| dc.description.abstract | This research project sought to compare Strategic Planning in the Public and Private
Sectors in Kenya. The objectives included the determination of the types of strategic
planning that exists in the two sectors and whether they were similar, the factors that
influenced strategic planning in the sectors, and whether they were similar, and
finally, the extent to which the strategic planning tools were utilized in the two
sectors. Simple statistics were used to analyse the data.
The study confirmed the existence of strategic planning and preference of formal
planning in both the public and private sectors. However, the public sector only
practices formal planning. The factors that influenced strategic planning in the public
sector were government, economic trends and political/legal factors whereas, the
private sector showed a bias towards competitors and customers. The prevalent tool
used in the public sector was on-going evaluation whereas, the private sector
exhibited different combinations of - tools. Linkages to performances of the
organization and the individual in the public sector were low, when compared to
linkages seen in the private sector. | en |
