| dc.description.abstract | Change is an alteration of a company’s strategy, organization or culture as a result of
changes in its environment. Static competitive environment has been replaced by an
increasingly dynamic uncertain environment thus organizational flexibility is getting more
and more attention, which is the most important factor to acquire the future competitive
advantage. While much has been written in the recent years about the concept of change
management and competitive advantage, few organizations today truly have an effective,
repeatable, project-level change management process and yet it is one of the most critical
success factors for the organization County Government Of Bomet has been implementing
various strategic change processes in order to improve their performance The county has
changed its organization structure, its strategic focus, its employee size and composition
and also its executive orientation. The changes have been brought about by the changing
structures of the government from centralization to devolved government system. It is
therefore important to find out the strategic change management practices at County
Government of Bomet. The study sought to find out; strategic changes brought about by
County Government of Bomet in Kenya to improve performance? The study used a case
study research design. The target population was the executive committee if the County
Government of Bomet. The study used purposive sampling technique to select the
sample. Primary data collected using interview guides was analyzed using content
analysis. From the findings, the strategic change management practices adopted by
County Government of Bomet are; establishing change control process, people
involvement in the strategic change process, adoption of new technologies, training of
staff members. Therefore, County Government of Bomet has adopted diverse strategic
change management practices. This would ensure that they managed change in the
county systematically and ensure a smooth transition of the county government would be
achieved. The county faced diverse challenges that slowed down the strategic change
management process. The study recommends that the executives of County Government
of Bomet should address the major challenges facing the management of strategic change
to streamline the change process and enhance the success of the strategic change
management in the county government. The executives of the County Government of
Bomet should continuously evaluate the strategic change management initiatives being
implemented in order to undertake the necessary correctional measures in the change
process. The County Government of Bomet should conduct a research and pretest the
different strategic change management practices to ensure that only the best practices are
implemented. | en_US |
