| dc.description.abstract | For an organization to succeed in the competitive environment, its management must prudently choose its strategic orientation. Strategic choice and formulation are critical aspects of strategic management process, but the more critical, complex and time consuming aspect is the implementation process. This case study was an attempt to establish the challenges faced by the Mission for Essential Drugs and Supplies (MEDS), a Medical Logistics Organization in Kenya, in its quest to implement its strategic plans.
Both primary and secondary data was collected. There were also personal interviews carried out. Primary data was collected from members of senior and middle management using a structured questionnaire and personal interviews. Secondary data was collected from the records on file. The data collected was mainly qualitative and descriptive in nature.
Analysis of the data shows that MEDS management is able to identify factors that facilitate successful strategy implementation. The management is also able to identify and rate the factors that pose a challenge in the organization's effort to implement its strategic plans. It was also evident from the study that the challenges experienced by the organization during the implementation of its strategies were not confined to a single department or section but were felt throughout the organization. This implies that strategy implementation is an organization wide process and every individual has to actively participate to achieve success.
The organization has to tackle the identified challenges for it to realize the benefits of its strategic plans. Some of the recommendations include: evaluation of the organization structure and culture, proper and sufficient allocation of resources, adequate employee training and acquisition of skills, objective performance appraisal and reward system, adequate monitoring and evaluation, establishment of strategy implementation team and co-ordinator and proper leadership.
The study had limitations since it focused on only one organization or study unit. The findings from the study can only be used to draw objective generalizations about the challenges of strategy implementation in medical logistics sector of the health industry in Kenya if corroborated with a study of more than one study unit of organization. | en_US |
