Stakeholder Involvement in Strategic Planning Process at the Samburu County Council, Kenya
Abstract
Strategic planning involves using a systematic criteria and rigorous investigation to
design competitive strategies that enable the firm to find a position in the present
environment by formulation, implementation (practice) and control of formally
documented organizational expectations. This process requires that relevant stakeholders
are involved in it for it to be a success. For this purpose the researcher conducted a
research to establish stakeholder involvement in the strategic planning process in
Samburu county council. The study had two objectives namely: to establish the existence
of strategic planning practices adopted at Samburu county council and to determine the
extent of stakeholder involvement in the strategic planning process. The study adopted a
case design to conduct the study. The study found that the main stakeholders who were
involved in the strategic planning process of Samburu county council were: community
members, local NGO'S, members of staff, business community and the government. The
study found that the management of Samburu county council involved these stakeholders
in preplanning, formulation of the mission and vision statements, formulating cultures
and policies, formulating of guiding principles to undertake operations, conducting
environmental surveys and identifying strategic issues. The study recommended that the
management at Samburu county council sees to it that they maintain the high level of
stakeholder participation in the strategic planning process. The study was limited to
using questionnaires as the sole method of data collection. The study was also limited by
the busy schedule of the respondents who were HODs of various departments.
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University of Nairobi
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