Strategic Management Practices and Performance of National Government Constituency Development Funded Projects in Taveta Constituency, Kenya

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.