Abstract:
Ever since the advent of globalization, the interest in
strategic management studies has attracted the attention of
academic scholars as well as business practitioners.
Organizations have continued to realize the vital role played by
strategic planning towards the realization of its goals and
objectives. This study set out to answer the question: what is the
effect of strategic planning practices on organization
performance in Kenya. Data was analyzed and presented using
methods of dispersion statistics such as means, frequencies,
percentages and standard deviations and regression analysis was
also used to determine the relationship of the variables. The
findings of the study revealed that fundraising was the main
form of resource mobilization in Baringo County Government
and further that financial resources were the highly allocated
resources and that there was a significant positive relationship
between resource mobilization strategies, resource allocation
strategies and organization performance at the county
government. Leadership strategies on organization performance
were applied using a policy formulation. Risk management on
organization performance; used risk control strategy in the
County Government of Baringo. The study, therefore, concluded
that resource mobilization on organization performance through
fundraising is an important way of resource mobilization.
Further, that resource allocation on organization performance
through financial resources is important and as well as resource
allocation through policy formulations. This study recommends
that Baringo County Government should continue to practice
and strengthen strategic planning practices for enhanced
effectiveness as well as improved organizational performance
and the practices would be adopted in all other counties of Kenya
where they are not practiced.
