| dc.description.abstract | This study sought to provide a deeper understanding of how United Nations Development Programme Kenya is working towards realization of Millennium Development Goals which were set in September 2000 by the Heads of State to address extreme poverty in the world with development as a given end. The primary objectives of this study were to determine strategies UNDP Kenya has adopted for realizing the MDGs and the challenges they are facing in applying the strategies.
A review of literature was carried out on the concept of strategy, strategy implementation and challenges of strategy implementation. From literature review, it was learnt that strategy specifies the intended course of an organization and that it is a tactic that leads to bridging the gap between ends and the means. It was also learnt that that strategy implementation is an important component of the strategic management process. Many scholars view strategy implementation as considerably more important than strategy
formulation, and that strategy implementation, rather than strategy formulation is the key to superior organizational performance.
The study also provided literature review on the challenges of strategy implementation. This was a cross sectional study of MDG implementing units in the Programme Department of UNDP Kenya. The instrument of data collection was a questionnaire. Respondents of the study were staff working in UNDP Programme Department. Data analysis was done through mean scores and frequencies to determine the level of involvement by UNDP Kenya in each MDG, most strategies used and most encountered
challenges.
The study had two primary objectives and conclusions were made on both of them. On the first objective, conclusion of the study was that UNDP develops strategies that take a resource based view model. It was also concluded that UNDP applies both corporate and functional strategies in implementing its activities for realizing MDGs. On the second objective, the study concluded that UNDP Kenya was mostly affected by external factors which are political, economic, social, technological ecological and legal. | en_US |
