Strategic Management Practices and Organizational Performance: A Case of Ethics and Anticorruption Commision Nairobi Headquaters, Kenya
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Date
2023
Authors
Osoro, Robinah
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Kenyatta University
Abstract
The capacity to introduce new organizational practices is crucial if an establishment is to record
continuous superior performance. The study’s main objective was to examine the effect of
strategic management on organizational performance at the ethics and anti-corruption
commission. Specifically, the investigator south to explore the influence of leadership,
stakeholder involvement, work allocation strategy and communication on organizational
performance at EACC, Nairobi Headquarters. The investigator conducted both empirical and
theoretical review where the concept of strategic management was analyzed. This research
adopted the descriptive research design. The study’s target population comprised all the
employees at the EACC who a total of 655 employees. The study employed stratified random
sampling to select the representative sample. A sample of 87 was selected yielding a response
rate of 74.7% Self-administered questionnaires were utilized for data collection. A pilot study
was undertaken where 10 employees were selected randomly from EACC Nairobi headquarters.
Content validity was sought through seeking expert opinions from research supervisor and other
researchers to improve the questionnaire. To test reliability, the study employed the Cronbach’s
alpha coefficient which ranges from zero (0) to (1). A Cronbach’s alpha value of 0.7 is
considered acceptable. Form the results the research instrument was found to be reliable as the
scores for all the scores were above 0.7. The data collected was analyzed using both inferential
and descriptive statistics. The study found a significant and positive association between strategic
management practices and organizational performance as evidenced by a p value of 0.000. The
coefficients for leadership, task allocation strategy and communication were found to be positive
and statistically significant whereas communication was found to have a positive but statistically
insignificant effect on performance. The study concludes that it was imperative for the
organization to adopt strategic management practices to spur organizational performance. The
investigations draws recommendations including benchmarking with well performing institutions
on the adoption and implementation of various strategic management practices and undertaking
monitoring and evaluation to measure the impact of various interventions.
Description
A Research Project Submitted to the School of Business in Partial Fulfillment if the Requirements for the Award of Master of Business Administration in Strategic Management of Kenyatta University, September 2022.
Keywords
Strategic Management Practices, Organizational Performance, Ethics and Anticorruption Commision, Nairobi Headquaters, Kenya