| dc.description.abstract | Many organizations have embraced strategic planning, but the implementation process remains a
challenge resulting in well-formulated strategies that fail to be accomplished at the implementation
stage. Strategy implementation skills are not easily mastered, unfortunately. In fact, virtually all
managers find implementation the most difficult aspect of their jobs- more difficult than strategy
formulation.. The ability to implement strategies is one of the most valuable of all managerial skills
(Higgins, 2004). Non Governmental Organizations are not an exception. In fact, implementation of the
planned strategies is one of their major challenges towards achieving their objectives. This study
departed from the previous studies looking into relationships and endeavored to establish the factors
influencing implementation of strategic plans in Non-Governmental Organizations in Kenya, with
special focus on Africa Platform for Social Protection.
Literature on strategic plan implementation has been studied and presented. This includes literature on
the strategic plan implementation globally as well as literature on strategic plans implementation at
Africa Platform for Social Protection (APSP). Literature on leadership, communication, organization
culture and control and their impact on strategic plans implementation have also been presented.
A conceptual framework has been presented to show the relationship between the variables of the study
The researcher used a descriptive survey research design, with a target population of 72 employees in
total. Since the total number of staff at Africa Platform for Social protection (APSP) was not vast
(seventy two), the researcher performed a census survey as opposed to sampling. This essentially means
that all the 72 members of staff at APSP participated in the study. This greatly enhanced the accuracy
and reliability of the results. The tools used for data collection are semi-structured questionnaires. Data
was thereafter analyzed and presented using descriptive statistics
The study established that the strategic plan was, to a large extent, implemented successfully. The
leaders of Africa Platform for Social Protection were committed to the implementation and had the
necessary skills and experience. While most of the employees were aware of the existence of the
strategic plan, very few knew of its contents basically because sessions for communication of the
content and staff roles in the plan implementation were non-existent or were far and in between.
However, there was no feedback on implementation of the plan. Policies and performance targets to
guide the implementation of the Strategic plan existed. However, performance was not measured against
targets and many staff members did not know whether or not plan adjustments had been done based on
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