Strategic Management Practices and Organizational Performance of Agricultural State Corporations Within North Rift Region, Kenya
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https://doi.org/10.53819/81018102t7032Abstract
The study aimed to assess the influence of strategic management practices on the organizational agility of selected agricultural state corporations in the North Rift region of Kenya. Key research questions focused on the impact of product diversification, strategic innovation, quality management, and strategic leadership on organizational adaptability. The study employed a descriptive survey research design, targeting 229 heads of departments and employees, with a sample size of 143 selected through stratified and random sampling. Data collection included questionnaires and document analysis, validated by experts, and reliability was measured using the Cronbach alpha method. A pilot study was conducted in Bungoma County. Quantitative statistics underwent descriptive analysis. Manifold reversion analysis was affianced to test the supposition. The enquiry as signposted by archetypal summary R= 0.717, R- square = 0.5141 publicized that merchandise divergence contributed 51.4% change on organizational adeptness. The main enquiry which was to reconnoiter the sway of premeditated novelty and organizational adeptness of Agricultural State Corporations. The discoveries of the enquiry as on the archetypal summary R= 0.776, R- square = 0.602 publicized that premeditated novelty contributed 60.2% change on organizational performance. On the third research question which was to reconnoiter the sway of eminence management and organizational adeptness the enquiry publicized that 58.2% of the variation in Organizational Performance. The enquiry also discovered that premeditated leadership contributed 69.9% of the variation in organizational adeptness is elucidated by the reversion archetypal. The study concludes that merchandise diversification, strategic innovation, quality management, and strategic leadership significantly influence the organizational agility of agricultural State Corporations in the North Rift region. The study recommends conducting extensive market reviews, increasing R&D funding for product diversification, and adopting strategic innovation to enhance production processes.
Keywords: Product diversification, strategic innovation, quality management, organizational performance, agricultural corporations
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