| dc.description.abstract | Thompson and Strictland (1998) argue about what has to be done internally to ensure
target results are achieved within the targeted framework of time. The CDF must
successfully implement its strategic plans. This is because CDF occupies a strategic
position in financing of development projects at the constituency level with the aim of
poverty eradication. Besides being a statutory requirement , the CDF Limuru has
embraced the strategic plan implementation as a management tool to enable it achieve its
core objectives. The study sought to find out how the CDF is implementing as a
management tool to enable it achieve its core objectives. The study sought to find how
the CDF is implementing its strategic plans and the challenges encountered in its pursuit.
Data was collected from the CDF management by use of an interview guide. The main
aim of interviewing this team was that they were responsible for the formulation and
formulation of the Strategic plan thus considered as having the relevant information for
the study. Content analysis was used to derive information from the collected data. The
Implementation process was found to be very challenging thus management is keen to
see its success. The findings indicate the implementation process was participatory.
Management is working on modalities of sensitizing all staff on the need owning the
strategic plan to ensure its success. It was revealed from the findings that the challenges
as inhibiting the strategic plan implementation were powerful stakeholders, financial and
technological challenges. A bigger scenario of challenges include political climate and
political violence like previously witnessed in 2007.Any Organization should expect
challenges when implementing strategy Kiplanga (2009), Musyoka (2011), Mutuku
(2011). The challenges faced during strategy implementation phase can be a result of
number of factors both internal and external to the organization and will depend on
strategy, type of organization and prevailing circumstances: organization implementing
strategy .The study was limited by the fact that the researchers having adopted a case
study design make it difficult to generalize the findings. The study was limited by time
this means that intense exposure to the subject variable may have been constrained
analysis cannot be interfered to another organization. Similar studies involving
operational staff be carried out to get their insight in regards to strategy implementation.
The reason being they are directly involved in execution. It would be important to
evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of the implementation process against the set
targets. | en_US |
