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    Influence of Strategic Leadership Practices on Organizational Performance
    (KeMU, 2023-05) Lerai, Solomon Eramram
    The commercial parastatals are allowed by the constitution to charge for various services and goods provided to the public but at a reasonable price so as to fund the government operations. That notwithstanding, the performance of Kenyan commercial-based parastatals has consistently been low to a point that in the financial year 2019/2020, the cumulative operational performance was negative. The general objective of this study was to examine the influence of strategic leadership practices on performance of commercial- based parastatals in Kenya. The specific objectives were to examine the influence of strategic planning, strategic direction, strategic control, and corporate communication on the organizational performance among commercial-based parastatals in Kenya. Further, the strategic leadership theory, contingency theory, and balanced scorecard theory were applicable to this study. Notably, the study used a descriptive research design to collect data on a target population of six (6) commercial based parastatals. The respondents were 45 departmental managers and 151 administrative staff. The study obtained the sample size of 40 departmental managers and 110 administrative staff using simple random method. They were issued with closed and open-ended questionnaires. Additionally, the secondary data collection sheet was used to gather information related to sales, customer numbers, profitability and quality of service. Further, pre-test study was conducted at Kenya Airways where 4 departmental managers and 11 administrative staff. Additionally, descriptive analysis, frequency tables and explanation were used to illustrate the results. Further, inferential statistics were be examined using multiple regression and correlation analysis. The conclusions made on strategic planning were that the basis of the parastatals’ strategic planning was not supported by any bench marking but rather a specific individual’s knowledge and experience. On strategic direction, the management diverted the organization resources to unscheduled things hence ending up mis-using the resources and causing ineffectiveness in the operations. On strategic control, there was lack of support from the government and inadequate funding of the strategies due to poor resource provision by the government. On corporate communications, the deeper details on aspects such as policy formulation processes were hardly known to the staff. The study recommends that on strategic planning, there should be developed processes of strategic planning which are well documented by the management and have a policy. On strategic direction, there should be implementation of tough regulations by the government agencies like EACC of various legal punishments to corrupt staff. On strategic control, the various parastatal managers should lobby for more funds through other legal ways such as fund raising and competitions such as marathons among others within their jurisdiction. On corporate communication, the government through ministry official should develop policies on the extent that the junior civil servants should be allowed in the decision- making process such as policy formulation.
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    Influence of Strategic Leadership Practices on Organizational Performance: Survey of Selected Commercial Based Parastatals in Kenya
    (KeMU, 2023-07) Lerai, Solomon Eramram
    The commercial parastatals are allowed by the constitution to charge for various services and goods provided to the public but at a reasonable price so as to fund the government operations. That notwithstanding, the performance of Kenyan commercial-based parastatals has consistently been low to a point that in the financial year 2019/2020, the cumulative operational performance was negative. The general objective of this study was to examine the influence of strategic leadership practices on performance of commercial- based parastatals in Kenya. The specific objectives were to examine the influence of strategic planning, strategic direction, strategic control, and corporate communication on the organizational performance among commercial-based parastatals in Kenya. Further, the strategic leadership theory, contingency theory, and balanced scorecard theory were applicable to this study. Notably, the study used a descriptive research design to collect data on a target population of six (6) commercial based parastatals. The respondents were 45 departmental managers and 151 administrative staff. The study obtained the sample size of 40 departmental managers and 110 administrative staff using simple random method. They were issued with closed and open-ended questionnaires. Additionally, the secondary data collection sheet was used to gather information related to sales, customer numbers, profitability and quality of service. Further, pre-test study was conducted at Kenya Airways where 4 departmental managers and 11 administrative staff. Additionally, descriptive analysis, frequency tables and explanation were used to illustrate the results. Further, inferential statistics were be examined using multiple regression and correlation analysis. The conclusions made on strategic planning were that the basis of the parastatals’ strategic planning was not supported by any bench marking but rather a specific individual’s knowledge and experience. On strategic direction, the management diverted the organization resources to unscheduled things hence ending up mis-using the resources and causing ineffectiveness in the operations. On strategic control, there was lack of support from the government and inadequate funding of the strategies due to poor resource provision by the government. On corporate communications, the deeper details on aspects such as policy formulation processes were hardly known to the staff. The study recommends that on strategic planning, there should be developed processes of strategic planning which are well documented by the management and have a policy. On strategic direction, there should be implementation of tough regulations by the government agencies like EACC of various legal punishments to corrupt staff. On strategic control, the various parastatal managers should lobby for more funds through other legal ways such as fund raising and competitions such as marathons among others within their jurisdiction. On corporate communication, the government through ministry official should develop policies on the extent that the junior civil servants should be allowed in the decision- making process such as policy formulation
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    Influence of Strategic Management Practices on Organisational Performance: A Survey of Commercial Based Parastatals in Kenya
    (KeMU, 2022-08) Nyagaki, Bertha Kariuki
    A key role of strategic management theory as well as research continues to be the consistent improvement of institutional results. The idea and practices of strategic management is therefore significant to privately-owned, public as well as community- based organizations as all of them are formed to fulfill a certain need in the environment. Government and its agencies the world continue to implement strategic management practices with the ultimate intention of improving the success of service performance in the delivery of public goods and services. The major intention for the Study was to determine influence of strategic management practices on organizational performance, a case study of commercial based parastatals in Kenya. More importantly the analysis deals with the degree to which strategy evaluation impact organization performance; the level to which environmental scanning influence organization performance; the level to which strategy formulation influence organization performance; and analyzed the degree strategy implementation influence organization performance in commercially based parastatals in Kenya. The study may greatly contribute towards the running of commercially based parastatals in Kenya. Terminations from the analysis aid them towards the formulation as well as designing of effective plans for the identification and tackling of concerns surrounding strategic management practices in order to realize established desires and ensure relevancy in a dynamic and place commercially based parastatals well towards better results going forward. The study was guided by a descriptive research design. The target population was and targets 129 employees of commercial based parastatals. Purposive sampling was adopted in this study; data was collected using a closed ended questionnaire. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS version 23.0) was used to run descriptive and inferential statistics. The result indicated that, collectively environmental scanning has influences on organization performance most, followed by strategy evaluation, strategy formulation and strategy implementation. The study concludes that, predictors collectively influence organization performance. The findings are to guide policy makers and managers in strategy implementation. The study recommends that during strategy formulation the commercial based parastatals should involve all stakeholders in the industry so as to create sense of ownership. Commercial based parastatals should ensure involvement and participation of all the levels of management in formulating strategies. Furthermore, the study proposes future analyses on other external aspects such as the organizational setting and type of industry to give a better aspect of these factors. This is because organization operations are influenced by both internal and external environments.