Strategic planning and performance of public secondary schools in Kajiado north sub-county, Kenya
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Date
2015-11Author
Onkundi, Naomi N
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scanning, strategy formulation, linking goals to budgets and strategic planning as a
process (Wagner, 2006). Many researchers argue that the correlation of strategic planning
and performance has not been clearly established and that although strategic planning is
not the sole contributor to high organizational performance, organizations with
excellently executed strategic plans perform better than their counterparts. Therefore in
Kenya, the Government being concerned to provide quality education has made strategic
planning a policy through the MoE to all public secondary schools. The purpose of this
study was to determine the influence of strategic planning to performance of public
secondary schools within Kajiado North Sub-County, Kenya. The objective of the study
was to establish the influence of Strategic planning on performance of Public Secondary
Schools within Kajiado North sub-County, Kenya. Using cross-sectional research design
and structured questionnaires the researcher collected primary data from 14 public
secondary schools in Kajiado North Sub-county Kenya. The data was analyzed using
both inferential and descriptive statistics to determine the strength of linear
relationship.The key findings of the study were: most schools (71.43%) practice formal
strategic planning and strategic planning is positively correlated to performance. It was
also established that management do not carry out thorough strategic planning process
fully. Therefore it was concluded that strategic planning is an important practice because
it affects performance. Also all public secondary schools should engage in formal
strategic planning. The main recommendation in this study is for the policy developers
through MoE to enhance strategic planning in public secondary schools. Also the school
management together with the stakeholders should invest resources, time and energy in
the strategic planning process. Finally, future researchers should endeavor to focus on
concepts of strategic management that affect organizational performance for instance
governance or organizational behavior and performance of public secondary schools.
Publisher
University of Nairobi