Analysis of Factors Influencing Formulation of Strategic Plans in Embu North District, Embu County, Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorNjeru, N.E.
dc.contributor.authorMuathe, Stephen M. A.
dc.contributor.authorMuchemi, A. W.
dc.date.accessioned2013-12-04T09:33:33Z
dc.date.available2013-12-04T09:33:33Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractThe issue of organisational direction for organisations worldwide has generated growing interest in the recent past. As a result, formation of strategic plan by many organisations has attracted growing concerns due to environmental pursuit of organisational growth and survival in the long run. This study explores the link between formulation of school strategic plans with employee motivation, availability of funds, support by top school leadership, government policy and employee knowhow. The paper specifically analyses the factors that influence the formulation of strategic plans in secondary schools in Embu North District, Embu County, Kenya. The study was carried out in 24 public secondary schools in Embu North Dis trict, Embu County, Kenya. The following persons were involved; 24 Principals, 24 Chairpersons of Board of Governors and 24 Chairpersons of Parents Teachers Association in all the schools. Data was collected primarily through structured questionnaire and a nalysed using spearman's rank correlation analysis. The findings at 0.05 significance level indicated that employee motivation, availability of funds, support by top school leadership, government policy and employee skills had a statistical relationship wi th formulation of strategic plans in public secondary schools in Embu North district.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGlobal Business and Economics Research Journal Vol 2., No. 5 (2013)en_US
dc.identifier.issn2302 - 4593
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/7779
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherGlobal Business and Economics Research Journalen_US
dc.subjectFormulation of Strategic Planen_US
dc.subjectEmployee Motivationen_US
dc.subjectAvailability of Fundsen_US
dc.subjectSupport by Top School Leadershipen_US
dc.subjectGovernment Policy and Employee Know howen_US
dc.titleAnalysis of Factors Influencing Formulation of Strategic Plans in Embu North District, Embu County, Kenyaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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