Abstract: Majority of the humanitarian organisation are always under pressure to find the most effective ways to bring service to the community. To effectively compete, organizations must continuously implement their strategy in accordance with the strategic plan. Hence this study therefore aimed at to assses determinants influencing strategy implementation in the humanitarian organization: a case of United Nations environment programmes Nairobi. The independent variable of this study are factors (communication, donor funding, strategic planning, and strategy monitoring and evaluation) while the dependent variable of the study is strategy implementation in the humanitarian organization. Theories relevant to this study were Alignment theory, resource dependency theory, strategic fit theory, Mckinsey 7s model and finally the stakeholder theory. Study variables were discussed under the conceptual framework after that operationalized. The target population constitutes of 189 United Nations environment programmes Nairobi employees involved in Professional and Higher Categories, Field Services and General services and related categories with a sample size of 128 Professional and Higher Categories, Field Services and General services and related categories. Stratified random sampling was carried out. The research instruments that were used included printed questionnaires. Data collected were analysed using both descriptive and inferential statistical tools, and SPSS version 21 was used to process the collected data which was then to be presented in the form of tables. Inferential statistics analysis was conducted to describe the strength of the linear relationship between two variable which indicated that 52.6 per cent variation on strategy implementation was explained by the four variables namely; communication, donor funding, strategic planning, and strategy monitoring and evaluation and revealed that they play a significant role in strategy implementation. The study recommends that management should embrace overall effective and efficient strategy implementation in order to achieve long-term goals of the organization.
Keywords: Communication, Donor Funding, Strategic Planning, Strategy Monitoring & Evaluation, strategy implementation.
Title: DETERMINANTS INFLUENCING STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION IN HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATION: A CASE OF UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMMES NAIROBI
Author: Stephen Mwangangi Kasembi, Dr Samson Nyangau
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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