Strategic Planning Practices at Kenya National Audit Office
View/ Open
Date
2010-10Author
Githinji, Sammy N
Type
ThesisLanguage
enMetadata
Show full item recordAbstract
Today, organisations in developed and developing countries operate in a more turbulent and
complicated environment. Strategic planning in Kenya’s public sector is part of the ongoing
Government reform process that began in early 2000. In a deliberate move aimed at enhancing
productivity, the Government initiated several reforms in its operations. This study sought to
investigate strategic planning practices adopted in KENAO as a player in the public sector. The
objective of the study was to determine the strategic planning practices adopted by the KENAO.
The study adopted a case study design as it was to give indepth information on the strategic
planning practices adopted by the KENAO. In this study, the research narrowed down to
strategic planning practices adopted in KENAO. For this study, primary data was collected using
interview guides administered to the respondents who were senior management at the corporate
level which comprise of; Deputy Auditor Generals and Directors of Audit. Content analysis was
used to analyze the data through describing phenomena, classifying it and seeing how the
concepts interconnect as indicated by the respondents
The study established that KENAO has a strategic plan with a mission, vision and list of core
values, it further established the factors that influenced adoption of strategic planning practices,
the indicators of proper implementation and the deficiencies in implementation. The study
recommends greater participation by all the stakeholders in the implementation process and also
proper mechanism to monitor and control the implementation of the strategic plan be put in
place.
Citation
MBA Thesis 2010Sponsorhip
University of NairobiPublisher
School of Business, University of Nairobi
Description
Master Thesis