| dc.description.abstract | The aim of the study was to determine the Strategic Management practices affecting the growth of training institutions in Machakos County. The objectives of this study was to assess the effect of strategy formulation on the growth of the training institutions in Machakos County, to investigate effect of strategy implementation on the growth of training institutions in Machakos County, to establish how strategy evaluation affects the growth of training institutions in Machakos County and to determine how strategy control affects the growth of the training institutions in Machakos County. The study findings were expected to be beneficial to the government as well as to the stakeholders in the training institutions in Kenya. The design was a descriptive survey. The target population were the Board of Management, Principals, teaching staff and Support staff from 6 training institutions within Machakos County: 192 respondents were selected from a population of 368 using stratified random sampling. The data was collected using questionnaires which had closed ended and open ended questions. Descriptive and regression statistics was employed in the analysis. The study employed both quantitative and qualitative data analysis; data was presented using tables. The study found that majority of institutions followed Situational Analysis procedure in strategy formulation. Further the study found that Inadequacy of Information Systems used to monitor strategy Formulation; Poor planning; Lack of support and Poor coordination, and poor communication were Challenges of Strategy Formulation which affected growth of training institutions. Based on the findings, on strategy formulation it can be concluded that strategy formulation should be well developed for it to work very well. To permit this huge success, training institutions management should establish complete strategy that is carefully formulated in order to achieve the objectives and goals of the institutions and hierarchy of the strategy is a part of the strategy formulation. The study recommended that the management should make an effort to improve further on this variable in order to raise the level of performance of training institutions. In addition, training institutions which are implementing their strategic formulation should develop effective strategic communication in order to attain their objectives. The training institutions should also give more attention to enhancement of teamwork and human resource management. | en_US |
