Mwangi, Roseanne WambuiMurigi, Elishiba2025-10-232025-10-232024-02Mwangi,R., & Murigi, E., (2024).Strategic Implementation and Organizational Performance of Deposit Taking Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies in Nairobi City County, Kenya. (2024). International Journal of Business Management, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, 6(1), 52-71. https://doi.org/10.35942/403gdz372707-8027DOI: https://doi.org/10.35942/403gdz37https://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/31805ArticleThisstudy soughtto establish the influence of strategic implementation on organizationalperformance of Deposit Taking SACCOs in Nairobi City County, Kenya. The specific objectives of the study wereto determine the influence of strategic competence, strategic direction, organization structure andstrategic communication on organizational performanceof Deposit Taking SACCOs in Nairobi City County. Thestudy was grounded on several theories including Resource Based View theory, Game theory, General systemstheory, and Contingency Theory. Thestudy employeda descriptive research design. The target population wasthe 42 Deposit Taking SACCOs in Nairobi City County. There were 272 management (top, and middle) staffs working in the head offices of the DT-SACCOs. This research usedboth convenient and stratified random sampling. From the population of 272,a sample of 30% wasselected. This generateda sample of 81 respondents. This study mainly reliedon primary data collected using a semi-structured questionnaire.The pilotstudy was conducted using eight (8) respondents drawn from SACCOs in Machakos County. Machakos County was selected due to its convenience and suitability to portray the characteristics of the target population.Internal consistency method wastested using Cronbach’s Alpha test while validity wasensuredby seeking lecturer’s opinions on the face validity of the research instrument. The researcher administeredthe survey questionnaires to the staff in DT-SACCOs in Nairobi City County. The data gathered wasentered, cleaned,and analyzed using SPSS (Version 25). Descriptive analysis includedfrequencies, percentages, means and standard deviations. Multiple linear regression model wasusedto measure the relationship between the studyvariables. Tables wereused to summarize responses for further analysis and facilitate comparison.The study foundthat strategic competence affects the performance of DT-SACCOs to a moderate extent. Technical knowledge, roles and task involvement, technological knowledgeand job training influences the performance of DT SACCOs to great extents.The study found that strategic direction influences the performance of DT-SACCOs to a great extent. Mission, vision, planning and execution and that goals and objectives play great roleson the performance of the DT-SACCOs.From the study, organizational structure influences the performance of DT-SACCOs to a great extent. Task allocation and coordination, chain of command, teamwork and strategic communication were found to affect theperformance of DT SACCOs to great extents.The study found that strategic communication influencesthe performance of DT-SACCOsto a moderate extent. The study concludes that strategic competences, strategic direction, organizational structures and strategic communication havegreat influence on the performance of DT-SACCOs.enArticle