dc.contributor.author | Ombati, Kepta | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-16T11:56:30Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-05-16T11:56:30Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2008 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/23607 | |
dc.description.abstract | The aim of this project was to determine the strategic planning practices among political
parties in Kenya and to establish the factors that influence this practice. The research
conducted an exploratory descriptive survey involving forty eighty parties. This research
covered both small and big parties as well as old and new ones. Data was collected by
way of a questionnaire with both closed and open ended questions. The data collected
was processed to produce requisite descriptive statistics which formed the basis of the
analysis, discussions, conclusions and recommendations made in this report. A key
finding of this research was that a majority of the political parties do not pursue formal
approaches to strategic planning or to strategy development, though most appreciate the
importance of strategy in their operations. Many of these parties indeed confirmed
pursuing certain approaches to come up with strategy.
The research findings also show that a majority of the parties had a vision, mission as
well as well defined objectives but they were mainly found in the party manifestoes or
constitutions and not in a formal strategic plan. The research findings show that less than
one third of the political parties had a strategic plan. With regard to factors that influence
strategic planning among political parties, an interesting finding was that age was not a
factor. More of the younger parties than the middle aged parties had a formal approach to
strategic planning though all the old parties did like likewise. The research however
found the complexity of a party structur~ is a factor that influences strategic planning
practices. The findings show that less complex parties put less premium on formal
strategic planning than the more complex ones.
The research also found that Party size is a factor in strategic planning. All large political
parties have a formal approach to strategic planning while small had more informal
approaches. The caliber of party secretariat is also an important factor in the approaches
adopted by parties to environmental analysis. While parties with a professional secretariat
had formal approaches to environmental analysis, a minority of the parties with semiprofessional
or volunteer secretariats did the same. While the findings of this research
seem to suggest that strategic planning was not a factor in the performance of political
parties at the elections, it confirms that strategic planning is critical for the survival and
thrifty of political parties. Parties that do not undertake strategic planning have a higher
mortality rate than those that do. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | The University of Nairobi | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.subject | Strategic planning practices | en |
dc.subject | Political parties in Kenya | en |
dc.title | Strategic planning practices among political parties in Kenya | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
local.publisher | School of Business ( SOB ) | en |