Influence of Communication to the Implementation of Strategic Plans in Kisii County Government

Abstract

In Kenya, it is a ministerial requirement that public organizations including educational institution develop strategic plans as a means of enhancing results-based management and efficiency in their operations. Even the schools with strategic plans rarely implement them and the result has been haphazard planning techniques, poor prioritization, and failure to use the meagre resources for the right projects. Descriptive design was used in this study. The study targeted 592 professional graduate teachers from 37 Kisii County Government where a sample size of 172 respondents was drawn. The study considered 11(30%) of total school schools which are fully established schools with documented strategic plans. Descriptive and inferential were used to analyse the qualitative data obtained to enable critiques to conceptualize the results. The study revealed that there was a positive and significant relationship between communication and the implementation of the strategic plan in County Governments at r=.445**, P<.01 significant level contributing 19.8% variability to the implementation of strategic plan when other factors are held constant. The study established that there was a positive and significant relationship between leadership activities and the implementation of the strategic plan in County Governments at r=.667**, P<.01 significant level contributing 44.5% variability to the implementation of strategic plan when other factors are held constant. Lastly; the study found out that there was a positive and significant relationship between Resources and the implementation of the strategic plan in County Governments at r=.767**, P<.01 significant level contributing 58.8% variability to the implementation of strategic plan when other factors are held constant.