Influence of Organizational Culture on Strategic Change Implementation in the County Government of Kakamega, Kenya
Journal Title: IOSR journal of Business and Management - Year 2018, Vol 20, Issue 10
Abstract
The study sought to investigate the influence of organizational culture on strategic change implementation in the County Government of Kakamega. This study was anchored on Hofstede’s theory of Organization Culture. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. The target population of the study was 548 top level and middle level managers. Sampling frame consisted of Agriculture, Public Service, Social Services, Education, Health Services, ICT, Lands & Housing, Trade & Industrialization, Roads, Public Works & Energy, Finance and Economic Planning. Purposive and stratified sampling techniques were chosen and used to select the sample population of 232 respondents according to Yamane recommendation. Structured questionnaire pre tested for validity and reliability was the main primary data collection tool. The primary data was analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics with SPSS as the analysis tool. The correlation findings indicated that there existed a significant relationship between organization culture and strategic change implementation (P=0.502, P=0.000). Simple linear regression analysis revealed that organizational culture accounted up to 25.2% variation in strategic change implementation (R2=0.252) The study concluded that organization culture influenced strategic change implementation in the County Government of Kakamega. The study recommended for the need to enhance participative culture to improve strategic change implementation.
Authors and Affiliations
Kidiavayi Gaynut Mulegwa, Dr. (Eng) Richard M. Imbambi (PhD)
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