Abstract: This study sought to establish the effect of strategic plan implementation on the performance of deposit taking SACCOs in Laikipia County. The study was guided by these specific objectives; to analyze to what extent leadership influence the performance of deposit taking SACCOs, to examine the extent to which organization structure influence the performance of the deposit taking SACCOs, to investigate the extent to which policies and procedures influence the performance of the deposit taking SACCOs and to establish the extent to which resources allocation influence the performance of the deposit taking SACCOs. The study was anchored in the stewardship theory, contingency theory institutional theory and resource based view theory. This study adopted a descriptive survey research design. The target population of this study was the management staff and the board of management of the deposit taking SACCOs in Laikipia County The sample size of the study was 110 respondents. Information was sorted, coded and input into the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 21.0 for generation of descriptive statistics as well as inferential statistics. The study concluded that that leadership is directly and positively associated with performance of performance of deposit taking Saccos. The study concluded further that there is a positive relationship between organizational structure and performance of deposit taking Sacco. Furthermore, the results of the regression model show that there is a positive relationship between Policies & procedures and performance of Sacco. The study concluded that there is a positive relationship between Resources allocation and performance of deposit taking Sacco.
Keywords: Strategy, Strategic plan, Organization Structure and Deposit Taking SACCOs.
Title: Effect of Strategic Plan Implementation on the Performance of Deposit Taking SACCOs in Laikipia County
Author: PETER THEURI, DR. SAMSON NYANGA`U
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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