An Assessment of Strategic Management Practices A Case Study of Care Kenya International (Headquarter)

Abstract

Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) are classified as third sector institutions third sector in the sense that they are active partners in social and economic developments besides governments (public sector) and the private institutions (private sector). NGOs play a key role in all aspects of development such as health, education, water, emergency responses, and rural development. It is recognized that effective management of NGOs is crucial if any meaningful social and economic development is to take place. Strategic management is identified as the key to effective management of NGOs. It is within the concepts of strategic management that development tasks are identified and implementation framework developed to guide day- to-day management of organizations in meeting its goals. What is not clear is the extent to which strategic management is practiced by NGOs. The purpose of this study therefore was to investigate whether NGOs practice strategic management and if they do, to what extent, the nature of strategic management and the challenges they faced. The researcher's focus was Care Kenya International headquarter which engages in development activities within the region. The study targeted senior managers and the employees of the organization. During sampling, the research used a stratified random sampling to which the total population was divided into sub-groups of international directors, management team and employees with ten respondents from each sub-group drawn in a simple random way. The researcher used both convenience and purposive sampling techniques because the organization was conveniently accessible to the researcher and the researcher perceived that the organization and the sample size selected would provide relevant information to study. Data collected included secondary data such as journals, donor reports, magazines, newspapers, project plans, program plans, proposals, evaluation reports,