Influence of Strategic Planning on Performance of Community Based Organizations in Migori County

Abstract

Incorporation of strategic planning in management has an impact on performance. Many organizations including Community based organizations have therefore adopted strategic planning as means of promoting performance. This study examined the influence of strategic planning on the performance of CBOs in Migori County. The County has a heavy presence of CBOs and it is one of the poorest Counties in Kenya especially areas surrounding the lake. This study is founded on the fact that CBOs perform poorly despite having incorporated strategic planning. The study was guided by three objectives: to investigate how the availability of strategic plans influence the performance of CBOs, to investigate the extent to which CBOs implement their strategic plans and its influence on performance of the CBO, and lastly to investigate how the level of understanding of the stakeholders on strategic planning process influences the performance of the CBO. The study assumed that all the CBOs have strategic plans and that they are willing to give the information required. The study was faced with the following limitations: financial constraint to meet the expenses, the vastness of the County causing difficulties during data collection as well as protection of the confidentiality of the respondent. The major significance of this study hinges on the importance of strategic planning as a factor of performance of organizations.