The Influence of Organizational Resources on Implementing Strategic Plan in the Tanzanian Public Universities

Abstract

Organisation resources allocated for the implementation of strategic plan (SP) has made Public sectors to make good use of the precious information depicted in the SP document. The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of organisational resources in implementing SP in Tanzanian public universities with reference to financial, human and physical resources. The study employed descriptive statistics whereby quantitative and qualitative approaches were applied. The data collection used were questionnaire and in depth interviews. Quantitative data were analysed using descriptive statistic while qualitative data were analysed using content analysis. The study finding revealed that lack of organisational resources act as an obstacle towards the implementation of SP no matter how good SP it is. To ensure implementation of SP in public universities specifically at the University of Dodoma (UDOM) it is recommended that more fund should be injected to implement university activities, sufficient infrastructures should be expanded and university should always focuses in hiring and motivating human resources for the better attainment of SP objectives.