| dc.description.abstract | Strategy is the direction and scope of an organization over the long term. It mainly
achieves advantages for the organization through its configuration of its resources
within a challenging environment. It is the direction and scope of an organization over
the long term: which achieves advantage of the organization through its configuration
of resources within a changing environment, to meet the needs of markets and to
fulfill the expectations of the stakeholders. It is geared towards meeting the needs of
the markets as it fulfills stakeholders’ expectations. As a young discipline, strategic
planning has no clear body of accepted knowledge. The objective of the study was to
examine the factors influencing implementation of strategic plans of the Independent
Electoral and Boundaries Commission. The case study design of research was used
for this research. The study used both primary data. Primary data was collected
through use of individual interviews and research questionnaire. Qualitative data was
largely analyzed using content analysis. Descriptive statistics was also used to analyze
data collected by use of questionnaire. Factor analysis and regression model were
performed on the data for the possible factors influencing implementation of strategic
plans and relationship between the independent and dependent variables of strategy
implementation. The study concludes that government policies such as Medium term
expenditure framework policies; Performance contracting policy, Performance
contracting, internal resources such as policies and procedures for efficient and
effective business operations and independence for the commission, adoption of
Information Technology and stakeholders involvement significantly influence the
implementation of strategic plans. The study recommends that for strategic planning
and implementation to be modified to serve IEBC better, the commission must stick
to timelines and ensure deadlines are met, if not a stern action is taken against the
officer in charge also All requisite requirements have to be put in place to realize the
full implementation. The study also recommends that IEBC need to be treated by
government as an independent entity at the same time IEBC needs to demonstrate this
to all stakeholders which we have unfortunately not done. The study further
recommends that the government should release funds to the commission on time. | en_US |
