to the School of Business in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirement for the Award of the Degree of Executive Master of Business Administration, Kenyatta University, June, 2021
Keywords
Strategic Management, Practices, Performance, National Government Constituency Development Funded Projects, Taveta Constituency, Kenya