Evaluation of opinions about strategic action plans related forestry and their efficiency in application

Abstract

The ownership of the vast majority of forests in Turkey belongs to the state. It is operated by General Directorate of Forestry (OGM). The OGM has passed strategic management with the strategic plan covering the first 2010-2014 years. Then, in 2011, the strategic plan was overhauled and the strategic plan covering 2013-2017 for the four strategic purposes was put into practice due to the changing definition of duty and responsibility in line with the restructuring of the OGM. In addition, there are 27 action plans put into practice during the same plan periods. In this study, the action plans related to forestry and the opinions on their effectiveness in the application were examined. Primary data were collected by survey technique and secondary data are obtained by scanning the books and researches in this subject. A total of 20 questions are available in the questionnaire form and are prepared to measure strategic action plans related to forestry and their effectiveness in implementation. Data was obtained by the questionnaire and analyzed by statistical package program (SPSS 20). Since data were not normally distributed, non-parametric tests were evaluated using the K Independent Samples Test (Mann-Whitney U test) and K Independent Samples Test (Kruskal Wallis Test). As a result, it has been determined that the action plans are known by the employees of the institution but they do not find the effectiveness in practice sufficient. The participants in the survey were observed to have differences in opinion according to sex, age distribution and educational level.