Functional level strategy and performance of the ministry of agriculture Kenya
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Date
2012-10Author
Lau, Anastacia N
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ThesisLanguage
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The purpose of this study was to determine the types of functional strategies within the
Ministry of Agriculture and to establish the contribution that these functional level
strategies have on the performance of the Ministry of Agriculture of Kenya. The study
was carried out since there was no similar study that had been done on functional level
strategy at the Ministry. The researcher noted this gap and therefore sought to bridge the
same. The study employed a case study research design since the unit of analysis was one
organization. Yin (1994) argued that a case study allowed an investigation to retain the
holistic and meaningful characteristics of real life events. It involved an indepth
investigation of the functional level strategies at the Ministry of Agriculture. An
interview guide was used to enable the researcher gain a better understanding and also
enable a more insightful interpretation of the results from the study. Content analysis was
used to interpret and represent the findings of the study. The study established that the
Ministry of Agriculture actually had functional strategies at almost all the departments
interviewed except two. This therefore meant that the organization identified the
important role that functional strategies played in improving the organizations
performance and hence achievement of its set goals. This therefore led to the conclusion
that the Ministry was able to enjoy good performance due to certain strategic
management tools being in place and one of these tools was functional level strategy.
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