Challenges of Strategic Change Management on Strategy Implementation Among State Corporations in Kenya
Abstract
Change Management basically denotes to shifting a person, a team, or an entire
company from current state, to the future state. A change management strategy is
inclusive of the focused training and communication undertakings required to affect
change across a firm. The study was guided by positive model which typifies a
significant parting from Lewin’s process and the action research model. The purpose
of this study was to establish the challenges of strategic change management on
strategy implementation among state corporations in Kenya. The study set out to
specifically investigate the effects of leadership, Organizational Structure,
Organizational Culture and Availability of Core Competencies on strategic change
management. In fulfilling the purpose of this study, descriptive research design was
adopted. The target population was state corporations in Kenya. Primary quantitative
data from 56 Corporations was used. Stratified random sampling was used in the
sampling. Primary data was collected using questionnaires containing closed and open
ended questions. Quantitative data was analyzed through descriptive statistics analysis
method. It was then established that using a multiple linear regression model that
Strategic Change Management (dependent variable) was positively affected by
leadership, Organizational Structure, Organizational Culture and Availability of Core
Competencies as Independent variables was run. The study found and concluded that a
unit increase in Organizational structure, Leadership, Organizational Culture and
Availability of Core Competencies increases Structural Change Management by 0.448,
0.452, 0.623, 0.479 units respectively. Hence, corporations should consider enhancing
these factors to specifically ensure that they have achieved the set implementation
goals/objectives. The study recommended that management of the state corporations
should increase the allocation to the projects so as adequate resources are allocated to
each project, the management of public corporations should steer clear from politics to
avoid political interference in the implementation of strategies in the public
corporations, the organizations should organize for seminars and workshops where the
employees skill will be enhanced through training and that study also recommends that
the organizations should sponsor its staff to further education
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University of Nairobi
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