Investigation of challenges facing implementation of strategic changes: a survey of Kenya rural roads authority in Central Province

Abstract

The fundamental importance of strategic management is that the world keeps changing. Strategy implementation is a series of actions aimed at putting a selected strategy at work by planning how the chosen strategy can be put into effect and managing the changes required. Organizations have come up with credible strategies which have failed to see the light of the day due to poor implementation. For successful implementation, an organization's various resources, systems, structures and other variables must be expended. The purpose of this study will be to investigate challenges facing implementation of strategic change in KeRRA is it strives to achieve it mandate. The study will adopt a descriptive survey design. The locale of survey is the central Kenya province which has five regions. The target population will be 180 individuals comprising of KeRRA staff and the CDF representatives, and a sample of 50 will be selected. Random and stratified sampling methods will be used for the purpose of enhancing the representativeness of the sample. Quantitative and qualitative data will be collected by dropping and picking structured questionnaires from respondents. Data will be statistically analysed and presented by means of tables, graphs and bar charts. Chapter one presents the background of the study, the problem statement, study objectives and research questions, significance and limitations of the survey. The second chapter is on literature review capturing findings, views and opinions of both classical and contemporary scholars on challenges facing management of strategic change. Various theories models of change are reviewed in detail, KeRRA is examined with a view to determine the scope of challenge that it is faced with in its operation