| dc.description.abstract | Kenya Rural Roads Authority is a State Corporation whose mandate is to offer guidance
in the construction, maintenance and management of the rural road network in the
country. This study sought to investigate strategic management adopted by KeRRA.The
objective of the study were to determine the extent to which KeRRA had employed
strategic management and to establish the challenges faced by KeRRA in strategic
management.
The study adopted a case study. Data collection was done through interview guide. The
respondents of the study were the Director General, Three General Managers, Ten
Managers and Ten Road superintendents and six other senior officers in the Authority.
The content analysis technique was used to analyze data collected.
The study revealed that KeRRA had adopted strategic management and engaged senior
managers as strategic management leaders, training of staff to acquire more expertise in
their area of specialization, rural road authority’s employees taking ownership and
responsibility for their work.
The study concluded that enhanced private public partnership, provision of a framework
for managing the citizen side of change, improved disbursement of funds, developing
skills and knowledge to support the change, division in function and structures,
recruitment of high qualified personnel, road reforms, increase in the funding of road
sector and incorporation of other stakeholders in the daily operations have led to
enhanced service delivery.
The study concluded that KeRRA faces challenges such as staff degree of resistance,
resource insufficiency, political interference, lack of trust in the change by employees and
inadequate information technology. The study recommends that government parastatals
should adopt strategic management so as to formulate reforms, enhance management of
authorities and policies into action through the development of specific budgets and
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